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You Are My Sunshine

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Chorus]
You are my Dsunshine
My only Dsunshine
You make me Ghappy
When skys are Dgrey
You'll never Gknow, dear
How much Di love youG  
Please dont Dtake my Asunshine Daway
[Riff]
e|------------------2--|
B|------------------3--|
G|------------------2--|
D|---------------------|
A|--0--2--3--2---------|
D|--------------3---0--|
                    D
[Verse 1]
The other Dnight dear,
While i lay Dsleeping
I dreamed i Gheld you
Here in my Darms
When i Gawoke, dear
I was DmistakenG  
And i Dheld my Ahead and i Dcried
[Riff]
e|------------------2--|
B|------------------3--|
G|------------------2--|
D|---------------------|
A|--0--2--3--2---------|
D|--------------3---0--|
                    D
[Chorus]
You are my Dsunshine
My only Dsunshine
You make me Ghappy
When skys are Dgrey
You'll never Gknow, dear
How much Di love youG  
Please dont Dtake my Asunshine Daway
[Verse 2]
I'll always Dlove you
And make you Dhappy
If you will Gonly
Say the Dsame
But if you Gleave me
To love DanotherG  
You'll Dregret it Aall, someDday
[Riff]
e|------------------2--|
B|------------------3--|
G|------------------2--|
D|---------------------|
A|--0--2--3--2---------|
D|--------------3---0--|
[Chorus]D  
You are my Dsunshine
My only Dsunshine
You make me Ghappy
When skys are Dgrey
You'll never Gknow, dear
How much Di love youG  
Please dont Dtake my Asunshine Daway
Please dont Dtake my Asunshine DawayG  
[Riff]
e|------------------2--|
B|------------------3--|
G|------------------2--|
D|---------------------|
A|--0--2--3--2---------|
D|--------------3---0--|
                    D
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| x  Dead note
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XXO232

Major chord - Happy, bright sound

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Skill · find home

D major

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You Are My Sunshine

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You Are My Sunshine

by Morgane Stapleton

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Chorus]

You are my sunshine

My only sunshine

You make me happy

When skys are grey

You'll never know, dear

D G

How much i love you

D A D

Please dont take my sunshine away

[Riff]

e|------------------2--|

B|------------------3--|

G|------------------2--|

D|---------------------|

A|--0--2--3--2---------|

D|--------------3---0--|

[Verse 1]

The other night dear,

While i lay sleeping

I dreamed i held you

Here in my arms

When i awoke, dear

D G

I was mistaken

D A D

And i held my head and i cried

[Riff]

e|------------------2--|

B|------------------3--|

G|------------------2--|

D|---------------------|

A|--0--2--3--2---------|

D|--------------3---0--|

[Chorus]

You are my sunshine

My only sunshine

You make me happy

When skys are grey

You'll never know, dear

D G

How much i love you

D A D

Please dont take my sunshine away

[Verse 2]

I'll always love you

And make you happy

If you will only

Say the same

But if you leave me

D G

To love another

D A D

You'll regret it all, someday

[Riff]

e|------------------2--|

B|------------------3--|

G|------------------2--|

D|---------------------|

A|--0--2--3--2---------|

D|--------------3---0--|

[Chorus]

You are my sunshine

My only sunshine

You make me happy

When skys are grey

You'll never know, dear

D G

How much i love you

D A D

Please dont take my sunshine away

D A D G

Please dont take my sunshine away

[Riff]

e|------------------2--|

B|------------------3--|

G|------------------2--|

D|---------------------|

A|--0--2--3--2---------|

D|--------------3---0--|

************************************************

| x Dead note

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