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“You Are My Sunshine” is a popular song written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell. and first recorded in 1939. It has been declared one of the state songs of Louisiana as a result of its association with former state governor and country music singer Jimmie Davis. According to a 1990 article by Theodore Pappas, the original song was written by Oliver Hood.
The song has been covered numerous times — so often, in fact, that it is “one of the most commercially programmed numbers in American popular music.” The song, originally country music, has “virtually lost” its original country music identity, and “represent[s] both the national flowering of country music and its eventual absorption into the mainstream of American popular culture.” In 1941, it was covered by Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, Mississippi John Hurt and Lawrence Welk. In subsequent years, it was covered by Ike and Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash, Brian Wilson, and Andy Williams, amongst many others.
The 1940 version by Davis has been added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress on March 21, 2013 for long-term preservation.

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE is the last song in my new 52 Song CHORD/MELODY eBook but it’s stands as probably the best FIRST song to learn from this collection. I barely goes out of the first three frets . . . no up the fingerboard chords. I uses just three or four basic chords so this is a good solo piece for newbie players. Below is a short excerpt . Give it a try.


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YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE is included in my newly released 52 Song Chord/Melody ebook –  It can be purchased at a newly reduced price of just $20.00
To purchase, make a payment through the paypal button on the Ukulele Mike website:
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Each of the Chord/Melody collections can be purchased separately for just $20.00 or all together at the newly reduced Combo “TRILOGY” discount of just $50.00

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From Wikipedia, here is what we can learn about the song “LOVE IS BLUE”
“L’amour est bleu” (English title: “Love Is Blue”) is a song whose music was composed by André Popp, and whose lyrics were written by Pierre Cour, in 1967. Brian Blackburn later wrote English-language lyrics for it. First performed in French by Greek singer Vicky Leandros (appearing as Vicky) as the Luxembourgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, it has since been recorded by many other musicians, most notably French orchestra leader Paul Mauriat, whose familiar instrumental version became the only number-one hit by a French artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 in America.
The song describes the pleasure and pain of love in terms of colours (blue and grey) and elements (water and wind). The English lyrics (“Blue, blue, my world is blue …”) focus on colours only (blue, grey, red, green, and black), using them to describe elements of lost love. The English version by Vicky Leandros also appeared as “Colours of Love” in some locations including the UK.

LOVE IS BLUE works quite nicely as a Chord/Melody arrangement and as always we use only the thumb of the right hand. . . No fingerpicking is needed in this piece. In playing solo instrumental pieces on the ukulele we often play only 2 or 3 strings. It’s quite unlike strumming accompaniment for singing where we typically strike all four strings throughout the song. In this style of playing we are asked to be selective. . . to play only those strings that provided the melody and proper harmony for each beat of music. In the short opening example below, note that the first beat plays only the 1st 2nd and 3rd strings. The 4th strings is not played. Therefore, one needs to be careful and pay close attention to the tablature provided in the eBook.

Play the chords in a gentle harp-like roll and as always try to play more up toward the fingerboard for that is where we can get the warmest, sweetest sound from the uke.
Listen and watch the Ukulele Mike performance of this arrangement

LOVE IS BLUE is included in the massive 52 song CHORD/MELODY eBook – $20.00 It can be purchased by paying through the paypal button on the Ukulele Mike website:
http://www.ukulelemikelynch.com Once purchased, it will be emailed to you within the day.

All 3 of the Chord Melody eBooks can be purchased individually for just $20.00 or all together at a combo discount of just $50.00

For inquiries regarding any Ukulele resource, please email: TheUkuleleMan2012@hotmail.com