Sonny Boy

Am                 D 
Take Sonny, he's a real go-getter 
   Am               D 
A regular man about town 
Am                           D 
He's got the world revolving around the music 
    G                      C 
And keeping his ear to the ground 

Am                         D 
He falls asleep behind his dark sunglasses 
   Am                         D 
And whispers the words with a smile 
Am               D 
D I double G, I love ya, baby 
  G                        C 
I ain't seen your face in awhile 

A 
She ain't keeping score, he don't owe her anything 
C 
But she ain't gonna sit around 
D 
Waiting for the phone to ring 

Chorus: 
G                 A              D 
Sonny Boy, don't take your toys away 
                C 
Save them for a rainy day, yea, yea, yea 
G             A                  D 
An IOU could break her heart in two 
                         C 
She thought you were the real McCoy, Sonny Boy 

Am   D 

Am                           D 
He's got his servant and his own dumbwaiter 
Am                           D 
To answer the phone when you call 
Am                   D 
Sorry, Sonny's underneath the weather 
G                      C 
Try him back later next fall 

Am                         D 
The boss called him out to California 
    Am                    D 
Let Hollywood make you a star 
Am                    D 
Now he's on the Music Television 
    G                   C 
And driving a Cadillac car 

A 
Funny how fame and money does what it can 
C 
To bring about change in the boy 
D 
The clothes don't make the man 

Chorus: 
G                 A              D 
Sonny Boy, don't take your toys away 
                C 
Save them for a rainy day, yea, yea, yea 
G             A                  D 
An IOU could break her heart in two 
                         C 
She thought you were the real McCoy, Sonny Boy 

B    D      A 
    oooh oh oh 
       B                   Em            D        A 
It's a game you just can't win          Ooooh oh oh 
           B                      C 
Though it never will be the same again 
 D 
Fair-weather friend 

G   A   D   C},  G  A  D   {C}... Am   D 

Am                             D 
I don't think we've heard the last of Sonny 
   Am                      D 
He can't get it off of his mind 
Am                              D 
He wants to laugh, but he don't think it's funny 
   G                       C 
A conscience can turn on a dime 

A 
When he was a boy, they taught him the Golden Rule 
C                           D 
Take him for anything, but don't take him for a fool 

Chorus: 
G                 A              D 
Sonny Boy, don't take your toys away 
                C 
Save them for a rainy day, yea, yea, yea 
G             A                  D 
An IOU could break her heart in two 
                         C 
She thought you were the real McCoy, Sonny Boy