Valdy - Sonny's Dream

      
 
 Sonny's Dream 4/4 Valdy
 Standard Tuning
 G         / C              /                     /    / 
 Sonny / lives on a / farm, in the / wide open / space,
                            / C                  /                  / F / C 
 Where you can / kick off your / sneakers, and / give up the / race,
                / G                  /                    / / 
 You can / lay your self / down, by a / sweet river / bed,
             / F                 /                               / / C / G 
 Sonny / always re - / members, what it / was his Momma / said. /
 
 Chorus:
 
 G         / C                /                  /         / 
 Sonny / don't go a -/ way, I am / here all a - / lone, and
          / C               /                         /  F  / C 
 Your / Daddy's a / sailor, and he / never comes / home, and
         / G                    /                       /    / 
 The / nights get so / long, and the / silence goes / on, and
       / F               /                 /             / C / G 
 I'm / feeling so / tired, I'm / not all that / strong. /
 
 G         / C                /                    / / 
 Sonny / carries the / load, he is / barely a / man,
               / C                             /                    / F     / C 
 There's / not all that much to / do, still he / does the best he / can, and
       / G            /                        /          / 
 He / lives in a / room, by the / top of the / stairs, and
         / F                     /                      /       / C / G 
 The / sea keeps on / rollin' in, it's / done that for / years./
 
 Chorus:
 
 G         / C                 /                  /         / 
 Sonny / don't go a - / way, I am / here all a - / lone, and
          / C               /                           / F / C 
 Your / Daddy's a / singer, and he / never comes / home, and
         / G                    /                        /    / 
 The / nights get so / long, and that / silence goes / on, and
       / F               /                 /             / C / G 
 I'm / feeling so / tired, I'm / not all that / strong. /
 
 Instrumental & Shift to A
 
 A             / D                           /                   / / 
 Towns a / hundred miles a - / way, Sonny's / never been / there,
              / D                 /                              / G     / D 
 He just / goes to the / highway, and he / stands there and / stares, and
         / A                      /                      / / 
 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. /
 
 A         /D                  /                  /         / 
 Sonny / don't go a - / way, I am / here all a - / lone, and
          / D               /                          / G  / D 
 Your / Daddy's a / sailor, and he / never comes / home, and
         / A                    /                         /   / 
 The / nights get so / long, and that / silence goes / on, and
       / G               /                / G            / D / A 
 I'm / feeling so / tired, I'm / not all that / strong. /
 
 Short run
 
             / D            / 
 Sonny / don't go a - / way.
 
 Final Run

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 Sonny's Dream 4/4 Christy Moore
 Standard Tuning
 
 Chorus:
             / D                 / G             /     / 
 Sonny / don't go a - / way I am / here all a - / lone,
          /                  /                      / 
 Your / Daddy's a / sailor, who / never comes / home,
 D                     /            /       / 
 Nights are so / long,  / silence goes / on,
       / C               /                 / G         / D 
 I'm / feeling so / tired, and / not all that / strong.
 
             / D              / G               /    / 
 Sonny / lives on a / farm, on a / wide open / space,
                        /                       / C / G 
 Take off your / shoes, Stay / out of the / race.
 D                       /                       / / 
 Lay down your / head, by the / soft river / bed,
             / C                /                          / G / D 
 Sonny / always re - / members, the / words his Momma / said.
 
 Chorus:
 
 D         / G                 /                  /     / 
 Sonny / don't go a - / way, I am / here all a - / lone,
          /                  /                      / C / G 
 Your / Daddy's a / sailor, who / 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 the / land, though he's / barely a / man,
               / D                 /             / C / G 
 There's / not much to / do, he / does what he / can,
       / D               /                          /     / 
 He / sits by the / window, of his / room on the / stairs,
 C                   /                         / G / D 
 Watchin' the / waves, gently / wash on the / pier.
 
 Short Run thenChorus:
 
            / D                /                             / G / 
 Many / years have / passed on, Sonny's / old and a - / lone,
        /                   /             / C  / G 
 His / Daddy the / sailor, / never came / home.
 D                       /                                 / / 
 Sometimes he / wonders, what his / life might have / been;
 C                   /                           / G    / D 
 But from the / grave, Mommy / still haunts his / dream.
 
 Chorus:
 
 D         / G                 /                  /     / 
 Sonny / don't go a - / way, I am / here all a - / lone,
          / G               /                      / C / G 
 Your / Daddy's a / sailor,  who / never comes / home,
 D                     /           /        / 
 Nights are so / long,  / silence goes / on,
       /                                    / G      / D 
 I'm / feeling so tired, and / not all that / strong.
 
             / G            / 
 Sonny / don't go a - / way.

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 Sonny's Dream 4/4 John Mcdermott
 Standard Tuning / Capo 1 / Play as written
 
 Chorus:
 E         / A                 /                 /         / 
 Sonny / don't go a - / way I am / here all a - / lone, and
          /                  /                     / D  / A 
 Your / Daddys a / sailor, who / never comes / home, and
         / E                   /           /               /   / 
 The / nights get so / long, / and the / silence goes / on, and
       / D              /                 /              / A / E 
 I'm / feeling so / tired, I'm / not all that / strong. /
 
 E         / A               /                   /   / 
 Sonny / lives on a / farm, on a / wide open / space,
 A                        /                       /                   / D / A 
 Where you can / take off your / sneakers, and / give up a / race, and
               / E                      /                 / / 
 You can / lay down your / head, by a / sweet river / bed,
 E / D / / / A 
    
    / E                                                              
 But Sonny / always re - / members, what it / was his Momma / said. /
 
 Chorus:
 
 E         / A                 /                 /         / 
 Sonny / don't go a - / way I am / here all a - / lone, and
          / A              /                     / D    / A 
 Your / Daddys a / sailor, who / never comes / home, and
         / E                    /                        /   / 
 The / nights get so / long, and the / silence goes / on, and
       / D               /                /              / A / E 
 I'm / feeling so / tired, I'm / not all that / strong. /
 
             / A                /                         / / 
 Sonny / carries the / load, though he's / barely a / man,
                       / A             /                  / D       / A 
 There's ain't / all that to / do still he / does what he / can, and
       / E                   /                  /          / 
 He / watches the / sea from  / a room by the / stairs, and
 / D / / / A 
    
             / E                                                                      
 The / waves keep on / rollin' they've / done that for / years and years and / years..
 
 Chorus: - Instrumental: One verse instrumental then shift to B
 
          / B                           /                         / / 
 It's a / hundred miles to / town, Sonny's / never been / there, and
       / B                 /                              / E       / B 
 He / goes to the / highway, and he / stands there and / stares, and
         / F#                    /                       / / 
 The / mail comes at / four, and the / mail man is / old,
             / E                        /                          / B / F# / 
 But he / still dreams his / dreams, full of / silver and / gold. /
 
                / B                         /                         / / 
 Sonny's / dreams can't be / real, they're just / stories he's / read,
                     / B                 /                              / E / B 
 They're just / stars in his / eyes, they're just / dreams in his / head,
                / F#              /                      /            / 
 But he's / hungry in - / side for that / wild world out - / side, and
 / E / / / B 
    
 F#                                                                                
 I / know I can't / hold him 'cause I've / tried and I've / tried and I've / tried.
 
 Chorus:
 
             / B                 /                 /       / 
 Sonny / don't go a - / way I am / here all a - / lone, and
          / B              /                     / E    / B 
 Your / Daddys a / sailor, who / never comes / home, and
         / F#                  /                       /     / 
 The / nights get so / long, and the / silence goes / on, and
       / E               /                /              / B / F# 
 I'm / feeling so / tired, I'm / not all that / strong. /
 
 lRepeat Chorus:
 
             / B            / 
 Sonny / don't go a - / way!
 
 Run