Tender Mercies (1983)

Allan Hubbard: Sonny

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• Mac Sledge : How was school?

  Sonny : All right.

  Mac Sledge : You learn anything?

  Sonny : Not much. What are doin' down here?

  Mac Sledge : Thinkin'.

  Sonny : About what?

  Mac Sledge : Things.

  Sonny : Good things or bad things?

  Mac Sledge : Some of both.

• Sonny : What happened to your money?

  Mac Sledge : I lost it.

  Sonny : How?

  Mac Sledge : How? Too much applejack.

• Mac Sledge : I don't know if I was what you call rich, but I had a few dollars.

  Sonny : How'd you get it?

  Mac Sledge : Writin' songs.

  Sonny : And how do you get money for that?

  Mac Sledge : Hell, if people are crazy enough to pay for it, they do it.

• Sonny : You think you'll ever be rich again?

  Mac Sledge : Well, I tell you what, Sonny. I don't lay awake nights worryin' about it. Now, look. There's a D, right? D as in dog. Now watch me. I'll call 'em out.

  Mac Sledge : [singing]  I've decided to leave

  Mac Sledge : G.

  Mac Sledge : [singing]  Here forever

  Mac Sledge : Not really.

  Mac Sledge : [singing]  Let me know if you're stayin' behind

  Mac Sledge : That's A7th.

  Mac Sledge : [singing]  Otherwise, I'll be gone in the mornin'

  Mac Sledge : D as in dog.

  Mac Sledge : [singing]  Let me know if you're staying behind

  Mac Sledge : Now you can play a covered chord or a rhythm chord.

  Mac Sledge : [singing]  Let me know

  Mac Sledge : That's a G.

  Mac Sledge : [singing]  If you always will want me, Or if you'll wander into another's arms

  Mac Sledge : A or A7th. G.

  Mac Sledge : [singing]  Let me know what you decide dear, Then let me rest

  Mac Sledge : A.

  Mac Sledge : [singing]  My head for awhile, I've decided to leave here forever

  Mac Sledge : D as in dog.

  Mac Sledge : [singing]  Let me know if you're comin' along, Otherwise, I'll be gone in the mornin'

  Mac Sledge : D.

  Mac Sledge : [singing]  Let me know if you're stayin' behind