![]() If you haven’t mastered barre chords yet, then this song is a great option for you to learn, since you will have a much easier time playing every section without having to worry about getting a clean sound from chords that feature a barre shape. In case you need a quick reminder of how to play these chords using their open positions on the guitar, you can check the diagrams below. These are all that you must know how to play in order to get through the song’s verse and chorus sections. This song only has 3 chords: A Major, D Major, and E Major. The other chords in the song relate to the tonic/root and have different roles depending on the interval between them. The version of this song recorded by Johnny Cash is in the key of A Major, which means that A Major is also the tonic chord, also represented by “I” in Roman numerals. This song does not have a complex harmony by any means whatsoever, so this is going to be light material. Harmony – What are the chords in You Are My Sunshine? It is in 4/4 time, also known as “common time” since it is arguably the most used time signature in general.Ĥ/4 time means that each bar/measure has 4 beats, and each quarter note is worth one beat. Song Overview – Time Signature and Harmony Time Signatureįortunately for you, there is nothing challenging about the time signature of the song You Are My Sunshine. It will also cover basic harmony concepts that should help you understand this song better, as well as other songs that feature the same kind of chord progression. This guide will teach you how to play these chords on the guitar, and how to approach them in a few different ways so that you can play this song more musically. In short, you only need to be acquainted with a few easy chords that you have probably already learned on the guitar: A Major, D Major, and E Major. It is an excellent tune for you to learn, whether you are a beginner guitarist or an experienced musician since its easy harmony and structure allow you to be more creative with how you approach the You Are My Sunshine guitar chords. ![]() For this guide, we will take the version by Johnny Cash as an example. There are literally hundreds of different versions that came out after that, so it is extremely likely that you have heard it being interpreted by more than one artist. ![]() F Am So when you come back and make me happy Am Dm Am I'll forgive you and take all the blame.“You Are My Sunshine” is a very popular American song that was recorded and released by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell at the beginning of 1940. Interlude: Am Am In all my dreams, dear, you seem to leave me F Am When I awake my poor heart pains. ![]() Interlude: Am Am You are my sunshine C Am My only sunshine C F You make me happy C Am When skies are grey C F You'll never know dear C Am How much I love you C Am Dm Am Please don't take my sunshine away Interlude: Am Am I'll always love you C Am and make you happy C F If you will only C Am Say the same C F but if you leave me C Am To have another C Am Dm Am You'll regret it all someday Interlude: Am Am The other night dear C Am As I lay sleeping C F I dreamed I held you C Am In my arms C F When I awoke dear C Am I was mistaken C Am Dm Am and I hung my head and cried Am You are my sunshine C Am My only sunshine C F You make me happy C Am When skies are grey C F You'll never know dear C Am How much I love you C Am Dm Am Please don't take my sunshine away
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