Sunshine On My Shoulders

recorded by John Denver

written by John Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss

G C G C G
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
C G C Am
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
G C G C G
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
C G C G
Sunshine almost always makes me high

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

repeat #1

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

repeat #1

Tag:
C G
Sunshine almost always
Some Days Are Diamonds
By John Denver written by Dick Feller

G D7 Em
When you ask how I’ve been here without you
C G
I like to say I’ve been fine and I do
C G
But we both know the truth is hard to come by
Em A7 D7
And if I told the truth that’s not quite true

G C G
Some days are diamonds some days are stone
Em A7 D7
Some time the hard times won’t leave me alone
G C G
Some times the cold winds blow a chill in my bones
Em G D7 G
Some days are diamonds some days are stone

D7 Em
Now the face that I see in my mirror
C G
More and more is a stranger to me
C G
More and more I can see there’s a danger
A7 D7
In becoming what I never thought I’d be

repeat #2
Back home again And you felt the baby move just yesterday
written and recorded by John Denver
F G7 C C7
C F Hey it's good to have you home again
There's a storm across the valley the clouds F G7 C F
are rolling in Sometimes this old farm feels like a long
G7 C lost friend
The afternoon is heavy on your shoulders G7 C C7
F Hey it's good to have you home again
There's a truck out on the four lane a mile
or more away F G7 C F
G7 C Oh the time that I can lay this tired old
The whining of his wheels just makes it body down
colder D7 G7 C C7
And feel your finger feather soft upon me
F F G7 C F
He's an hour away from riding on your The kisses that I live for the love that lights
prayers up in the skies my way
G7 C D7 F G7
And ten days on the road are barely gone The happiness that living with you brings
F me
There's a fire softly burning supper's on
the stove C F
G7 C C7 It's the sweetest thing I know of just
And there's a light in your eyes that makes spending time with you
him warm G7 C
It's the little things that make a house a
F G7 C C7 home
Hey it's good to be back home again F
F G7 C F Like a fire softly burning and supper's on
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long the stove
lost friend G7 C C7
G7 C And a light in your eyes that makes me
Yes and hey it's good to be back home warm
again
F G7 C C7
F Hey it's good to be back home again
There all the news to tell him how'd you F G7 C F
spent your time Sometimes this old farm feels like a long
G7 C lost friend
And what's the latest thing the neighbors G7 C
say Hey and yes it's good to have you home
F again
And your mother called last Friday G7 C
sunshine made her cry Hey it feels so good to be back home again
G7 C C7
Today
Recorded by John Denver
Written by Randy Sparks

C Am Dm G7
Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
C Am Dm G7
I'll taste your strawberries I'll drink your sweet wine
C F Fm
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
C Am Dm G7 C Am F G7
Ere I forget all the joy that is mine today

C Am Dm G7
I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover
C Am Dm G7
You'll know who I am by the songs that I sing
C Am Dm G7
I'll feast at your table I'll sleep in your clover
F G7 C G7
Who cares what the morrow shall bring

repeat #1

C Am Dm G7
I can't be contented with yesterday's glory
C Am Dm G7
I can't live on promises winter to spring
C Am Dm G7
Today is my moment now is my story
F G7 C G7
I'll laugh I'll cry and I'll sing

repeat #1 x2
Sweet Surrender
written and recorded by John Denver
G7 C
C Sweet sweet surrender
Lost and alone on some forgotten G7 C
highway Live live without care
G7 G7 C
Traveled by many remembered by Like a fish in the water
few G7 C
Like a bird in the air
Looking for something that I can
believe in Repeat #4
C
Looking for something that I’d like to Repeat all
do with my life
Repeat #4

There’s nothing behind me and

nothing that ties me
G7
To something that might have been
true yesterday

Tomorrow is open and right now it

seems
C
To be more than enough to just be
here today

And I don’t know what the future is

holding in store
G7
I don’t know where I’m going I’m
not sure where I’ve been

There’s a spirit that guides me a light

that shines for me
C
My life is worth the living I don’t
need to see the end
This Old Guitar -o
Written and recorded by John Denver F G7
To serenade the stars that shine
C G7 Am Em C Em Am C
This old guitar taught me to sing a From a sunny mountainside
love song F G7 C Em Am C
F G7 C Most of all to sing my songs for y--o-
It showed me how to laugh and how -u
to cry F G7 C
F G7 I love to sing my songs for you
It introduced me to some friends of Em Am C F G7
mine C
C Em Am C Yes I do you know I love to sing my
And brightened up some days songs for you
F G7 C
It helped me make it through some
lonely nights
F G7 C
Oh what a friend to have on a cold
and lonely night

G7 Am Em
This old guitar gave me my lovely
lady
F G7 C
It opened up her eyes and ears to me
F G7 C Em
Am C
It brought us close together and I
guess it broke her heart
F G7 C Em Am C
It opened up the space for us to b----e
F G7 C
What a lovely place and a lovely
space to be

G7 Am Em
This old guitar gave me my life my
living
F G7 C Em Am C
All the things you know I love to d---
Follow Me G7
Written and recorded by John Denver You see I'd like to share my life with
you
Intro: F C
Am G7 C And show you things I've seen
It's by far the hardest thing I've ever Am G7 F G7
done Places that I'm going to places where
F Dm G7 I've been
To be so in love with you and so F C F C
alone To have you there beside me and
never be alone
C F C F F Dm F
Follow me where I go what I do and G7
who I know And all the time that you're with me
C F G7 we will be at home
Make it part of you to be a part of me
C F C F C F C F
Follow me up and down all the way Follow me where I go what I do and
and all around who I know
C F G7 C C F G7
Take my hand and say you'll follow Make it part of you to be a part of me
me C F C F
Follow me up and down all the way
G7 F C F G7 C
C Take my hand and I will follow you
It's long been on my mind you know
it's been a long long time
Am G7 F
G7
I've tried to find the way that I can
make you understand
F C F C
The way I feel about you and just
how much I need you
F Dm F
G7
To be there where I can talk to you
when there's no one else around

Repeat #1
Dance Little Jean Dance little Jean the prayer that you had was
Recorded by John Denver answered today
Written by Jimmy Ibbotson D7 G
Your Momma's marrying your dad
G
Played a wedding for the money Well this cynic's heart just melted
C C
And I wish I could have told the bride and As I figured what this get together meant
groom D7
D7 And how it ended years of tears
Just what I think of marriage G
G And sad confusions that the little girl had
What's in store after the honeymoon spent

I was rumbling through the verses They told the band to pack it up
C C
About how men and women ought to live About the time the couple cut the cake
apart D7
D7 But we stayed and we played all night long
How a promise never made could not be G
broken For love and laughs and little Jeanie's sake
G
And would never break a heart C G
We played dance little Jean this day is for
you
Suddenly from out of nowhere A7 D7
C Two people that you love stood up to say I
This little girl came spinning across the floor do
D7 C G C
Her crinolines were billowing Dance little Jean the prayer that you had was
G answered today
Beneath the skirt of calico she wore D7 G
Your Momma's marrying your dad
As her joy fell on the honored guests
C C G
Each one of them was drawn into her dream We sang dance little Jean this day is for you
D7 A7 D7
And they laughed and stamped and clapped Two people that you love stood up to say I
their hands do
G C G C
And hollered at her dance little Jean Dance little Jean the prayer that you had was
answered today
C G D7 G
They said dance little Jean this day is for Your momma's marrying your dad
you
A7 D7
Two people that you love stood up to say I
do
C G C
I'm Sorry D7 G
Written and recorded by John Denver I can't believe you went away

G Am C D7 G
It's cold here in the city it always seems I'm sorry if I took some things for granted
that way C D7 G
D7 G I'm sorry for the chains I put on you
And I've been thinking about you almost C D7 Em D7 C
everyday Am
Am But more than anything else I'm sorry for
Thinking about the good times thinking myself
about the rain D7 G
D7 G For living without you
Thinking about how bad it feels alone
again

C D7 G
I'm sorry for the way things are in China
C D7 G
I'm sorry things ain't what they used to be
C D7 G D7 Em D7 C
Am
But more than anything else I'm sorry for
myself
D7 G
Cause you're not here with me

Am
Our friends all ask about you I say you're
doing fine
D7 G
And I expect to hear from you almost
anytime
Am
But they all know I'm crying and I can't
sleep at night
D7 G
They all know I'm dying down deep inside

C D7 G
I'm sorry for all the lies I told you
C D7 G
I'm sorry for the things I didn't say
C D7 G D7 Em D7 C
Am
But more than anything else I'm sorry for
myself
You Dun Stomped On My Heart
Recorded by John Denver You'll think about that tender heart
Written by Mason D. Williams C
That you crushed beneath them soles
G D7
I told you that I love you With your clod bustin' stompers
C G
You said that is so good You left my heart so full of holes
D7
I called you my darlin' Repeat #3
G
I thought I always would D7
Every step you took
C G
But now you've gone and left me Was a stomp upon my heart
C
I don't know what to do
D7
So my little darlin'
G
I write these words to you

C
You dun stomped on my heart
G
And you mashed that sucker flat
A7 D7
You just sorta stomped on my aorta
G
You started going out with guys
C
I felt us drift apart
D7
And every step you took
G
Was a stomp upon my heart

Spoken:

I only hope that someday

C
You get them low down blues
D7
In some smokey honky tonk
G
You looked down at your shoes