Emmylou Harris – The Ballad Of Sally Rose (Guitar)
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- Ballad of Sally Rose -
by Emmylou Harris, from her album 'The Ballad of Sally Rose' (1985)
Written by Emmylou Harris and Paul Kennerley
Bb Eb Bb Her mama picked him up in south Minnesota F Bb He promised her the world but they never got that far Eb Bb For he was last seen in that '59 DeSota F Bb When Sally was born in the black hills of Dakota Bb Eb Bb She was washed in the blood of the dying Sioux nation F Bb Raised with a proud but a wandering heart Eb Bb And she knew that her roots were in the old reservation F Bb But she had stars in her eyes and greater expectations Eb Bb F Bb No rings on her fingers no bells on her toes Eb Bb With bugs on her headlights C7 F And runs in her hose Eb F Bb Eb Through the valley of the shadow of Roosevelt's nose Bb F Bb Adios South Dakota, adios Sally Rose F Bb They've got a national monument carved out of stone F Bb On the side of a mountain where her forefathers roamed Eb Bb Playing cowboys and Indians right under the nose F Bb Of Theodore Roosevelt and the sweet Sally Rose Bb Eb Bb So she left Rapid City in the blue moonlight hour F Bb With her eye on the highway and her foot on the floor Eb Bb And turnin' the dial she was pulled by the power F Bb Of the word coming out of that broadcasting tower Eb Bb F Bb No rings on her fingers no bells on her toes Eb Bb With bugs on her headlights C7 F And runs in her hose Eb F Bb Eb Through the valley of the shadow of Roosevelt's nose Bb F Bb Adios South Dakota, adios Sally Rose