Sally Simpson chords by
Pete Townshend

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Outside the house

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Mr. Simpson announced

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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

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her father's life

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And threw it on the fire

Verse 2

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She knew from the start

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Deep down in her heart

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That she and Tommy

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were worlds apart

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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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So Sally decided to ignore her dad

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And sneak out anyway

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She spent all afternoon getting ready

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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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She knew from the start

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Deep down in her heart

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That she and Tommy were worlds apart

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But her mother said,

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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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Ran on and said, "Here we go!"

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The crowd went crazy As Tommy hit the stage

Verse 6

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Little Sally got lost as the police bossed

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The crowd back in a rage

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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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And lept up on the rostrum

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She ran across stage to the spotlit figure

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And brushed him on the face

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Tommy whirled

around as a uniformed man

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Threw her off the stage

Verse 8

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She knew from the start

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Deep down in her heart

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That she and Tommy were worlds apart

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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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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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But he couldn't see through

the lights

Her face was gashed,

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and the ambulance men

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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

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Little

Sally was lost for the price of a

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And a gash across her face, oh

Verse 11

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Sixteen stitches put her right, and

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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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That she and Tommy

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But her mother said, "Never mind, your part

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