D [Verse] G D Her mama picked him up in south Minnesota A D He promised her the world, but they never got that far G D For he was last seen in that '59 Desoto A D When Sally was born in the black hills of Dakota [Verse] G D She was washed in the blood of the dying Sioux nation A D Raised with a proud, but a wandering heart G D And she knew that her roots were in the old reservation A D She had stars in her eyes and greater expectations [Chorus] G D A D No rings on her fingers, no bells on her toes G D E A With bugs on her headlights and runs in her hose G A D G Through the valley of the shadow of Roosevelt's nose D A D A D Adios South Dakota, adios Sally Rose [Bridge] A D They've got a national monument carved out of stone A D On the side of a mountain where her forefathers roamed G D Playing cowboys and Indians right under the nose A D Of Theodore Roosevelt and the sweet Sally Rose [Verse] G D So she left Rapid City in the blue moonlight hour A D One her eye on the highway and her foot on the floor G D And turning the dial she was pulled by the power A D Of the word coming out of that broadcasting tower [Chorus] G D A D No rings on her fingers, no bells on her toes G D E A With bugs on her headlights and runs in her hose G A D G Through the valley of the shadow of Roosevelt's nose D A D Adios South Dakota, adios Sally Rose [Chorus] G D A D No rings on her fingers, no bells on her toes G D E A With bugs on her headlights and runs in her hose G A D G Through the valley of the shadow of Roosevelt's nose D A D A D Adios South Dakota, adios Sally Rose