You Are My Sunshine Chords by Johnny Cash

Tempo:
117.85 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

E

F#

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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You Are My Sunshine chords
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A one,
[A]
[D] two.
[A]
[D]
[E] [A]
[E]
[A] ♪ The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I dreamed [D] I held you in [A] my arms.
When I awoke, dear, I was [A] mistaken.
So I bowed my [E] head and I cried.
You are [E] my sunshine, my only sunshine.
[A]
You make [D] me happy when [A] skies are gray.
You'll never know, [D] dear, how much I love you.
Please don't take my [E]
sunshine away.
[E]
[A]
[D]
[A]
[D]
[A]
[E]
[A]
I've always loved you and made you happy, and [D] nothing else could come [A] between.
But now [D] you've left me to love [A] another.
You have shattered all of my dreams.
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
You make me [D] happy when skies [A] are gray.
You'll never [D] know, dear, [A] how much I love you.
Please don't take [E] my sunshine away.
[A]
[N]
You want to, uh
What do you want me to do?
Well, if I feel like my song is sung, it don't care.
[F#]
I don't [Am] care if it's short.
And I feel like my song is sung.
It was [A] two minutes.
[E] I've recorded songs two minutes.
They were huge hits.
Have you got
Key:  
A
1231
D
1321
E
2311
F#
134211112
Am
2311
A
1231
D
1321
E
2311
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To learn Johnny Cash - You Are My Sunshine chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - E, A, E, A, D, E, D and A. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 78 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 157. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of A Major in mind.

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A one, _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ two.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ ♪ The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, _ I dreamed [D] I held you in [A] my arms.
_ When I awoke, dear, I was [A] _ mistaken. _
So I bowed my [E] head and I cried.
_ You are [E] my sunshine, _ my only sunshine.
[A] _
You make [D] me happy _ when [A] skies are gray. _ _
You'll never know, [D] dear, how much I love you. _
Please don't take my [E]
sunshine away. _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _
I've always loved you and made you happy, _ _ and [D] nothing else could come [A] between.
_ _ But now [D] you've left me to love [A] another. _ _
You have shattered all of my dreams.
You are my _ sunshine, my only sunshine.
_ You make me [D] happy _ when skies [A] are gray.
_ You'll never [D] know, dear, [A] how much I love you.
Please don't take [E] my sunshine _ away.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You want to, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
uh_
What do you want me to do?
Well, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ if I feel like my song is sung, it don't care.
[F#]
I don't [Am] care if it's short. _ _ _
_ And I feel like my song is sung.
It was [A] two minutes. _
[E] I've recorded songs two minutes.
They were huge hits.
_ Have you got

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