Bill Withers (born July 4, 1938 in Slab Fork, West Virginia, died March 30, 2020 in Los Angeles, California) was an American singer-songwriter who performed and recorded from the late 1960s until the mid 1980s.
Bill's father died when he was thirteen. He joined the US Navy at seventeen, and stayed there for nine years, before he moved to Los Angeles in 1967. While in Los Angeles, he worked full-time in a Lockheed assembly plant in the day, recording demo tapes and performing in juke joints during the night.
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...AINT NO SUNSHINE... by Bill Withers ----------------------................
*from 'Just As I Am' (1971)*
Intro:
AmEmG (x2)
Verse 1:
(n.C) AmEmG Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, AmEmGAmEmG It's not warm when she's a-way. AmEmGEm7 Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, Ebm7Dm7AmEmG, Am And she's always gone too long, anytime she goes a-way.
Verse 2:
AmEmGAmEmG Wonder this time where she's gone, AmEmGAmEmG Wonder if she's gone to stay. AmEmGEm7 Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, Ebm7Dm7AmEmG, Am And this house just ain't no home, anytime she goes a-way.
Break:
Am (n.C) And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know...
(n.C) Hey, I oughta leave young thing alone, AmEmG But ain't no sunshine when she's gone.
Verse 3:
AmEmGAmEmG Only darkness every-day. AmEmGEm7 Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, Ebm7Dm7AmEmG, Am And this house just ain't no home, anytime she goes a-way.
Coda:
AmEmGAmEmG Any-time, she goes a-way, AmEmGAmEmG Any-time, she goes a-way, AmEmGAmEmG, Am Any-time, she goes a-way.