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SONNY - New Found Glory
Standard Tuning (EADGBe), Capo 2
      G3x04xx
  Gsus23x02xx
     Em025xxx
  Esus2024xxx
     E5022xxx
     C5x355xx
     D5x577xx
[Intro]
|  G   Gsus2|  G   Gsus2|  Em   Esus2|  Em   Esus2   E5|  (x2)
[Verse]
  GI'm Gsus2sorry, GI heard Gsus2about the bad Emnews toEsus2day
A Emcrowd of people Esus2around E5you
  Gtelling Gsus2you it's GokGsus2  
And Emeverything Esus2happens for a EmreasonEsus2  E5  
  GWhen you Gsus2lose a part of yourGself to somGsus2ebody Emyou knowEsus2  
It Emtakes a lot to Esus2let goE5  
  GEvery Gsus2breath that you reGmemberGsus2  
EmPictures fade aEsus2way, but Emmemory's forEsus2everE5  
[Chorus]
  C5An empty D5chair at all the EmtablEsus2esEm  Esus2  E5  
  C5And I'll be seeing D5you when all my Emdays Esus2boil dEmownEsus2  
E5But it's C5better where you're D5going anyway
[Solo]
|  G   Gsus2|  G   Gsus2|  Em   Esus2|  Em   Esus2   E5|  (x2)
[Verse]
  GI'm Gsus2sorry, GI heard Gsus2about the bad Emnews toEsus2day
It's Emreally hard to Esus2get thrE5ough 
  GTough Gsus2times and Glong days
Gsus2But it Emreally just Esus2depends on the EmseasonEsus2  E5  
  GWhen you Gsus2lose a part of yourGself to someGsus2body  Emyou knowEsus2  
It Emtakes a lot to Esus2let goE5..   GEvery Gsus2breath that you reGmemberGsus2  
EmPictures fade aEsus2way, but Emmemory's foEsus2reverE5  
[Chorus]
  C5An empty D5chair at all the EmtablEsus2esEm  Esus2  E5  
  C5And I'll be seeing D5you when all my Emdays Esus2boil dEmownEsus2  
E5But it's C5better where you're D5going anyway
  C5For now we'll D5say good byeE5  
We know it's D5not the last time
  C5I've lost the D5best part of my E5dayEm  E5  
But it's C5better where you're D5going anyway
[Solo]
|  G   Gsus2|  G   Gsus2|  Em   Esus2|  Em   Esus2   E5|  (x2)
[Chorus]
  C5An empty D5chair at all the EmtablEsus2esEm  Esus2  E5  
  C5And I'll be seeing D5you when all my Emdays Esus2boil dEmownEsus2  
E5But it's C5better where you're D5going anyway
  C5For now we'll D5say good byeE5  
We know it's D5not the last time
  C5I've lost the D5best part of my E5day,    Em     E5yeah
  C5This is the D5last thing E5I will remember
It's C5better where you're D5going anyway 
[Outro]
|  G   Gsus2|  G   Gsus2|  Em   Esus2|  Em   Esus2   E5|
  G

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Sonny

by New Found Glory

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Gsus2

Esus2

SONNY - New Found Glory

Standard Tuning (EADGBe), Capo 2

3x04xx

Gsus2

3x02xx

025xxx

Esus2

024xxx

022xxx

x355xx

x577xx

[Intro]

G Gsus2 G Gsus2 Em Esus2 Em Esus2 E5

| | | | | (x2)

[Verse]

G Gsus2 G Gsus2 Em Esus2

I'm sorry, I heard about the bad news today

Em Esus2 E5

A crowd of people around you

G Gsus2 G Gsus2

telling you it's ok

Em Esus2 Em Esus2 E5

And everything happens for a reason

G Gsus2 G Gsus2 Em Esus2

When you lose a part of yourself to somebody you know

Em Esus2 E5

It takes a lot to let go

G Gsus2 G Gsus2

Every breath that you remember

Em Esus2 Em Esus2 E5

Pictures fade away, but memory's forever

[Chorus]

C5 D5 Em Esus2 Em Esus2 E5

An empty chair at all the tables

C5 D5 Em Esus2 Em Esus2

And I'll be seeing you when all my days boil down

E5 C5 D5

But it's better where you're going anyway

[Solo]

G Gsus2 G Gsus2 Em Esus2 Em Esus2 E5

| | | | | (x2)

[Verse]

G Gsus2 G Gsus2 Em Esus2

I'm sorry, I heard about the bad news today

Em Esus2 E5

It's really hard to get through

G Gsus2 G

Tough times and long days

Gsus2 Em Esus2 Em Esus2 E5

But it really just depends on the season

G Gsus2 G Gsus2 Em Esus2

When you lose a part of yourself to somebody you know

Em Esus2 E5 G Gsus2 G Gsus2

It takes a lot to let go.. Every breath that you remember

Em Esus2 Em Esus2 E5

Pictures fade away, but memory's forever

[Chorus]

C5 D5 Em Esus2 Em Esus2 E5

An empty chair at all the tables

C5 D5 Em Esus2 Em Esus2

And I'll be seeing you when all my days boil down

E5 C5 D5

But it's better where you're going anyway

C5 D5 E5

For now we'll say good bye

We know it's not the last time

C5 D5 E5 Em E5

I've lost the best part of my day

C5 D5

But it's better where you're going anyway

[Solo]

G Gsus2 G Gsus2 Em Esus2 Em Esus2 E5

| | | | | (x2)

[Chorus]

C5 D5 Em Esus2 Em Esus2 E5

An empty chair at all the tables

C5 D5 Em Esus2 Em Esus2

And I'll be seeing you when all my days boil down

E5 C5 D5

But it's better where you're going anyway

C5 D5 E5

For now we'll say good bye

We know it's not the last time

C5 D5 E5 Em E5

I've lost the best part of my day, yeah

C5 D5 E5

This is the last thing I will remember

C5 D5

It's better where you're going anyway

[Outro]

G Gsus2 G Gsus2 Em Esus2 Em Esus2 E5

| | | | |

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