Capo II, 6 = D
Intro D G/B Em7 A7sus4 D G/B Em7 A7sus4
D G/BI went to see an old friend
- Em7 A7sus4
Who was soon to pass away.
D G/B He said, "My life has been so good to me.
Em7 A7sus4Now I still got one more day."
G A7Now he said that as he watched the morning sun
- D D/C# D/B D/A
And then he smiled my way.
Em7 A7sus4 Because he said that every morning,
A7 D G/B DHe lived his life that way.
D G/B D G/BHe said, "I am the sunshine. You are the sunshine.
- Em7 A7 G G/F# Em7
We are the sunshine. Help me understand.
A7sus4 A7 D G/B D Em7 A7 We are the sunshine on the land."
D G/BHe said this day is like a life you live,
Em7 A7sus4It's never here to stay,
- D G/B
Because your time is always runnin' by
- Em7 A7sus4 A7
Like the sun across the day.
- G A7
But it's like lookin' at the sunshine from the earth.
D D/C# D/B D/A The light does come and go.
Em7 A7sus4 A7But when you're lookin' at the earth shine from the sun,
- G
It's quite a different show.
A7 He said it's time you know.
D G/B D G/BThat I am the sunshine. You are the sunshine.
Em7 A7 G G/F# Em7We are the sunshine. Help me understand.
- A7sus4 A7 D G/B D Em7 A7
We are the sunshine on the land.
- D G/B
Now I'm thinkin' of the things he said.
Em7 A7sus4 A7 We're walkin' toward the grave.
D G/BAnd I haven't lived a life like his
- Em7 A7sus4 A7
But I still got one more day.
- G A7
Now you could say it's only flesh and bone
D D/C# D/B D/A The life that's in your hands
Em7 A7sus4But I like to think it's something more
- A7 D G/B D
Like the sunshine on the land.
- D G/B D G/B
I am the sunshine. You are the sunshine.
Em7 A7 G G/F# Em7 We are the sunshine. Help me understand.
A7sus4 A7 D G/B DWe are the sunshine on the land."
- A7sus4 A7 D G/B D G/B D G/B D
We are the sunshine on the land.
CHORDS:
6 5 4 3 2 1===========
- A7 x 0 2 0 2 0A7 x 0 2 0 2 3A7sus4 x 0 2 0 3 0
- D 0 0 0 2 3 2 D/C# x 4 0 2 3 2D/B x 2 0 2 3 2
- D/A x 0 0 2 3 2Em7 2 2 2 0 3 0G 5 x 0 0 3 3
- G/B x 2 0 0 3 3G/F# 4 x 0 0 3 3
Note: The G/B chord sounds particularly good if the B (5th
string, 2nd fret) is hammered onto from the open A string
after the first strum of the chord.
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Chords Texts WILCOX DAVID Sunshine On The Land. Chordsound to play your music, study scales, positions for guitar, search, manage, request and send chords, lyrics and sheet music
