Sunny (original version + my own arrangement)

This is a pretty famous standard, and it was recently reincarnated as some club song. That version is 1 1/2 steps (3 frets) higher than the original though.

Here's the original.

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||: Am | C | F | E |
| Am | C | F | E |
| Am Am/G# | Am/G Am/F# | F | Fm |
| Bm | E | Am | E :||

Note the chords in bars 8 and 9. They are sometimes written as
| Am Am(maj7) | Am7 Am6 |

which are the same chords by a different name. I find it easier my way but some people don't. If you don't know those chords, just play a normal Am for those 2 bars.

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Now, this part doesn't really belong in this forum, but it's the same song and it's here for anyone who wants a challenge.

I came up with my own arrangement a while ago that is a little different, but it still works. It uses a lot of jazzier chords though, so you might not want to bother with it.

||: Am7 | C9 | F | E9 |
| Am7 | C9 | F | E9 |
| Am Am/G# | Am7 Ab7 Gm7 C | Fmaj7 | Fm(maj7) |
| Bm7 | E7b9 | Am7 | Cm7 F9 Bm7 E7b9 :||

A few notes on this:
* In bar 9 (Am7 Ab7 Gm7 C) I play them on the first 4 8th notes of the bar. If you don't know what that means, they are struck along with the melody. I chose a C instead of an Am6 because (1) C is the note being sung, which is a chord tone of both chords but (2) I can change C to C7 easier (if desired) to lead into the Fmaj7 in the next bar (your hard earned secondary dominants at work)

* Where I've written E9 I play: E9 (2 beats), E7#9 E9 E7b9 E7
with the last 4 chords all played as 8ths in the last half of the bar

* In the last bar (the turnaround), I substituted all those chords from the E. They're all to be played as quarter notes.

* In bars 1 and 5, I normally play a Db9 on the last 8th of the bar to lead into the C9 in bar 2 (and 6). I also slide up to the Am7 from a G#m7 earlier on in the bar (strum on the 4th 8th note, up to the Am7 a 16th after that). Plus I hammer on/off a few notes in the 8th before that (5x555x -> 5x756x -> 5x555x) in a 16th note triplet. I'm not saying this because I think you'll play it, I'm saying it because I really like to show off.

* In bars 2 and 6, I do the sliding-up-from-a-semitone-below thing I did in the first bar. Same timing, but this time it's C9 B9->C9.

* In bars 3 and 7, I normally play the F as: F (3 beats) G (an 8th) F (an 8th)

* In bar 13 (Bm7), I do the same sliding-up-from-a-semitone-below thing I did in the first bar, coupled with the hammering on (same fingering as before, but 2 frets higher).

And there you go. If you can get through all that without barfing I'll give you a toffee apple.