Master 'You Are My Sunshine' on Ukulele in 5 Minutes: the 3 Easy Chords You Need

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Unlike modern pop verses that cycle through complex bridge sections, "You Are My Sunshine" follows a repeating harmonic path. Master the chorus, and you have simultaneously mastered every verse.

Practice transitions slowly, changing chords exactly on the bolded syllable:

[Chorus]

You are my [C] sunshine, my only sunshine

You make me [F] happy when skies are [C] gray

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

Please don't take my [G7] sunshine a-[C]-way

[Verse 1]

The other [C] night, dear, as I lay sleeping

I dreamed I [F] held you in my [C] arms

When I a-[F]-woke, dear, I was mis-[C]-taken

So I hung my [G7] head and I [C] cried

[Verse 2]

I'll always [C] love you and make you happy

If you will [F] only say the [C] same

But if you [F] leave me and love an-[C]-other

You'll regret it [G7] all some [C] day