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:
CYou (x32010@1)are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
            F (133211@1)                  CYou (x32010@1)make me happy when skies are gray.
             F (133211@1)                   CYou'll (x32010@1)never know dear, how much I love you,
                     G (320003@1)      CPlease (x32010@1)don't take my sunshine away.

VERSE 1:
CThe (x32010@1)other night dear, as I lay sleeping,
            F (133211@1)            CI (x32010@1)dreamed I held you in my arms.
       F (133211@1)                   CWhen (x32010@1)I awoke, dear, I was mistaken,
              G (320003@1)      CAnd (x32010@1)I hung my head and cried.

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE 2:
CI'll (x32010@1)always love you and make you happy,
            F (133211@1)          CIf (x32010@1)you will only say the same.
           F (133211@1)                 CBut (x32010@1)if you leave me to love another,
                 G (320003@1)      CYou'll (x32010@1)regret it all some day.

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE 3:
CYou (x32010@1)told me once, dear, you really loved me,
           F (133211@1)                CAnd (x32010@1)no one else could come between.
               F (133211@1)                CBut (x32010@1)now you've left me and love another,
                   G (320003@1)    CYou (x32010@1)have shattered all my dreams:

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE 4:
CI'll (x32010@1)always love you and make you happy,
            F (133211@1)          CIf (x32010@1)you will only say the same.
           F (133211@1)                 CBut (x32010@1)if you leave me to love another,
              G (320003@1)         CYou'll (x32010@1)regret it all some day.

CODA:
CYou (x32010@1)are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
            F (133211@1)                  CYou (x32010@1)make me happy when skies are gray.
             F (133211@1)                   CYou'll (x32010@1)never know dear, how much I love you,
                     G (320003@1)      CPlease (x32010@1)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.
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