Sonny's Dream (Ron Hynes) Key G/A 
                                            
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G 2 3 4 G 2 3 4 G 2 3 4 G 2 
G                                           
Sonny lives on a farm, in a wide open space 
              G7          C          G    
Take off your shoes, stay out of the race 
D                                       
Lay down your head, on a soft river bed 
      C                    G               D    
Sonny always remembers the words his Momma said 
G                                       
Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone 
               G7      C           G     
Your Daddy's a sailor, never comes home, 
D                                    
Nights are so long, silence goes on, 
    C                    G            D       
I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong. 
G                                                 
Sonny works on the land, though he's barely a man 
                    G7        C            G   
There's not much to do but he does what he can 
D                                            
Sits by his window in his room by the stairs 
C                           G           D     
Watching the waves drifting soft on the pier. 
G                                       
Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone 
               G7      C           G     
Your Daddy's a sailor, never comes home, 
D                                    
Nights are so long, silence goes on, 
    C                    G            D                    
I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 
            
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A                                                             
Sonny's dreams can't be real, they're just stories he's read, 
             A7       D             A     
Stars in his eyes and dreams in his head; 
        E                                          
And the mail comes at four and the mailman is old, 
       D                               A          E     
But he still dreams his dreams full of silver and gold. 
A                                                
Many years have rolled on, Sonny's old and alone 
              A7      D          A    
His Daddy the sailor, never came home 
E                                                  
Sometimes he wonders what his life might have been 
D                            A                E       
But from the grave his Momma still haunts his dreams. 
A                                       
Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone 
               A7      D           A     
Your Daddy's a sailor, never comes home, 
E                                    
Nights are so long, silence goes on, 
    D                    A            E       
I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong. 
A                                       
Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone 
               A7      D           A     
Your Daddy's a sailor, never comes home, 
E                                    
Nights are so long, silence goes on, 
    D                    A            E                      
I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 A