"You Are My Sunshine": How a maudlin song became a children's classic The amazing history of "You Are My Sunshine" -- the miracle song for Oklahoma, Jimmie Davis, Ray Charles and more You Are My Sunshine - Presentation. "You Are My Sunshine" is an iconic song by American country artist Jimmie Davis. First released in 1940, this timeless melody has captured hearts the world over with its simple beauty and immense emotional charge. With its gentle, nostalgic lyrics, the song evokes the unconditional love and light that a You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are grey You never know, dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away Please don't take my sunshine away 4/4 G You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, C G You make me happy when skies are gray, C G You'll never know, dear, how much I love you, G A7 Talkin' 'bout my girl [Outro] D G I've got sunshine on a cloudy day with my girl A G D A D Even got the month of May with my girl G Talkin' 'bout Talkin' 'bout Talkin' 'bout my girl A G D A D (repeat) By helping UG you make the world better and earn IQ. How To Play You Are My Sunshine on the Piano At first, only attempt the right hand tune. Because this is such a well known song, kids love singing along. So you can make the most of this as you teach them how First sing the song and clap the rhythm together without any accompaniment. Then sing F E7 I'll bring you here with me.. (Chorus) Dm Cause I know We're running out of time G7 C to see it going down today, You know that E7 I'm still holding on your arm.. Dm It's getting dark G7 there's no light from above, C you know, You know that E7 you will always be my sunshine Dm G7 C E7 Cause tonight.. we'll be fine.. (Int.) .

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