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Little Richard - Long Tall Sally Chords

Chord reference A, A7, D, E7, D7
Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

I’m gonna [A]tell Aunt Mary [A]‘bout Uncle Hohn [A]he said he had the misery [A7]but he got a lot of fun Oh, [D]baby, yeah now [A]baby Woo [E7]baby, [D7]some fun tonight [A], [E7]yeah

I [A]saw Uncle John with [A]Long Tall Sally he [A]saw Aunt Mary comin’ and he [A7]ducked back in the alley Oh, [D]baby, yeah now [A]baby Woo [E7]baby, [D7]some fun tonig[A]aahh [E7]woo!!!!

[A] [A7] [D] [A] [E7] [D7] [A] [E7]

Well [A]Long Tall Sally Shes a [A]pretty sweet she got everything that [A7]Uncle John need Oh, [D]baby, yeah now [A]baby Woo [E7]baby, [D7]some fun tonight[A]aahhh[E7]yeahahah!!!!

[A] [A7] [D] [A] [E7] [D7] [A] [E7]

Well, we’ll [A]have some fun tonight I said we’ll have some fun tonight [A7]Woo [D]Everything’s all right yeah we’ll [A]have some fun tonight I said [E7]have some fun yeah, [D7]have some, [A]ahhh, ah [E7]

We’re gonna [A]have some fun tonight yeah some fun tonight [A7]Woo [D]Everything’s all right have [A]some fun tonight, well

We’ll [E7]have some fun hav’in [Dm]some fun tonight [A] [E7]yeah

Artist Little Richard
Album Here's Little Richard
Genres Rock, Rock and roll
Year 1957
Key A

How to Play Long Tall Sally on Guitar?

Little Richard - Long Tall Sally can be played in the key of A using the A, A7, D, E7, D7 chords.

  • For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
  • For A7, To play A7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G.
  • For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Long Tall Sally with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.