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You Are My Sunshine – Easy Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson

Jimmie Davis

SONG DETAILS

DIFFICULTY:

2

TUNING:

Standard

CAPO:

None

KEY:

G Major

This is the full fingerstyle guitar lesson for You Are My Sunshine.

This song was copyrighted by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell in 1940, although there is some confusion around who originally wrote it. Many people all over the world know this song and countless artists have made their own version of it, including Johnny Cash, B.B. King and Jerry Lee Lewis.

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You Are My Sunshine Guitar Lesson

This song is perfect for you to learn if you’re new to fingerpicking. The melody is very familiar, the chords are really simple and it’s great fun to play. There’s even a little alternating of the thumb going on, which will really help grow its independence.

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