​          You Are My Sunshine Banjo / Mandolin Tab

You Are My Sunshine is an old American folk song. The chords are included. The banjo / mandolin tab is in the key of G. The easy to play version of the notes are included and show what piano key notes to play on right hand. This tab is for the 4 string tenor banjo / mandolin and tuned standard GDAE, which is the tuning for all the tabs on this site. The fiddle is tuned exactly the same way.
I have also now added two more versions of the sheet music, one in a low D and the other in a higher version of D.

You are my sunshine sheet music for mandolin and tenor banjo.

​Here's the chords. The verses and the chorus 
use the same chords all the way through.

[F]The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamt I [Bb]held you in my [F]arms
When I [Bb]awoke, dear, I was mi[F]staken
So I [Gm]hung my head, and I [F]cried

Alternative version in G Major
[G]The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamt I [C]held you in my [G]arms
When I [C]awoke, dear, I was mi[G]staken
So I [Am]hung my head, and I [G]cried

You are my sunshine music letter notes for easy playing.

These are the piano notes to play for You Are My Sunshine

​And here's another version in D
[D]The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamt I [G]held you in my [D]arms
When I [G]awoke, dear, I was mi[D]staken

And in C Major.
[C]The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamt I [F]held you in my [C]arms
When I [F]awoke, dear, I was mi[C]staken
So I [Dm]hung my head, and I [C]cried
So I [Em]hung my head, and I [D]cried