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