You Are My Sunshine
- Music
- Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell
- Lyrics
- Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell
"You Are My Sunshine" is a 1940 country song credited to Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell, now one of the most widely known American songs. This page has the You Are My Sunshine chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.
Who wrote "You Are My Sunshine"
Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell are credited with the music and the words, published in 1940. Davis, a singer who later served as governor of Louisiana, made it his signature song, and it became the state song of Louisiana.
Recordings that made it a standard
- Jimmie Davis (Decca, 1940).
You Are My Sunshine chords:
Intro A
C
A
C
C7
F
C
C7
F
C
G7
C
Outro A
C
Key: C major ยท Tempo: 120 bpm
Play the chord progression and change the key, style and tempo:
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