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Sonja by Lyle Lovett
Sonja
Capo: 2nd fret
Note: Capo 2nd fret. This is organized into verse pairs, played just as
the first two verses, the exception being the las part of the 4th
verse, to be played as indicated.
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.
(Chorus):
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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version 2
D D
I’ve never been lucky
G D
At picking up women
G D
But this life that I live
Em A
Is not one that I choose
G D
She was a waitress
G D
With hair blond and curly
G D
With a pretty black dress
A D
And those japanese shoes
CHORUS:
A
A
Man I need to impress her
G D
’cause I’d like to undress her
G D
I need a song about sonja
A D
When I’m singing tonight
D
D
She looked so pretty
G D
As she poured my coffee
G D
But she had her eye
Em A
On my friend at the bar
G D
And I watched her watch him
G D
And I watched her thinking
G A D
I wish her eye was on me
Chorus
A
A
And if I could sing her
G D
A tender love ballad
G D
I’d hope that the audience
Em A
might sing along
G D
But I can’t find the right way
G D
To tell her my feelings
G D A
And still make the words rhyme with sonja
D D
No I’ve never been lucky
G D
At picking up women
G D
But this life that I live
Em A
Is not one that I choose
G D
She was a waitress
G D
Now she’s gone forever
G D
And I’m stuck with this song
A D
That I never will use
A A
Man you need to impress her
G D
If you want to undress her
G D
Sing a song about sonja
A D
When you’re singing tonight
G D
Sing a song about sonja
A D
When you’re singing tonight
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version 3
Tuning: Standard
Capo 2
Intro: G walk up to C
VERSE 1
C C F C
I've never been lucky at picking up women
F C Dm C
But this life that I live is not one that I choose
F C F C
She was a waitress with hair blond and curly
F C G C
With a pretty black dress and those Japanese shoes
CHORUS
G G F C
Man I need to impress her 'cause I'd like to undress her
F C G C
I need a song about Sonja when I'm singing tonight
VERSE 2
C C F C
She looked so pretty as she poured my coffee
F C Dm C
But she had her eye on my friend at the bar
F C F C
And I watched her watch him and I watched her thinking
F G C
I wish her eye was on me
CHORUS
G G F C
Man I need to impress her 'cause I'd like to undress her
F F G C
I need a song about Sonja when I'm singing tonight
G G F C
And if I could sing her a tender love ballad
F C Dm G
I'd hope that the audience might sing along
F C F C
But I can't find the right words to tell her my feelings
F C G
And still make the words rhyme with Sonja
VERSE 3
C C F C
No I've never been lucky at picking up women
F C Dm C
But this life that I live is not one that I choose
F C F C
She was a waitress now she's gone forever
F C G C
And I'm stuck with this song that I never will use
CHORUS
G G F C
Man you need to impress her if you want to undress her
F C G C
Sing a song about Sonja when you're singing tonight
F C G C
Sing a song about Sonja when you're singing tonight
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