Song "you are my sunshine" - Page 2

Sorehand · #16 05-14-2015, 07:06 AM

Eric Skye, thank you for posting the tab.

VJP5 · #17 05-14-2015, 07:19 AM

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Eric Skye, thank you for posting the tab.

Ditto!

And on a side note, if you ever get a chance to see Eric play, do NOT hesitate to go. Awesome Awesome Awesome!! Saw him at Tobias Music last year.

blue · #18 05-14-2015, 07:31 AM

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Well, I guess I was out of order. I apologize to the OP and others who were offended by my remark. No offense intended.

Well done! It's easier to just walk away, and you didn't. Just for reference, my son has aspergers. He's 14 and has been playing for 5 years. He plays very well. Surpassing me on electric. He has a heck of a time picking things out by ear. And there is no way he will ever be fluent in standard notation. He just can't.

But he can read tab. He can write tab. And by that I mean he can write out riffs and songs on paper sitting in the car. And if I play it later, it's a legitimate composition. It doesnt' jump keys. It's the 12 bar format he loves.

But he would have a heck of a time figuring out you are my sunshine.

min7b5 · #19 05-14-2015, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by VJP5

?....Saw him at Tobias Music last year.

Nice! That was such a fun night! I'll be back in the a Fall, September 19

marty bradbury · #20 05-14-2015, 10:49 AM

Thanks for the responses guys!! I really appreciate it. Now I have 1 week to learn, but should be easy enough.

hermit · #21 05-15-2015, 12:18 PM

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Guess what my wife just asked me to leart a few minutes ago.......

Thank you.

Thorby Bislam · #22 05-15-2015, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by marty bradbury

Hello Folks. I heard this song the radio the other day. Picking notes and strumming at the same time but it sounded great! Sounded like in "D". Would anyone have the tab for this song? Would love to learn it by my wifes birthday. Thanks!!

You sure? Or are you expecting a divorce? I mean, yeah, it's a jaunty little tune and the chorus sounds loved up but really, it's a very dark song. The lyrics are from the POV of a man whose wife has left him for another man and he's so wet that all he can say is to offer to take all the blame if she comes back. Really wallowing in self-pity which is never an attractive look.

blue · #23 05-15-2015, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Thorby Bislam

You sure? Or are you expecting a divorce? I mean, yeah, it's a jaunty little tune and the chorus sounds loved up but really, it's a very dark song. The lyrics are from the POV of a man whose wife has left him for another man and he's so wet that all he can say is to offer to take all the blame if she comes back. Really wallowing in self-pity which is never an attractive look.

Yeah, but compared to Oh my Darling Clementine it's the happiest song in the world.

amyFB · #24 05-15-2015, 02:19 PM

My ladies and I do an arrangement that combines:

Beyond Here Lies Nothing (Dylan)
and alternates verses with the You Are My Sunshine chorus - in a MINOR key.

It is a very cool arrangement. The chorus complements the lyrics of Beyond Here, and we call it "Beyond here lies Sunshine"

the neatest thing we think we do is on the last verse, one of us sings Beyond Here and the other Sings You are - goosebumps, I'm telling you, goosebumps! There's one discordant spot that you have to just keep moving over and the overall effect - did i mention goosebumps?

The You Are song is down right maudlin if you really dig into the verses and the minor key really sets it off.

Am, Dm, Em

I'll try and record it next time we jam on it.

CHeers

Jerry D · #25 05-15-2015, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Thorby Bislam

You sure? Or are you expecting a divorce? I mean, yeah, it's a jaunty little tune and the chorus sounds loved up but really, it's a very dark song. The lyrics are from the POV of a man whose wife has left him for another man and he's so wet that all he can say is to offer to take all the blame if she comes back. Really wallowing in self-pity which is never an attractive look.

I'll always love you and make you happy
If you will only say the same
But if you leave me to love another,
You'll regret it all one day

Well, I think you have the tense wrong. It's about a man begging her not to leave him. But, the same logic applies. Groveling.

Fast Frank · #26 05-17-2015, 07:06 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNA7V_UD4es

I'm always fascinated by what truly creative artists can do with a simple tune.

Thorby Bislam · #27 05-17-2015, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Jerry D

I'll always love you and make you happy
If you will only say the same
But if you leave me to love another,
You'll regret it all one day

Well, I think you have the tense wrong. It's about a man begging her not to leave him. But, the same logic applies. Groveling.

But then he follows that with ...

You told me once dear, you truly loved me
and no-one could come between.
but now you've left me to love another
You have shattered all my dreams.

So I think the tense is a movable feast. Incidentally, I've just tried Amy's suggestion of doing it as a ballad in A minor. Totally transforms it. Still grovelling though. Makes you want to shout, "Hey Jimmie! Get up off your ****** knees." Or is that just me?