Emmylou Harris The Ballad Of Sally Rose written by Emmylou Harris Paul Kennerley Drums: Russ Kunkel, Larrie London Bass: Emory Gordy, Jr. Keyboards: Shane Keister, John Jarvis Acoustic Guitars: Emmylou Harris, Albert Lee, Hank DeVito, Barry Tashian, Bobby Thompson, Emory Gordy, Jr., Paul Kennerley Electric Guitars: Albert Lee, Ray Flacke, Vince Gill, Hank DeVito, Waylon Jennings, Paul Kennerley Pedal Steel/ Hank DeVito Electric Slide Philip Donelly Mandolin Albert Lee Fiddle Buddy Spicher Harmonica Steve Cash, Gary Scruggs Banjo Bobby Thompson Accordion Bessyl Duhon Percussion Larrie Londin, Tom Roady Background Vocals Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Gail Davies, Vince Gill, Barbara Cowart Bb Eb Bb Her mama picked him up in south Minnesota F Bb He promised her the world but they never got that far Bb 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 Bb Eb Bb And she knew that her roots were in the old reservation Bb 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 momument 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 Bb F Bb Of Theodore Roosevelt and 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 Bb 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 From Emmylou Harris "The Ballad Of Sally Rose" Warner Brothers Records 1985 Emmylou Songs(ASCAP)/Irving Music(BMI)