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Sonja - Lyle Lovett
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Tabbed by: Joe Schwab
E-mail: joeschwabmd+UG@gmail.com
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
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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
