Ron Hynes – Sonnys Dream chords

The chorus is actually played after each verse
but i was way too lazy to type it up that many times. 
So remember to play it after each verse. 
These are definitely the correct chords.

Standard tuning- E-A-D-G-B-e

      C                   Sonny lives on a farm on a wide open space
                                         F           CWhere you can take off your sneakers and give up the race
          GYou could lay down your head by a sweet river bed
          F                                     C   GBut Sonny always remembers what it was his Mama said


The chords are the same throughout, but ill list them again in the chorus for 
timing references. thank you, michael


Sonny carries a load though he's barely a man
There ain't all that to do, still he does what he can
And he watches the sea from a room by the stairs
And the waves keep on rollin', they've done that for years

               Ccho: Oh, Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone
                                   F           C     And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home
             G                                              And the nights get so long and the silence goes on
             F                                  C    G     And I'm feeling so tired, I'm not all that strong

And it's a hundred miles to town, Sonny's never been there
And he goes to the highway and stands there and stares
And the mail comes at four and the mailman is old
Oh, but he still dreams his dreams full of silver and gold

Sonny's dreams can't be real, they're just stories he's read
They're just stars in his eyes, they're just dreams in his head
And he's hungry inside for the wide world outside
And I know I can't hold him though I've tried and I've tried

     Oh, Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone
     And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home
     And the nights get so long and the silence goes on
     And I'm feeling so tired, I'm not all that strong


This is a great song by a newfie named Ron Hynes, the man of a thousand songs.
There is several versions of sonnys dream, but Ron Hynes wrote it.
originally with the title 
"whos the father of that son that looks so much like me".. enjoy !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byQBsH-iQQs to watch Ron Hynes perform.
It is him performing at the EMCA's. There might also be a video of him
opening up for the steve miller band. I know he opened up here in Corner
Brook and also somewhere in Halifax. Thanks for your time !