C
sonny lives on a farm, on a wide open space
C                                   F           C
you can kick off your sneakers and give up the race
         G
you can lay down your head by a sweet river bed
       F                                   C  G
sonny always remembers the words his momma said_______


chorus
C
sonny don't go away I am here all alone
C                              F             C
and your daddy's a sailor who never comes home
     G
and the nights get so long and the silence goes on
       F                              C     G
i'm feeling so tired i'm not all that strong_______


C
Sonny caries a load, he is barely a man
C                                        F                C
theres 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 rolling it's done that for years


sonny don¹t go away, I am here all alone
C                                F           C
and your daddy¹s a sailor, and he never comes home
        G
and the nights get so long, and the silence goes on
      F                                      C  G
and I¹m feeling so tired, I¹m not all that strong_________

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instrumental
D D   G D  A      G   D A
D 
Towns a hundred miles away Sonny¹s 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 he¹s still dreaming dreams filled with silver and gold

chorus
D
sonny don¹t go away, I am here all alone
D                                 G           D
and your daddy¹s a sailor, and he never comes home
        A
and the nights get so long, and the silence goes on
      G                                      D  A
and I¹m feeling so tired, I¹m not all that strong_________
D
sonny don¹t go away,  sonny don¹t go away