SONNY: MARY BLACK (Original in: F#) (R. Hynes) 74 – 4/4 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++INTRO: |./. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------1: |A |./. |./. SONNY LIVES ON A FARM, IN A WIDE OPEN SPACE. TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES, | | |./. STAY OUT OFF THE RACE. LAY DOWN YOUR HEAD, WITH A SOFT RIVER BED. | | (2-count)| SONNY ALWAYS REMEMBERS, WORDS MAMMA SAID. ======================================================================CHORUS: |A |./. |./. | SONNY DON’T GO AWAY, I’M HERE ALL ALONE, YOUR DADDY’S A SAILOR, | |./. NEVER COMES HOME. NIGHTS ARE SO LONG, SILENCE GOES ON, | | (2-count) | I’M FEELING SO TIRED. I’M NOT ALL THAT STRONG. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------2: |A |./. |./. SONNY WORKS ON THE LAND, THOUGH HE’S BEARLY A MAN, THERE’S NOT MUCH TO DO, | | |./. | BUT HE DOES WHAT HE CAN. SITS BY HIS WINDOW, IN HIS ROOM BY THE STAIRS, | (2-count)| WATCHING THE WAVES, DRIFTING SOFT AND A-PEAR. ======================================================================CHORUS: |A |./. |./. | SONNY DON’T GO AWAY, I’M HERE ALL ALONE, YOUR DADDY’S A SAILOR, | |./. NEVER COMES HOME. NIGHTS ARE SO LONG, SILENCE GOES ON, | | (2-count) | | I’M FEELING SO TIRED. I’M NOT ALL THAT STRONG. ************************************************************************SOLO: |./. |./. | | |./. | |(2-count)| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------3: |A |./. |./. | MANY YEARS HAVE ROLLED ON, SONNY’S OLD AND ALONE, HIS DADDY’S A SAILOR, | |./. | NEVER CAME HOME. SOMETIMES HE WONDERS, WHAT HIS LIFE MIGHT HAVE BEEN, | (2-count) | STILL FROM OLD GRAVES, MUMMY’S VOICE HUMMS HIS DREAM. ======================================================================CHORUS: |A |./. |./. | SONNY DON’T GO AWAY, I’M HERE ALL ALONE, YOUR DADDY’S A SAILOR, | |./. NEVER COMES HOME. NIGHTS ARE SO LONG, SILENCE GOES ON, | | (2-count) | I’M FEELING SO TIRED. I’M NOT ALL THAT STRONG. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++OUTRO: / | | SONNY DON’T GO A-WAY. This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. Have fun, DAIRYBEAT on: