Jason Mraz – Sunshine Song

Chords used: G, Cadd9, D, A, C, Am, Em, Cm
Progression: G (V), Cadd9, D, A, C (I), Am (vi), Em (iii), Cm

(Live)

(This starts about 1:37 into the track.)

CHORUS:

Well, sometimes the sun shines on

Other people’s houses and not mine

Some days the clouds paint the sky all gray

nd it takes away my summertime

Somehow the sun keeps shining upon you

While I struggle to get mine

If there’s a light in everybody

Send out your ray of sunshine

VERSE:

I wanna walk the same roads as everybody else

Through the trees and past the gates

etting high on heavenly breezes

Making new friends along the way

I won’t ask much of nobody

I’m just here to sing along

nd make my mistakes look gracious

nd learn some lessons from my wrongs

(CHORUS)
But sometimes the sun shines on
Other people’s houses and not mine
Some days the clouds paint the sky all gray
And it takes away my summertime

Somehow the sun keeps shining upon you
While I struggle to get mine
A little light never hurt nobody
Send out your ray of sunshine

BRIDGE:

Oh, if this little light of mine

ombined with yours today

How many watts could we luminate?

How many villages could we save?

My umbrella’s tired of the weather

Wearing me down

Well look at me now

INTERLUDE:

(VERSE)
Well, you should look as good as your outlook
Would you mind if I took some time?
To soak up your light, your beautiful light
You’ve got a paradise inside

I get hungry for love and thirsty for life
And much to full on the pain
When I look to the sky to help me
And sometimes it looks like rain

(CHORUS)
As the sun shines on
Other people’s houses and not mine
And the sky paints the clouds in a way
That it takes away the summertime

Somehow the sun keeps shining upon you
While I kindly stand by
If there’s a light in everybody
Send out your ray of sunshine

OUTRO:

You’re undeniably warm, you’re cerulean

You’re perfect in design

Won’t you hang around?

So the sun, it can shine on me

nd the clouds, they can roll away

nd the sky can become our possibility

If there’s a light in everybody

Send out your ray of sunshine


NOTE: The “C D G” pattern that happens quite a bit in the song could be done with the
chords; I think this is what Jason uses:

C x355xx
D x577xx
G 355433

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