Sonja Lyle Lovett D D I?ve never been lucky G D
 At picking up women G D
 But this life that I live Em A
 Is not one that I choose G D
 She was a waitress G D
 With hair blond and curly G D
 With a pretty black dress A D
 And those japanese shoes
 CHORUS: A
 A Man I need to impress her G D
 ?cause I?d like to undress her G D
 I need a song about sonja A D
 When I?m singing tonight D
 D She looked so pretty G D
 As she poured my coffee G D
 But she had her eye Em A
 On my friend at the bar G D
 And I watched her watch him G D
 And I watched her thinking G A D
 I wish her eye was on me

 Chorus
 A
 A And if I could sing her G D
 A tender love ballad G D
 I?d hope that the audience Em A might sing along G D
 But I can?t find the right way G D
 To tell her my feelings G D A
 And still make the words rhyme with sonja
 D D No I?ve never been lucky G D
 At picking up women G D
 But this life that I live Em A
 Is not one that I choose G D
 She was a waitress G D
 Now she?s gone forever G D
 And I?m stuck with this song A D
 That I never will use
 A A 
 Man you need to impress her G D
 If you want to undress her G D
 Sing a song about sonja A D
 When you?re singing tonight G D
 Sing a song about sonja A D
 When you?re singing tonight