​          You Are My Sunshine Banjo / Mandolin Tab

The 5 string banjo tab is now added. 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,The fiddle is tuned exactly the same way. Also included is a version tuned CGDA which is also suitable for those who play the Tenor Mandola, viola and cello . 
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

You are my sunshine mandolin tab in CGDA tuning

The tab below is for the 5 string banjo and tuned open G [ Standard tuning ]

You are my sunshine 5 string banjo tab