AmD
Take Sonny, he's a real go-getter
AmD
A regular man about town
AmD
He's got the world revolving around the music
GC
And keeping his ear to the ground
AmD
He falls asleep behind his dark sunglasses
AmD
And whispers the words with a smile
AmD
D I double G, I love ya, baby
GC
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:
GAD
Sonny Boy, don't take your toys away
C
Save them for a rainy day, yea, yea, yea
GAD
An IOU could break her heart in two
C
She thought you were the real McCoy, Sonny Boy
AmDAmD
He's got his servant and his own dumbwaiter
AmD
To answer the phone when you call
AmD
Sorry, Sonny's underneath the weather
GC
Try him back later next fall
AmD
The boss called him out to California
AmD
Let Hollywood make you a star
AmD
Now he's on the Music Television
GC
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:
GAD
Sonny Boy, don't take your toys away
C
Save them for a rainy day, yea, yea, yea
GAD
An IOU could break her heart in two
C
She thought you were the real McCoy, Sonny Boy
BDA
oooh oh oh
BEmDA
It's a game you just can't win Ooooh oh oh
BC
Though it never will be the same again
D
Fair-weather friend
GADC, GADC... AmDAmD
I don't think we've heard the last of Sonny
AmD
He can't get it off of his mind
AmD
He wants to laugh, but he don't think it's funny
GC
A conscience can turn on a dime
A
When he was a boy, they taught him the Golden Rule
CD
Take him for anything, but don't take him for a fool
Chorus:
GAD
Sonny Boy, don't take your toys away
C
Save them for a rainy day, yea, yea, yea
GAD
An IOU could break her heart in two
C
She thought you were the real McCoy, Sonny Boy