Sally by Vasco Rossi

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 16 · Sections: 2

Form: A Section → Outro

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

A Section

• D – Dmaj7 – D – G – D/F♯ – Em – A – G/B – A/C♯ – Dsus4 – D – A – D – Dmaj7 – D7 – G – D/F♯ – Em – A – G/B – A/C♯ – Dsus4 – D – D/C♯ – Bm – Bm/A – G – A – G – Asus4 – A – Dsus4 – D – D/C♯ – Bm – Bm/A – G – A7sus4 – D – Dmaj7 – D – G – D/F♯ – Em – A – G/B – A/C♯ – Dsus4 – D – A – D – Dmaj7 – D7 – G – D/F♯ – Em – A – G/B – A/C♯ – Dsus4 – D – D/C♯ – Bm – Bm/A – G – A – G – Asus4 – A – Dsus4 – D – D/C♯ – Bm – Bm/A – G – A7sus4 – D – Dmaj7 – D – G – D/F♯ – Em – A – G/B – A/C♯ – Dsus4 – D – A – D – Dmaj7 – D7 – G – D/F♯ – Em – A – G/B – A/C♯ – Dsus4 – D – D/C♯ – Bm – Bm/A – G – A – G – Asus4 – A – Dsus4 – D – D/C♯ – Bm – Bm/A – G – A7sus4
  I – Imaj7 – I – IV – I⁶ – ii – V – IV⁶ – V⁶ – Isus4 – I – V – I – Imaj7 – I7 – IV – I⁶ – ii – V – IV⁶ – V⁶ – Isus4 – I – I (bass C♯) – vi – vi (bass A) – IV – V – IV – Vsus4 – V – Isus4 – I – I (bass C♯) – vi – vi (bass A) – IV – V7sus4 – I – Imaj7 – I – IV – I⁶ – ii – V – IV⁶ – V⁶ – Isus4 – I – V – I – Imaj7 – I7 – IV – I⁶ – ii – V – IV⁶ – V⁶ – Isus4 – I – I (bass C♯) – vi – vi (bass A) – IV – V – IV – Vsus4 – V – Isus4 – I – I (bass C♯) – vi – vi (bass A) – IV – V7sus4 – I – Imaj7 – I – IV – I⁶ – ii – V – IV⁶ – V⁶ – Isus4 – I – V – I – Imaj7 – I7 – IV – I⁶ – ii – V – IV⁶ – V⁶ – Isus4 – I – I (bass C♯) – vi – vi (bass A) – IV – V – IV – Vsus4 – V – Isus4 – I – I (bass C♯) – vi – vi (bass A) – IV – V7sus4
• D – Dmaj7 – D7 – G – D/F♯ – Em – A – G/B – A/C♯ (×2)
  I – Imaj7 – I7 – IV – I⁶ – ii – V – IV⁶ – V⁶
• Dsus4 – D – D/C♯ – Bm – Bm/A – G – A – G – Asus4 – A – Dsus4 – D – D/C♯ – Bm – Bm/A – G – A7sus4
  Isus4 – I – I (bass C♯) – vi – vi (bass A) – IV – V – IV – Vsus4 – V – Isus4 – I – I (bass C♯) – vi – vi (bass A) – IV – V7sus4

Outro

• D – Dmaj7 – D7 – G – D/F♯ – Em – Asus4 – A7 – D
  I – Imaj7 – I7 – IV – I⁶ – ii – Vsus4 – V7 – I

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
D	I	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, Outro
Dmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, Outro
G	IV	In the key	A Section, Outro
D/F♯	I⁶	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, Outro
Em	ii	In the key	A Section, Outro
A	V	In the key	A Section
G/B	IV⁶	In the key	A Section
A/C♯	V⁶	In the key	A Section
Dsus4	Isus4	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
D7	I7	Secondary dominant (V/IV)	A Section, Outro
D/C♯	I (bass C♯)	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Bm	vi	In the key	A Section
Bm/A	vi (bass A)	In the key	A Section
Asus4	Vsus4	In the key	A Section, Outro
A7sus4	V7sus4	In the key	A Section
A7	V7	In the key	Outro

Harmonic highlights

• D7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to G.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Sally” (credited “Rossi Vasco”, style Rock Pop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.
• Section names: from the chart's own markings: section names written on the chart (Intro, Verse, Chorus…) are kept, and rehearsal letters are shown as “A Section”, “B Section” and so on (the B of an AABA song is called the Bridge).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Sally” (credited “Rossi Vasco”, style Rock Pop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 83%).
• Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
• The chart's D.S./D.C./coda jumps have been written out in playing order.
• Verified: two community charts of this song, posted in different forum threads, agree on its harmony. They're still charts, not transcriptions checked against the recording.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.