{"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":86696,"song":"Sunny Skies","artist":"James Taylor","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11550154-sunny-skies-chords-by-james-taylor/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/86696?type=chord","rating":4.25602,"votes":50,"content":"Sunny Skies\r\n(James Taylor) 1969, 1970\r\n\r\nNote:  This is the recorded key for the song, but it will sound and play best with Capo 3\r\nand transpose down 1 1/2 steps.  Make the Cmaj7 into Amaj7, etc. The rhythm of this song has a very tricky \r\nalternating bass with an added F# bass on the E string throughout to get the rhythm.  Listen to the recording\r\nand you will hear it.  In his live performance the band plays it and it is less pronounced.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]G7sus4[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                       [ch]Dm7[/ch]       [ch]G7sus4[/ch]\r\nSunny skies sleeps in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]G7sus4[/ch]\r\nHe doesn't know when to rise[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]            [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]G7sus4[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe closes his weary eyes upon the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nLook at him yawning,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]G7sus4[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nthrowing his morning hours away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7sus4[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe knows how to ease down slowly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]G7sus4[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nEverything is fine in the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]G7sus4[/ch]  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd you will be pleased to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm7/G[/ch]                [ch]G7sus4[/ch]\r\nthat Sunny Skies hasn't a friend[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                    [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]G7sus4[/ch]\r\nSunny skies weeps in the evening[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]               [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7sus4[/ch]\r\nIt doesn't much matter why[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]G7sus4[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nI guess he just has to cry from time to time[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nEveryone's leavin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]G7sus4[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\n   and Sunny skies has to stay behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7sus4[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nStill he knows how to ease down slowly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]G7sus4[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nEverything is fine in the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]G7sus4[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd you will be pleased to     know[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm7/G[/ch]                [ch]G7sus4[/ch]\r\nthat Sunny Skies hasn't a friend[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                     [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]G7sus4[/ch]\r\nSunny skies sleeps in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]G7sus4[/ch]\r\nHe doesn't know when to rise[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]            [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]G7sus4[/ch]  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe closes his weary eyes upon the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]       [ch]G7sus4[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nand throws it all  away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]      [ch]G7sus4[/ch]\r\nLooking at the snow and trees that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]G7sus4[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\ngrow outside my window[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]        [ch]G7sus4[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLooking at the things that pass me by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]      [ch]G7sus4[/ch]\r\nWondering if where I've been is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]G7sus4[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nworth the things I've been through[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]        [ch]G7sus4[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nEnding with a friend named Sunny Skies[/tab]","plain_text":"Sunny Skies\n(James Taylor) 1969, 1970\n\nNote:  This is the recorded key for the song, but it will sound and play best with Capo 3\nand transpose down 1 1/2 steps.  Make the Cmaj7 into Amaj7, etc. The rhythm of this song has a very tricky \nalternating bass with an added F# bass on the E string throughout to get the rhythm.  Listen to the recording\nand you will hear it.  In his live performance the band plays it and it is less pronounced.\n\n\n[Intro]\nCmaj7  G7sus4  x2\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]","chords":["F","E","Cmaj7","G7sus4","Dm7","Dm7/G","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}