Sonny's Dream (Key of C)
Ron Hynes (1976)
Carter Picking
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 & 3 4 &
Sonny | [C] lives on a | farm, on a | wide open | space
Where you can | [C] take off your | shoes and | [F] give up the | [C] race
You could | [G] lay down your | head, by a | sweet river- | bed
But Sonny | [F] always re- | members, what it | was his mama |
| [C] sai- ai- | [G] aid | [G↓]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [C] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [C] daddy's a | sailor, who | [F] never comes | [C] home
All these | [G] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [F] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [C] stro- o- | [G] ong | [G]
Sonny | [C] carries a | load, though he's | barely a | man
There ain't | [C] all that to | do, still he | [F] does what he | [C] can
And he | [G] watches the | sea, from a | room by the | stairs
And the | [F] waves keep on | rollin', they've | done that for |
| [C] years and for | [G] years | [G]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [C] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [C] daddy's a | sailor, who | [F] never comes | [C] home
All these | [G] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [F] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [C] stro- o- | [G] ong | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [F] | [F] | [F] | [C] | [G] | [G↓]
It's a | [C] hundred miles to | town, Sonny's | never been | there
And he | [C] goes to the | highway and | [F] stands there and | [C] stares
And the | [G] mail comes at | four, and the | mailman is | old
Oh but he | [F] still dreams his | dreams full of | silver and |
| [C] go- o- o- | [G] old | [G]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [C] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [C] daddy's a | sailor, who | [F] never comes | [C] home
All these | [G] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [F] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [C] stro- o- | [G] ong | [G]
Sonny's | [C] dreams can't be | real, they're just | stories he's | read
They're just | [C] stars in his | eyes, they're just | [F] dreams in his | [C] head
And he's | [G] hungry in- | side, for the | wide world out- | side
And I | [F] know I can't | hold him though I've | tried and I've
| [C] tried and I've | [G] tried | [G]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [C] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [C] daddy's a | sailor, who | [F] never comes | [C] home
All these | [G] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [F] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [C] stro- o- | [G] ong | [G]
Oh, Sonny | [C] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [C] daddy's a | sailor, who | [F] never comes | [C] home
All these | [G] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [F] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [C] stro- o- | [G] ong | [F] | [F] | [C↓]
#Original in key of Bb. This one is in key of C.
#Last Updated 02-24-20 JJ
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Ron Hynes (1976)
Carter Picking
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 & 3 4 &
Sonny | [C] lives on a | farm, on a | wide open | space
Where you can | [C] take off your | shoes and | [F] give up the | [C] race
You could | [G] lay down your | head, by a | sweet river- | bed
But Sonny | [F] always re- | members, what it | was his mama |
| [C] sai- ai- | [G] aid | [G↓]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [C] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [C] daddy's a | sailor, who | [F] never comes | [C] home
All these | [G] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [F] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [C] stro- o- | [G] ong | [G]
Sonny | [C] carries a | load, though he's | barely a | man
There ain't | [C] all that to | do, still he | [F] does what he | [C] can
And he | [G] watches the | sea, from a | room by the | stairs
And the | [F] waves keep on | rollin', they've | done that for |
| [C] years and for | [G] years | [G]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [C] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [C] daddy's a | sailor, who | [F] never comes | [C] home
All these | [G] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [F] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [C] stro- o- | [G] ong | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [F] | [F] | [F] | [C] | [G] | [G↓]
It's a | [C] hundred miles to | town, Sonny's | never been | there
And he | [C] goes to the | highway and | [F] stands there and | [C] stares
And the | [G] mail comes at | four, and the | mailman is | old
Oh but he | [F] still dreams his | dreams full of | silver and |
| [C] go- o- o- | [G] old | [G]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [C] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [C] daddy's a | sailor, who | [F] never comes | [C] home
All these | [G] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [F] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [C] stro- o- | [G] ong | [G]
Sonny's | [C] dreams can't be | real, they're just | stories he's | read
They're just | [C] stars in his | eyes, they're just | [F] dreams in his | [C] head
And he's | [G] hungry in- | side, for the | wide world out- | side
And I | [F] know I can't | hold him though I've | tried and I've
| [C] tried and I've | [G] tried | [G]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [C] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [C] daddy's a | sailor, who | [F] never comes | [C] home
All these | [G] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [F] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [C] stro- o- | [G] ong | [G]
Oh, Sonny | [C] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [C] daddy's a | sailor, who | [F] never comes | [C] home
All these | [G] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [F] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [C] stro- o- | [G] ong | [F] | [F] | [C↓]
#Original in key of Bb. This one is in key of C.
#Last Updated 02-24-20 JJ
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