Sally Can't Dance

Intro: D 

 
D 
Sally dances on the floor 
D 
She says that she can't do it anymore 
D 
She walks down St. Marks Place 
D 
And eats natural food at my place 


    G                    D 
Now Sally can't dance no more 
    G                    D 
She can't get off of the floor 
G                    D 
Sally can't dance no more 
                      G          F 
They found her in the trunk of a Ford 
 G             F     D 
Ooh, she can't dance no more 

 
D 
Sally is losing her face 
D 
She lives on St. Marks Place 
D 
In a rent-controlled apartment, eighty dollars a month 
D 
She has lots of fun, she has lots of fun, but 

 
G                    D 
Sally can't dance no more, ooh 
G                    D 
Sally can't dance no more 
         G                           D 
She took too much meth and can't get off of the floor 
    G    F G         F     D 
Now Sally, she can't dance no more 


A 
She was the first girl in the neighborhood 
        G                    D 
To wear tied-dyed pants, ah, like she should 
A 
She was the first girl that I ever seen 
     G                   D 
That had flowers painted on her jeans 
A 
She was the first girl in her neighborhood 
        G                         D 
Who got raped on Tompkins Square, real good 
    A 
Now she wears a sword, like Napoleon 
        G                  D 
And she kills the boys and acts like a son 

 
G                    D 
Sally can't dance no more, ooh now 
G                    D 
Sally can't dance no more 
    G                         D 
She can't get herself off the floor, huh 
G    F          G     D 
Sally, ooh, she can't dance no more 
D 
Watch this, now 


D 
Sally became a big model 
D 
She moved up to Eightieth and Park 
D 
She had a studio apartment 
D 
And that's where she used to ball folk singers 
D 
And that's where she used to ball folk singers, but 


 
G                         D 
Sally, she can't dance no more 
G                         D 
Sally, she can't dance no more 
      G                            D 
Sally can't get herself off of the floor 
     G    D 
Now, Sally, she can't dance no more 
D 
(Sally can't dance) 
D 
(Sally can't dance) 


 
D 
She knew all the really right people 
D 
She went to Le Jardin 
D 
She danced with Picasso's illegitimate mistress 
D 
And wore Kenneth Lane jewels, really it's trash, but 



G                    D 
Sally can't dance no more, woo 
G                    D 
Sally can't dance no more 
    G                            D 
She can't get herself off of the floor 
     G    F  G             D 
Now, Sally, ooh, she can't dance no more, more 
D 
Dance, no more can't 


Outro: 
D 
(Sally can't dance, Sally can't dance) 
D 
(Sally can't dance, Sally can't dance) 
D 
(Sally can't dance, Sally can't dance) 
D 
(Sally can't dance, Sally can't dance) 
D 
(Sally can't dance, Sally can't dance) 
D 
(Sally can't dance, Sally can't dance) 
D 
(Sally can't dance, Sally can't dance) 
D 
(Sally can't dance, Sally can't dance)