Sonny's Dream
Ron Hynes (1976)
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Sonny | [G] lives on a | farm, on a | wide open | space
Where you can | [G] take off your | shoes and | [C] give up the | [G] race
You could | [D] lay down your | head, by a | sweet river- | bed
But Sonny | [C] always re- | members, what it | was his mama |
| [G] sai- ai- | [D] aid | [D↓]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D]
Sonny | [G] carries a | load, though he's | barely a | man
There ain't | [G] all that to | do, still he | [C] does what he | [G] can
And he | [D] watches the | sea, from a | room by the | stairs
And the | [C] waves keep on | rollin', they've | done that for |
| [G] years and for | [D] years | [D]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [G] | [D] | [D↓]
It's a | [G] hundred miles to | town, Sonny's | never been | there
And he | [G] goes to the | highway and | [C] stands there and | [G] stares
And the | [D] mail comes at | four, and the | mailman is | old
Oh but he | [C] still dreams his | dreams full of | silver and |
| [G] go- o- o- | [D] old | [D]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D]
Sonny's | [G] dreams can't be | real, they're just | stories he's | read
They're just | [G] stars in his | eyes, they're just | [C] dreams in his | [G] head
And he's | [D] hungry in- | side, for the | wide world out- | side
And I | [C] know I can't | hold him though I've | tried and I've
| [G] tried and I've | [D] tried | [D]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D]
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [C] | [C] | [G↓]
#Capo on 3rd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 02-13-19 JJ
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Ron Hynes (1976)
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Sonny | [G] lives on a | farm, on a | wide open | space
Where you can | [G] take off your | shoes and | [C] give up the | [G] race
You could | [D] lay down your | head, by a | sweet river- | bed
But Sonny | [C] always re- | members, what it | was his mama |
| [G] sai- ai- | [D] aid | [D↓]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D]
Sonny | [G] carries a | load, though he's | barely a | man
There ain't | [G] all that to | do, still he | [C] does what he | [G] can
And he | [D] watches the | sea, from a | room by the | stairs
And the | [C] waves keep on | rollin', they've | done that for |
| [G] years and for | [D] years | [D]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [G] | [D] | [D↓]
It's a | [G] hundred miles to | town, Sonny's | never been | there
And he | [G] goes to the | highway and | [C] stands there and | [G] stares
And the | [D] mail comes at | four, and the | mailman is | old
Oh but he | [C] still dreams his | dreams full of | silver and |
| [G] go- o- o- | [D] old | [D]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D]
Sonny's | [G] dreams can't be | real, they're just | stories he's | read
They're just | [G] stars in his | eyes, they're just | [C] dreams in his | [G] head
And he's | [D] hungry in- | side, for the | wide world out- | side
And I | [C] know I can't | hold him though I've | tried and I've
| [G] tried and I've | [D] tried | [D]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D]
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [C] | [C] | [G↓]
#Capo on 3rd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 02-13-19 JJ
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