Sally Was A Good Old Girl Chords

KeyD# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays572

Sally Was A Good Old Girl by Waylon Jennings is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D#. It uses the chords D#, A#, A#7 and G#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D#
Text
16
Speed
  			I: 

D# 
Sally used to carry my friends to school 
                     A# 
Sally was a good ole girl 
A#7 
Did my homework 'cause I was a fool 
                     D# 
Sally was a good ole girl. 
D# 
When I want a kiss or a little bitty squeeze 
G# 
Sally's always willing and she did her best to please 
A# 
A girl made to love and not made to tease 
                     D# 
Sally was a good ole girl. 



D# 
Sally was a good ole girl 
                     A# 
Sally was a good ole girl 
   A#7 
No matter what the request 
A#7 
Sally gave it her best 
                     D# 
Sally was a good ole girl. 

II: 

             D# 
Oh well, the folks were poor but she helped all she could 
                     A# 
Sally was a good ole girl 
A#7 
Hardest working girl in the neighborhood 
                     D# 
Sally was a good ole girl. 
          D# 
Well, she walked up and down the street all day 
G# 
Selling neck ties to the one's who'd pay 
        A# 
If they didn't have the money then she'd give them away 
                            D# 
'Cause Sally was a good ol' girl. 



D# 
Sally was a good ole girl 
                     A# 
Sally was a good ole girl 
   A#7 
No matter what the request 
A#7 
Sally gave it her best 
                     D# 
Sally was a good ole girl. 


III: 

D# 
She was a favorite with all of the men 
                            A# 
'Cause Sally was a good ole girl 
A#7 
All of the ladies despised her then 
                            D# 
'Cause Sally was a good ole girl. 
D# 
Women talked about her, but Sally didn't care 
    G# 
She kept for a workin' and a doin' her share 
    A# 
She wound up married to a millionare 
                     D# 
Sally was a good ole girl. 



D# 
Sally was a good ole girl 
                     A# 
Sally was a good ole girl 
   A#7 
No matter what the request 
A#7 
Sally gave it her best 
                     D# 
Sally was a good ole girl. 

D# 
Sally was a good ole girl 
                     A# 
Sally was a good ole girl 
   A#7 
No matter what the request 
A#7 
Sally gave it her best 
                     D# 
Sally was a good ole girl. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante