A Song About Sonya Chords

KeyD Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays388

A Song About Sonya by Lyle Lovett is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords C, F, D7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Lyle Lovett 
A Song About Sonya 
 
 
 
 
 
 C  
Well I never been lucky 
   F          C 
at pickin' up women. 
     F           C 
This life that I live 
       D7         G 
is not one that I choose. 
 
F         C 
She was a waitress, 
     F               C 
with hair blonde and curly, 
       F            C 
with a pretty black dress, 
          G        C 
and those japanese shoes. 

        G  
  Man I need to impress her, 
             F         C  
  'cause I'd like to undress her. 
           F          C 
  I need a song about Sonya 
           G         C 
  when I'm singin' tonight. 
 
Well she looked so pretty 
as she poured my coffee, 
but she had her eye 
on my friend at the bar. 
 
And I watched her watch him, 
and I watched her thinkin'. 
F            G 
I wished her eye  
       C 
was on me. 
 
  (Chorus) 
 
 
And if I could sing her 
a tender love ballad, 
I'd hope the audience 
might sing along. 
 
But I can't find the right way 
to tell her my feelings, 
and still make the words 
rhyme with Sonya. 
 
I never been lucky 
at pickin up women 
This life that I live 
is not one that I choose. 
 
She was a waitress. 
Now she's gone forever, 
and I'm stuck with this song 
that I never will use. 
 
  Man you need to impress her 
  if you want to undress her. 
  Sing a song about Sonya 
  when you're singin' tonight 
  Sing a song about Sonya 
  when you're singin' tonight. 
    	

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