If you want an "original sound", these ain't the chords for you, chief.
I just play it as more of an acoustic rock ballad.  If you don't like it, don't use it. 


[Verse]

           
The other nigh

              
t dear as I la

   
y sleeping
             
I dreamed I he

             
ld you in my a

rms
             
When I awoke d

             
ear I was mist

aken
              
and I hung my 

           
head and I cri

ed


[Chorus]

           
You are my sun

              
shine, my only

  
 sunshine
             
You make me ha

              
ppy when skies

     
 are gray
             
You'll never k

              
now dear, how 

       
much I love yo

u
              
Please don't t

             
ake my sunshin

   
e away


[Verse]

           
I'll always lo

              
ve you and mak

       
e you happy
             
If you will on

           
ly say the sam

e
             
But if you lea

              
ve me to love 

  
another
              
You will regre

             
t it all some 


day


[Chorus]

            
You are my sun

             
shine, my only

   
 sunshine
             
You make me ha

              
ppy when skies

     
 are gray
             
You'll never k

              
now dear, how 

       
much I love yo

u
              
Please don't t

             
ake my sunshin

  
e away


[Verse]

           
You told me on

              
ce dear, you r

       
eally loved me
             
and no one els

              
e could come b

 
etween
              
but now you've

             
 left me and l

      
ove another
              
you have shatt

           
ered all my dr

eams


[Chorus]

           
You are my sun

              
shine, my only

  
 sunshine
             
You make me ha

              
ppy when skies

     
 are gray
             
You'll never k

              
now dear, how 

       
much I love yo

u
              
Please don't t

             
ake my sunshin

   
e away