Sally Simpson chords by
Pete Townshend

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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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Outside the house
C C 
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Mr. Simpson announced
G G 
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C C 
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That Sally couldn't go to the meeting
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He went on cleaning his
blue Rolls Royce
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And she ran inside weeping
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She got to her room,
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and tears splashed the picture
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Of the new Messiah
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She picked up the book of
G G 
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her father's life
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And threw it on the fire

Verse 2
C C 
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She knew from the start
C C 
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G G 
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Deep down in her heart
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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That she and Tommy
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were worlds apart
G G 
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But her mother said, "Never mind, your part
Is to be what you'll be"

Verse 3
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The theme of the sermon
was 'Come unto me,
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An d love will find a way',
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G G 
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So Sally decided to ignore her dad
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F F 
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And sneak out anyway
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She spent all afternoon getting ready
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C C 
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And decided she'd try to touch him
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Maybe he'd see that she was free
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And talk to her this Sunday

Verse 4
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C C 
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She knew from the start
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Deep down in her heart
C C 
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That she and Tommy were worlds apart
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But her mother said,
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F F 
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"Never mind, your part
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Is to be what you'll be"

Verse 5
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She arrived at six, and the
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place was swinging
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To gospel music by nine
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Group after group appeared on the stage
And Sally just sat there crying
She bit her nails,
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looking pretty as a picture
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Right in the very front row
And then a DJ wearing a
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blazer with a badge
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C C 
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Ran on and said, "Here we go!"
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The crowd went crazy As Tommy hit the stage

Verse 6

Little Sally got lost as the police bossed

The crowd back in a rage

Soon the atmosphere was cooler As Tommy gave a lesson

Verse 7
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Sally just
had to let him
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know she loved him
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G G 
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And lept up on the rostrum
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G G 
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She ran across stage to the spotlit figure
C C 
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And brushed him on the face
G G 
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Tommy whirled
around as a uniformed man
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G G 
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Threw her off the stage

Verse 8
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D D 
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G G 
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She knew from the start
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Deep down in her heart
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D D 
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G G 
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That she and Tommy were worlds apart
A A 
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But her mother said, "Never mind,
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your part
Is to be what you'll be"

Verse 9
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C C 
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Her cheek hit a chair and
blood trickled down
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Mingling with her tears
Tommy carried on preaching
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And his voice filled Sally's
ears
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She caught his eye, she had to try
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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But he couldn't see through
the lights
Her face was gashed,
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and the ambulance men
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C C 
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Had to carry her out that night
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The crowd went crazy As Tommy left the stage

Verse 10

Little

Sally was lost for the price of a

touch

And a gash across her face, oh

Verse 11
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Sixteen stitches put her right, and
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F F 
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G G 
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her dad said
"Don't say I didn't warn you"
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Sally got married to a rock musician
She met in California
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Tommy always talks about the day
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The disciples all went wild
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Sally still carries a scar on her cheek
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To remind her of his smile

Verse 12
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She knew from the start
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Deep down in her heart
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D D 
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That she and Tommy
were worlds apart
But her mother said, "Never mind, your part
Is to be what you'll be"

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