How to Play Sonny’s Dream on Guitar?

Ron Hynes - Sonny’s Dream can be played in the key of G using the G, C, D chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Sonny’s Dream with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Ron Hynes - Sonny’s Dream Chords

Chord reference G, C, D

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

Sonny [G]lives on a farm, on a wide open space Where you can [G]take off your shoes and [C]give up the [G]race You could [D]lay down your head, by a sweet riverbed But Sonny [C]always remembers, what it was his mama [G]s[D]aid

Oh, Sonny [G]don’t go away, I am [G]here all alone Your [G]daddy’s a sailor, who [C]never comes [G]home All these [D]nights get so long, and the silence goes on And I’m [C]feeling so tired, I’m not all that [G]str[D]ong

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

Oh, Sonny [G]don’t go away, I am [G]here all alone Your [G]daddy’s a sailor, who [C]never comes [G]home All these [D]nights get so long, the silence goes on And I’m [C]feeling so tired, not all that [G]str[D]ong [D]

[C] [C] [C] [G] [D] [D] It’s a [G]hundred miles to town, Sonny’s [G]never been there And he [G]goes to the highway and [C]stands there and [G]stares And the [D]mail comes at four, and the mailman is old Oh but he [C]still dreams his dreams full of silver and [G]g[D]old

Oh, Sonny [G]don’t go away, I am here all alone Your [G]daddy’s a sailor, who [C]never comes [G]home All these [D]nights get so long, the silence goes on And I’m [C]feeling so tired, not all that [G]str[D]ong [D]

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

Oh, Sonny [C]don’t go a[G]way, I am [C]here all a[G]lone Your [G]daddy’s a sailor, who [C]never comes [G]home All these [D]nights get so long, the silence goes on And I’m [C]feeling so tired, not all that [G]str[D]ong [C] [G]

Artist Ron Hynes

Album Face To The Gale

Genres Country, Folk

Year 1997

Key G

Ron Hynes - Sonny’s Dream can be played in the key of G using the G, C, D chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Sonny’s Dream with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.