Artist: Gene Autry
Song: You Are My Sunshine (1941)
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AhpWZjqMLI;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Autry
Tempo: 4|4
Tuning: Standard
Chords:
EADGBe
C: 032010
G: 320003
F: 133211
INTRO:
|F C |
CHORUS 1:
C
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
F C
You make me happy when skies are gray.
F C
You'll never know dear, how much I love you,
G C
Please don't take my sunshine away.
VERSE 1:
C
The other night dear, as I lay sleeping,
F C
I dreamed I held you in my arms.
F C
When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken,
G C
And I hung my head and cried.
REPEAT CHORUS
VERSE 2:
C
I'll always love you and make you happy,
F C
If you will only say the same.
F C
But if you leave me to love another,
G C
You'll regret it all some day.
REPEAT CHORUS
VERSE 3:
C
You told me once, dear, you really loved me,
F C
And no one else could come between.
F C
But now you've left me and love another,
G C
You have shattered all my dreams:
REPEAT CHORUS
VERSE 4:
C
I'll always love you and make you happy,
F C
If you will only say the same.
F C
But if you leave me to love another,
G C
You'll regret it all some day.
CODA:
C
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
F C
You make me happy when skies are gray.
F C
You'll never know dear, how much I love you,
G C
Please don't take my sunshine away.(Fade)
[End]
Notes:
1. Originally written by in 1940 by Paul Rice, 'You Are My Sunshine' was covered by Gene
Autry, Bing Crosby and Lawrence Welk in 1941.
2. Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell are the credited songwriters of 'You Are My
Sunshine'. Jimmie Davis bought the song and rights from Paul Rice and put his own name on it, a
practice not uncommon in the pre-World War II music business.
