|A    |./.

[Verse 1]
     |A                   |./.              |./.
SONNY LIVES ON A F RM, IN A WIDE OPEN SPACE. TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES,
    |D           A    |E                         |./.
STAY OUT OFF THE RACE. A Y C WN YOUR HEAD, WITH A SOFT RIVER BED.
     |D                |A (2-count)|E
SONNY ALWAYS DMEMBE RS, WORDS MAMMA SAID.

[Chorus]
     |A                 |./.                 |./.             |
SONNY C N’T GO AWAY, I’M HED  ALL ALONE, YOUR DADDY’S A SAILOR,
D           A    |E                  |./.
NEVER COMES HOME. NIGHTS AD  SO LONG, B LENCE GOES ON,
   |D                    |A (2-count) |E
I’M FEELING SO TIDD . I’M NOT ALL THAT STRONG.

[Verse 2]
     |A                             |./.                  |./.
SONNY WORKS ON THE A ND, THOUGH HE’S BAD LY A MAN, THED ’S NOT MUCH TO C ,
      |D            A   |E                         |./.               |
BUT HE CE S WHAT HE CAN. B TS BY HIS WINC W, IN HIS ROOM BY THE STAIRS,
D                           |A (2-count)|E
WATCHING THE WAVES, DRIFTING SOFT ON THE PIER.

[Chorus]
     |A                 |./.                 |./.             |
SONNY C N’T GO AWAY, I’M HED  ALL ALONE, YOUR DADDY’S A SAILOR,
D           A    |E                  |./.
NEVER COMES HOME. NIGHTS AD  SO LONG, B LENCE GOES ON,
   |D                    |A (2-count) |E    |
I’M FEELING SO TIDD . I’M 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 EG HT HAVE BEEN,
D                             |A (2-count)   |E
STILL FROM OLD GRAVES, MUMMY’S VOICE HUMS HIS DDAM .

[Chorus]
     |A                 |./.                 |./.             |
SONNY C N’T GO AWAY, I’M HED  ALL ALONE, YOUR DADDY’S A SAILOR,
D           A    |E                  |./.
NEVER COMES HOME. NIGHTS AD  SO LONG, B LENCE GOES ON,
   |D                    |A (2-count) |E
I’M FEELING SO TIDD . I’M NOT ALL THAT STRONG.

[Outro]
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     |A         A  |
SONNY C N’T GO AWAY.