Intro
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Verse 1
      G 
Sonny lives on a farm, in a wide open space 
                          C          G 
Take off your shoes, Stay out of the race 
D 
Lay down your head, with a soft river bed 
      C                     G           D 
Sonny always remembers, the words mamma said 
 
Chorus
      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, I’m not all that strong 
 
Verse 2
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Sonny works on the land, though he’s barely a man 
                               C            G 
There’s not much to do, but he does what he can 
D 
Sits by his window, in his room by the stairs 
C                            G           D 
Watching the waves, drifting soft on the pier 
 
Chorus
      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, I’m not all that strong 
 
Instrumental
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Verse 3
     G 
Many years have rolled on, sonny’s old and alone 
                      C          G 
His daddy’s a sailor, never came home 
D 
Sometimes he wonders, what his life might have been 
C                              G                D 
Still, from the grave, mamma’s voice haunts his dreams 
 
Chorus
      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, I’m not all that strong 
 
Outro
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Sonny don’t go away