Standard tuning

      C5                   
Sonny lives on a farm on a wide open space
                                         F5           C5
Where you can take off your sneakers and give up the race
          G5
You could lay down your head by a sweet river bed
          F5                                     C5   G5
But Sonny always remembers what it was his Mama said


The chords are the same throughout, but ill list them again in the chorus for 
timing references. thank you, michael


Sonny carries a load though he's barely a man
There ain't all that to do, still he does what he can
And he watches the sea from a room by the stairs
And the waves keep on rollin', they've done that for years

               C5
cho: Oh, Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone
                                   F5           C5
     And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home
             G5                                         
     And the nights get so long and the silence goes on
             F5                                  C5    G5
     And I'm feeling so tired, I'm not all that strong

And it's a hundred miles to town, Sonny's never been there
And he goes to the highway and stands there and stares
And the mail comes at four and the mailman is old
Oh, but he still dreams his dreams full of silver and gold

Sonny's dreams can't be real, they're just stories he's read
They're just stars in his eyes, they're just dreams in his head
And he's hungry inside for the wide world outside
And I know I can't hold him though I've tried and I've tried

     Oh, Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone
     And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home
     And the nights get so long and the silence goes on
     And I'm feeling so tired, I'm not all that strong