Sonny’s dream (video) (sample)

C - G - D

G

Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone,

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

1. 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 remembers the words Mamma said. + CHORUS

G

2. Sonny works the land, though he's barely a man,

C           G

there's not much to do, but he does what he can.

D

He sits by the window of his room on the stairs,

      C                    G        D - D7 - C

watching the waves gently wash on the pier.

G

3. Many years have passed on, Sonny's old and alone,

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 Mamma still haunts his dreams.

G

+ CHORUS + Sonny, don’t go away.

(Christy Moore)