{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":273383,"song":"Sonny","artist":"Mary Black","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11220779-sonny-chords-by-mary-black/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/273383?type=chord","rating":4.66729,"votes":55,"content":"SONNY: MARY BLACK (Original in: F#) (R. Hynes) 74 – 4/4\r\n\r\n|./.    |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 4-Counts.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n|[ch]A[/ch]    |./.\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     |[ch]A[/ch]                   |./.              |./.\r\nSonny lives on a farm, in a wide open space. Take off your shoes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    |[ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    |[ch]E[/ch]                      |./.\r\nStay out of the race. Lay down your head, on a soft river bed.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     |[ch]D[/ch]                    |[ch]A[/ch] (2-count)|[ch]E[/ch]\r\nSonny always remembers, the words Mamma said.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     |[ch]A[/ch]                 |./.                 |./.             |\r\nSonny don’t go away, I’m here all alone, your Daddy’s a sailor,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    |[ch]E[/ch]                  |./.\r\nNever comes home. Nights are so long, silence goes on,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   |[ch]D[/ch]                    |[ch]A[/ch] (2-count) |[ch]E[/ch]\r\nI’m feeling so tired and not all that strong.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     |[ch]A[/ch]                             |./.                  |./.\r\nSonny works on the land, though he’s barely a man. There’s not much to do,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      |[ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]   |[ch]E[/ch]                         |./.               |\r\nBut he does what he can. Sits by his window, in his room by the stairs,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           |[ch]A[/ch] (2-count)|[ch]E[/ch]\r\nWatching the waves, drifting soft on the pier.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     |[ch]A[/ch]                 |./.                 |./.             |\r\nSonny don’t go away, I’m here all alone, your Daddy’s a sailor,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    |[ch]E[/ch]                  |./.\r\nNever comes home. Nights are so long, silence goes on,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   |[ch]D[/ch]                    |[ch]A[/ch] (2-count) |[ch]E[/ch]    |\r\nI’m feeling so tired and not all that strong.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n|[ch]A[/ch]    |./.    |./.    |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  |[ch]E[/ch]    |./.    |[ch]D[/ch]    |[ch]A[/ch] (2-count)|[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    |[ch]A[/ch]                            |./.               |./.             |\r\nMany years have rolled on, Sonny’s old and alone, his Daddy’s a sailor,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]    |[ch]E[/ch]                             |./.                 |\r\nNever came home. Sometimes he wonders, what his life might have been,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            |[ch]A[/ch] (2-count)     |[ch]E[/ch]\r\nStill from the grave, Mamma's voice haunts his dreams.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     |[ch]A[/ch]                 |./.                 |./.             |\r\nSonny don’t go away, I’m here all alone, your Daddy’s a sailor,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    |[ch]E[/ch]                  |./.\r\nNever comes home. Nights are so long, silence goes on,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   |[ch]D[/ch]                    |[ch]A[/ch] (2-count) |[ch]E[/ch]\r\nI’m feeling so tired and not all that strong.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n                /\r\n[tab]     |[ch]A[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]  |\r\nSonny don’t go away.[/tab]","plain_text":"SONNY: MARY BLACK (Original in: F#) (R. Hynes) 74 – 4/4\n\n|./.    |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 4-Counts.\n\n\n[Intro]\n|A    |./.\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n|A    |./.    |./.    |D  A  |E    |./.    |D    |A (2-count)|E\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n                /","chords":["F","A","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}