Chuck Berry – You Are My Sunshine (Guitar)
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Chords
***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
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[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.