Tender Mercies (1983)
Allan Hubbard: Sonny
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Quotes
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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.
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Sonny : What happened to your money?
Mac Sledge : I lost it.
Sonny : How?
Mac Sledge : How? Too much applejack.
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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.
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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