Mustang Sally | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
| C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
Verse 1
| C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
Mustang Sally, huh, uh. Guess you better slow your Mustang down.
| C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
Oh Lord, what I say now.
| F7 | F7 | F7 | F7 | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
Mustang Sally now baby, oh Lord. Guess you better slow your Mustang down, huh, oh yeah.
| G7 | G7 |
You’ve been running all over the town now.
| F7 N.C | N.C | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
Oh, I’ll guess I have to put your flat feet on the ground, huh. What I said now.
Chorus 1
| C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
Listen, all you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride, Sally, ride) huh.
| C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride, Sally, ride) uh.
| F7 | F7 | F7 | F7 |
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride, Sally, ride) huh.
| C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride, Sally, ride) oh Lord.
| G7 | G7 |
One of these early mornings, yeah.
| F7 N.C | N.C | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
You gonna be wiping those weeping eyes, huh. What I said now.
Verse 2
| C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
I bought you a brand new Mustang, a 1965, ha.
| C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
Now you come around signifyin’ a woman, you don’t wanna let me ride.
| F7 | F7 | F7 | F7 | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
Mustang Sally now baby. Oh Lord, guess you better slow that Mustang down. Ha, oh Lord, listen.
| G7 | G7 |
You’ve been running all over the town.
| F7 N.C | N.C | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
Oh, I’ll have to put your flat feet on the ground, ha, what I said now. Listen one more time y’all.
Chorus 2
| C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride, Sally, ride).
| C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride, Sally, ride).
| F7 | F7 | F7 | F7 | to fade
All you wanna do is ride around Sally, oh yeah (ride, Sally, ride).
Mustang Sally Chords: Learn the progressions
The ultimate covers band tune, Mustang Sally by Wilson Pickett doesn’t have any complicated chords, that’s for sure!
All we are dealing with here is a simple blues, although the bars are more than expected, it’s a 24 bar, not a 12 bar, like this:
||: C7 (I) | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
| F7 (IV) | F7 | F7 | F7 | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
| G7 (V) | G7 | F7 N.C | N.C | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 :||
You may think, why has Mustang Sally become so popular with the audience and bands over the years? I believe it’s down to these two extremely important points:
- Simple chords and structure, meaning you can’t go wrong, any musician can play it.
- Audience participation (ride Sally ride)
These two points are still just as valid today. If you want to pen a hit, make sure it’s easy for other people to play it and find a way for the audience to participate.
Music history is packed with more examples, be it for a dance craze (Do You Love Me, Get Ready, Twist & Shout) or in the modern era, with fans making YouTube videos (Happy, Can’t Stop The Feeling).
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Wilson Pickett tunes
Even though Wilson Pickett was signed to Atlantic, he collaborated with Stax and their house band Booker T. & the M.G.’s during his most successful spell.
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Wilson Pickett on the web
Motown & Soul
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