Chuck Berry – You Are My Sunshine (Guitar)

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***Big thanks to martink12au for his input into creating this Tab.*** Tabbed by Robert Da Prato, October 1st, 2024 Define: B.p.m. 142 4/4 Time Signature Original Key – C * Single Strum (which rings out) N.C. Stop Strumming d Downstroke Fadd9/C x3x213 Please listen & view how to play the Intro in detail on my Pro Tab by pressing the Interactive tab feature. **************************************
[Intro]
  C        .      .    .   C           .  .  .
e|---------8--------------|------------------------|
B|-8---------11pbr8pbr----|------------------------|
G|-9----9b----------10b---|/8br--------------------| Lead Guitar
D|10-10----------------8--|------------10-8-\10----|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &
  d
[Verse 1] 0:04
C
You are my sunshine, my beautiful sunshine

            F                    C
You make me happy when skies are gray

             F                      C
You'll never know, dear, how much I love you

              C          G      C      C*
Please, don't take my sunshine away.
[Bridge] 0:29
N.C.     C
Just the other night, it happened again, as I was tryin' to get to sleeping

                      F                                           Fadd9/C    C
I thought I heard you called my name, I thought I saw you looking down at my iii

          F                                        C
I woke up screaming, 'I was a nation, keep me from dreaming

                 C                G7             C      C*
I had to hang my head up a little bit and late I cried.
[Chorus] 0:56
N.C.          C
Oh you are my sunshine, my beautiful sunshine

                    F                                     F7        C
You keep me feel so happy, you keep me feel happy when my skies are gray

          F7                                                C
Ah you'll never know, darling, you'll never know how much I love you

                            G7                 C      C*
Please, don't take, take my sunshine, take it away
[Instrumental] 1:24 |C |C |C |C | |F F7/C |F F7/C |C |C | |F7 |F7 |C |C | |C |G7 |C |C* | [Verse 2] 1:50
N.C.  C                C
Baby, now you know you told me, yes you did, that you really really love me

                       F7             F           C
That there'll never be no one, nobody ever come between

              F7                            C
And you never left me put me down ... love another

               C              G7                 C
Oh-oh put your shadow, voodoo mojo and end of my dreams
[Outro] 2:17
C                      C
Ah but you're still my sunshine, my beautiful sunshine

               F7                                         C     C
Ah you make me happy, you make me happy when my skies are gray, yeah

          F                                                        C
Ah you'll never know, darling, you'll never know how much I really love you

C           C7/G                G            C        C*
Ah come you take, come you take my sunshine away.