Sunshine On My Shoulders                    Words & music by John Denver, Mike Taylor and Dick Kniss
[Capo 3rd]                                  From Poems, Prayers and Promises (1971)

(INTORO)
    G           C              G           C              G           C              G           C
1||--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
2||-----------0-----------1--|-----------0-----------1--|-----------0-----------1--|-----------0-----------1--|
3||-----0-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|
4||--0-----------0h2---------|--0-----------0h2---------|--0-----------0h2---------|--0-----------0h2---------|
5||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
6||--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|

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
If I had a day    that I could give you
    G          Am7   Bm    C             Am7     D7
I'd give to you    a day   just like   today.
G       Am7   Bm   C              G          Am7   Bm  C
If I had    a song   that I could sing for you.
    G          Am7   Bm        C         G    Am7   Bm   C
I'd sing a song   to make you  feel this way.


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
If I had a tale   that I could tell you
    G          Am7   Bm    C             Am7     D7
I'd tell a tale      sure  to make you   smile.
G       Am7   Bm   C              G          Am7   Bm  C
If I had    a wish   that I could wish for you.
    G          Am7   Bm        C         G    Am7   Bm   C
I'd make a wish   for sunshine all the   while.


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        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.

"Sunshine On My Shoulders"