GWell, (320003@1)I'm accustomed to a smooth ride  
 
   D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite  
 
          D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)                    F (133211@1)
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more  
 
C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)               D (xx0232@1)
  I don't expect to sleep through the night  
 
     D (xx0232@1)    C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie  
 
    D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   C (x32010@1)
But I say why  
 
             F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)     
Why deny the obvious child?  
 
              F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1) 
 Why deny the obvious child?  
 
 
         D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)   
And in remembering a road sign  
 
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1) 
  I am remembering a girl when I was young  
 
F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C        G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)
    And we said These songs are true  
 
      D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)
These days are ours  
 
      D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)
These tears are free  
 
    D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1) 
And hey  
 
C (x32010@1)                   F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)   
  The cross is in the ballpark  
 
                     F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)  
 The cross is in the ballpark  
 
 
      
We had a lot of fun  
 
                       D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C   
We had a lot of money  
 
   G (320003@1)                                                  D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C      
We had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny  
 
           D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)          
Sonny gets married and moves away  
 
C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)            
Sonny has a baby and bills to pay  
 
C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)       
Sonny gets sunnier  
 
G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)   
Day by day by day by day  
 
 
G (320003@1)                     
  Doh, doh,  doh, doh  
 
                       
 Doh, doh,  doh, doh  
 
 
                 D (xx0232@1)    C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)       
 Well, I've been waking up at sunrise  
 
           D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)
 I've been following the light across my room  
 
  D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)               F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)  
I watch the night receive the room of my day  
 
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)    C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)
  Some people say the sky is just the sky  
 
    D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G     
But I say  
 
C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)      
  Why deny the obvious child?  
 
              F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)      
 Why deny the obvious child?  
 
 
 
G (320003@1) C/G (3x555x@1)name="chord_320003@1">G     
Mm---------  
 
 
C/G (3x555x@1) G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)                 
Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself  
 
     D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)     
 How it's strange that some rooms are like cages  
 
    D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)   
 Sonny's yearbook from high school  
 
   C (x32010@1)             
Is down from the shelf  
 
D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  D (xx0232@1)                C (x32010@1)     
And he id-ly thumbs through the pages  
 
      Ab (xx1114@1) Bbm (x13321@1)  
 Some have died  
 
           G (320003@1)                    
 Some have fled from themselves  
 
    C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)     
 Or struggled from here to get there  
 
 C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D          C (x32010@1)      
 Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls  
 
         G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)    
Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair  
 
 
                          G (320003@1)           
Well, I'm accustomed to a smooth ride  
 
   D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite  
 
          D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)                    F (133211@1)
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more  
 
C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)               D (xx0232@1)
  I don't expect to sleep through the night  
 
     D (xx0232@1)    C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie  
 
    D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G     
But I say   
 
C (x32010@1)                   F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)    
  the cross is in the ballpark  
 
              F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C     G (320003@1)                  
 Why deny the obvious    child?