Sunshine On My Shoulders

Words & music by John Denver, Mike Taylor and Dick Kniss
from Poems, Prayers and Promises (1971)

 
                         
(Capo 3rd fret)

   G        C       G         C          G       C    G    C
|: Sunshine   on my shoulders   makes me happy.

G        C       G    C           Am7       D7
Sunshine   in my eyes can make me cry

G        C        G     C          G        C     G    C
Sunshine   on the water   looks so lovely.

G        C        G      C         G     C    G   C
Sunshine   almost always   make me high

   G    Am7   Bm   C              G        Am7    Bm    C
1) If I had a day    that I could give you
2) If I had a tale   that I could tell you

       G          Am7   Bm    C             Am7     D7
1) I'd give to you    a day   just like   today.
2) I'd tell a tale      sure  to make you   smile.

   G       Am7   Bm   C              G          Am7   Bm  C
1) If I had    a song   that I could sing for you.
2) If I had    a wish   that I could wish for you.

       G          Am7   Bm        C         G    Am7   Bm   C
1) I'd sing a song   to make you  feel this way.              :|
2) I'd make a wish   for sunshine all the   while.            CODA


CODA

G        C        G            C          G     Am7   Bm   C
Sunshine   almost all the time   makes me high.

G        C        G      C    G   Am7   Bm    C   G
Sunshine   almost always.