{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":996519,"song":"Sonja","artist":"Lyle Lovett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11625062-sonja-chords-by-lyle-lovett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/996519?type=chord","rating":4.78724,"votes":11,"content":"Sonja\r\nLyle Lovett\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’ve never been lucky[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt picking up women[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut this life that I live[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIs not one that I choose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe was a waitress[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith hair blond and curly[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a pretty black dress[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd those Japanese shoes[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMan I need to impress her[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n’cause I’d like to undress her[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI need a song about Sonja[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I’m singing tonight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe looked so pretty[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs she poured my coffee[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut she had her eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn my friend at the bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I watched her watch him[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I watched her thinking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wish her eye was on me[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if I could sing her[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA tender love ballad[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’d hope that the audience[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nmight sing along[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I can’t find the right way[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo tell her my feelings[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd still make the words rhyme with Sonja[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo I’ve never been lucky[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt picking up women[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut this life that I live[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIs not one that I choose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe was a waitress[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow she’s gone forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I’m stuck with this song[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat I never will use[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMan you need to impress her[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you want to undress her[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSing a song about Sonja[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen you’re singing tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSing a song about Sonja[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen you’re singing tonight[/tab]","plain_text":"Sonja\nLyle Lovett\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus","chords":["D","G","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}