Sunshine on my Shoulders Lesson

SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS

By John Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss

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

If I had a day that I could give you,
I’d give to you a day just like today.
If I had a song that I could sing for you,
I’d sing a song to make you feel this way.

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

If I had a tale that I could tell you,
I’d tell a tale sure to make you smile.
If I had a wish that I could wish for you,
I’d make a wish for sunshine all the while.

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry.
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely.
Sunshine almost always makes me high.
Sunshine almost all the time makes me high.
Sunshine almost always . . .


1. What does “sunshine” do to the singer?
a. Sunshine ______________________________________________
b. Sunshine ______________________________________________
c. Sunshine ______________________________________________

2. How does the sunshine look in the water? ____________________


3. What word in the song means “feel terrific”? _______________________




4. The singer is thinking about four things he/she would like to give his/her lover. . . what are these things?
a. __________________________
b. _________________________
c. __________________________
d. __________________________

5. What is another word for “tale”? ________________________

6. What words rhyme with what?
a. cry rhymes with _______________
b. today rhymes with ___________________
c. smile rhymes with ________________________

7. “almost” can be used when it means 99% out of 100%
a. $2.99 is almost ________________
b. 2:55 is almost _________________
c. I have two more sentences to write. I am almost _________________ . d. She fell down the stairs and almost ______________ her leg.
e. Sunshine almost ___________ makes me high, not always,
but almost always.
f. Now you write your own sentence using ALMOST.
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Words by John Denver, Music by John Denver, Dick Kniss and Mike Taylor

G C G C G C G C
|: Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.

G C G C Am7 D7
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry

G C G C G C G C
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely.

G C G C G C G C
Sunshine almost always make me high

G Am7 Bm C G Am7 Bm C
1) If I had a day that I could give you
2) If I had a tale that I could tell you

G Am7 Bm C Am7 D7
1) I'd give to you a day just like today.
2) I'd tell a tale sure to make you smile.

G Am7 Bm C G Am7 Bm C
1) If I had a song that I could sing for you.
2) If I had a wish that I could wish for you.

G Am7 Bm C G Am7 Bm C
1) I'd sing a song to make you feel this way. :|
2) I'd make a wish for sunshine all the while. CODA


CODA

G C G C G Am7 Bm C
Sunshine almost all the time makes me high.

G C G C G Am7 Bm C G
Sunshine almost always.