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

Sonny lives on a farm on a wide open space
Where you can take off your sneakers and give up the race
You could lay down your head by a sweet river bed
But 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

cho: 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

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?vbyQBsH-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 !

Intro D/F# G ||x4 C D

Verse 1
Godspeed, [D/F#] Godspeed Forgive a sweet soul a desperate deed
His was a prison and he was freed Godspeed, [D/F#]Godspeed
[D/F#]God bless, [D/F#]God bless What’s born out of sorrow or out of distress
Speculation is anyone’s guess God bless, [D/F#] God bless

Refrain
[D/F#]God only knows what takes a petal from the rose
[D/F#]What makes the dark rivers overflow, what makes a lifetime come and go

Verse 2
But God damn, [D/F#] God damn You put your hand in the hand of the man
Must have believed he would understand
Forgive a sweet soul a desperate deed Godspeed, G[D/F#]odspeed

Refrain
[D/F#]God only knows what takes a petal from a rose
[D/F#]What makes the dark rivers overflow, what makes a lifetime come and go

Verse 3
But God damn[D/F#], God damn You put your hand in the hand of the man
Must have believed he would understand
Forgive a sweet soul a desperate deed Godspeed, [D/F#]Godspeed
[D/F#]Godspeed[D/F#]