[Intro]
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[Chorus]
G
Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone
GCG
Your Daddy's a sailor, never comes home,
D7
Nights are so long, silence goes on,
CGD7
I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong.
[Verse]
G
Sonny lives on a farm, in a wide open space
GCD7
Take off your shoes, stay out of the race
D7
Lay down your head, on a soft river bed
CGD
Sonny always remembers the words Mamma says.
[Chorus]
G
Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone
GCG
Your Daddy's a sailor, he never comes home,
D7
Nights are so long, silence goes on,
CGD7
I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong.
[Verse]
G
Sonny works on the land, though he's barely a man
GCG
There's not much to do but he does what he can
D7
Sits by his window in his room by the stairs
CG
Watching the waves drifting soft on the pier.
[Verse]
G
Many years have passed on, Sonny's old and alone
GCG
His Daddy the sailor, never came home
D7
Sometimes he wonders what his life might have been
CGD7
But from the grave Mamma still haunts his dreams.
[Chorus]
G
Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone
GCG
Your Daddy's a sailor, he never comes home,
D7
Nights are so long, silence goes on,
CGD7
I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong.
G
Sonny don't go away,