Sonny Acordes

SONNY: MARY BLACK (Original in: F#) (R. Hynes) 74 – 4/4
 
|./.    |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 4-Counts.
 
 
[Intro]
|A    |./.
 
[Verse 1]
     |A                   |./.              |./.
Sonny lives on a farm, in a wide open space. Take off your shoes,
    |D           A    |E                      |./.
Stay out of the race. Lay down your head, on a soft river bed.
     |D                    |A (2-count)|E
Sonny always remembers, the words Mamma said.
 
[Chorus]
     |A                 |./.                 |./.             |
Sonny don’t go away, I’m here all alone, your Daddy’s a sailor,
D           A    |E                  |./.
Never comes home. Nights are so long, silence goes on,
   |D                    |A (2-count) |E
I’m feeling so tired and not all that strong.
 
[Verse 2]
     |A                             |./.                  |./.
Sonny works on the land, though he’s barely a man. There’s not much to do,
      |D            A   |E                         |./.               |
But he does what he can. Sits by his window, in his room by the stairs,
D                           |A (2-count)|E
Watching the waves, drifting soft on the pier.
 
[Chorus]
     |A                 |./.                 |./.             |
Sonny don’t go away, I’m here all alone, your Daddy’s a sailor,
D           A    |E                  |./.
Never comes home. Nights are so long, silence goes on,
   |D                    |A (2-count) |E    |
I’m feeling so tired and not all that strong.
 
[Solo]
|A    |./.    |./.    |D  A  |E    |./.    |D    |A (2-count)|E
 
[Verse 3]
    |A                            |./.               |./.             |
Many years have rolled on, Sonny’s old and alone, his Daddy’s a sailor,
D          A    |E                             |./.                 |
Never came home. Sometimes he wonders, what his life might have been,
D                            |A (2-count)     |E
Still from the grave, Mamma's voice haunts his dreams.
 
[Chorus]
     |A                 |./.                 |./.             |
Sonny don’t go away, I’m here all alone, your Daddy’s a sailor,
D           A    |E                  |./.
Never comes home. Nights are so long, silence goes on,
   |D                    |A (2-count) |E
I’m feeling so tired and not all that strong.
 
[Outro]
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     |A         A  |
Sonny don’t go away.
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