transcribed by tom watson mrtom@bigfoot.com 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_________ ------------------- 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_________ ------------------- 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