...SNEAKING SALLY THROUGH THE ALLEY...
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by Robert Palmer
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*from 'Sneakin' Sally through the Alley' (1974)*
*CAPO 2nd FRET*
(Original Key: B)
Intro:
A7, D7 C7 A7 (x2)
Chorus 1:
A7
Sneaking sally through the alley,
D7 C7 A7
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
A7
Sneaking sally through the alley,
D7 C7 A7
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
Verse 1:
A7
Sneaking sally through the alley,
D7 C7 A7
Tryin' to keep her outta sight.
A7
Sneaking sally through the alley,
D7 C7 A7
When up popped the wife.
A7
I said, "I can't find nothing wrong,
With being friends 'cos sometimes;
D7 C7 A7
She lets me use her car."
A7
She said; "If you can't find,
Nothing wrong in your mind,
You'd better;
D7 C7 A7
Find something wrong with hers.
Bridge 1:
D7 G7 D7
So I began to try to ex-plain,
C7
That it just wasn't, just wasn't,
G7 D7
Just wasn't what she thought.
A7
Now I'd better find something,
To do with my time;
D7 C7
Fact is;
A7
I've just been caught.
Chorus 2:
A7
Sneaking sally through the alley,
D7 C7 A7
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
A7
Sneaking sally through the alley,
D7 C7 A7
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
Solo:
A7, D7 C7 A7 (x8)
Verse 2:
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A7
Sneaking through the alley with Sally;
D7 C7 A7
Tryin' to get away clean.
A7
Sneaking through the alley with Sally;
D7 C7 A7
When up popped the queen.
A7
I talk double talk,
Anything's trouble talk,
D7 C7 A7
Catching myself in lies.
A7
Mama, just look at me as if I was crazy;
D7 C7 A7
She didn't even bat an eye-lid.
Bridge 2:
D7 G7 D7
So I began to try to ex-plain,
C7
That it just wasn't, just wasn't,
G7 D7
Just wasn't what she thought.
A7
Now I'd better find something,
To do with my time;
D7 C7
Fact is;
A7
I've just been caught, just been caught.
Chorus 3:
A7
Sneaking sally through the alley,
D7 C7 A7
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
A7
Sneaking sally through the alley,
D7 C7 A7
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
Verse 3:
A7
Sneaking through the alley with Sally;
D7 C7 A7
Tryin' to get away clean.
A7
Sneaking through the alley with Sally;
D7 C7 A7
When up popped the queen.
A7
I talk double talk,
Anything's trouble talk,
D7 C7 A7
Catching myself in lies.
A7
Mama, just look at me as if I was crazy;
D7 C7 A7
She didn't even bat an eye-lid.
Coda:
A7
Sneaking sally through the alley,
D7 C7 A7
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
A7
Sneaking sally through the alley,
D7 C7 A7
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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A7 D7 C7 G7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02223 xx0212 x35353 323000
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
