Mary Black – Sonny (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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.