ject: v/valdy/sonnys_dream.crd
Date: Fri, 1 May 98 00:13:10 -0600
From:
sonny’s dream
transcribed by tom watson
C
Sonny lives on a farm, in the wide open space
C F C
you can kick off your sneekers, and give up the race
G
you can lay your self down, by a sweet river bed
F C G
sonny always remembers, what it was his moma said__________
chorus
C
sonny don№t go away, I am here all alone
C F C
and your daddy№s a sailor, and he never comes home
G
and the nights get so long, and the silence goes on
F C G
and I№m feeling so tired, I№m not all that strong_________
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C
Sonny caries a load, He is barely a man
C F C
there№s not all that much to do, still he does the best he can
G
and he lives in a room, at the top of the stairs
F C G
and the sea keeps on rollin in it№s done that for years________
chorus
C
sonny don№t go away, I am here all alone
C F C
and your daddy№s a singer, and he never comes home
G
and the nights get so long, and the silence goes on
F C G
and I№m feeling so tired, I№m not all that strong_________
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instrumental
D D G D A G D A
D
Towns a hundred miles away Sonny№s never been there
D G D
he just goes to the highway and he stands there and stares
A
and the mail comes at four and the mail man is old
G D A
yet he№s still dreaming dreams filled with silver and gold
chorus
D
sonny don№t go away, I am here all alone
D G D
and your daddy№s a sailor, and he never comes home
A
and the nights get so long, and the silence goes on
G D A
and I№m feeling so tired, I№m not all that strong_________
D
sonny don№t go away, sonny don№t go away