Valdy-Sonny's Dream
Intro C C F C G
Sonny (C)lives on a farm, in the wide open space
you can kick off your sneekers, and (F)give up the (C)race
you can (G)lay your self down, by a sweet river bed
Sonny (F)always remembers, what it was his moma sa(C)i(G)d
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Sonny (C)don¹t go away, I am here all alone
and your daddy¹s a sailor, and he (F)never comes (C)home
and the (G)nights get so long, and the silence goes on
and I¹m (F)feeling so tired, I¹m not all that st(C)ro(G)ng
Sonny (C)caries a load, He is barely a man
there¹s not all that much to do, still he (F)does the best he (C)can
and he (G)lives in a room, at the top of the stairs
and the (F)sea keeps on rollin in it¹s done that for ye(C)a(G)rs
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Sonny (C)don¹t go away, I am here all alone
and your daddy¹s a singer, and he (F)never comes (C)home
and the (G)nights get so long, and the silence goes on
and I¹m (F)feeling so tired, I¹m not all that st(C)ro(G)ng
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(D)Towns a hundred miles away Sonny¹s never been there
he just goes to the highway and he (G)stands there and (D)stares
and the (A)mail comes at four and the mail man is old
yet he¹s (G)still dreaming dreams filled with (D)silver and (A)gold
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Sonny (D)don¹t go away, I am here all alone
and your daddy¹s a sailor, and he (G)never comes (D)home
and the (A)nights get so long, and the silence goes on
and I¹m (G)feeling so tired, I¹m not all that st(D)ro(A)ng
(D) Sonny don¹t go away
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