Biography:
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
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- Lovely Day
- Use Me
- Ain’t No Sunshine
- Grandmas Hands
- Harlem
- I Cant Write Left
- In My Heart
- Kissin My Love
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- Let Me In Your Life
- Make A Smile For Me
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- Tender Things
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Song: Ain't no sunshine
Artist: Bill Withers
Composer: Bill Withers
Album: Just as I am
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
10th Sept 2014
TV performances at these links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBaf9Y7D8yc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-hvb1rGSE8
Played as 3 note fingerstyle chords. Use the thumb to
pick the bass notes first, followed by the index and
middle fingers picking upwards together for the other
two strings.
The 4th string/2nd fret will give you the starting
note of E for the vocal pitch.
On the breaks tap the beat on the body of the guitar
N.B.
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website
might automatically suggest and use the typed shapes
shown below:
Am7 = 5x55xx Em7 * = x7x78x
Em7 = 0x00xx Dm7 = x5x56x
G7 = 3x34xx Am9 = x07500
N.C. = No chords
Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks
=====================================================
[Verse 1]
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
It's not warm when she's a - way,
N.C. Em7 *
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
Em7 * Dm7
And she's always gone too long,
Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Anytime she goes a - way!
[Verse 2]
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Wonder, this time, where she's gone,
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Wonder if she's gone to stay,
N.C. Em7 *
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
Em7 * Dm7
And this house just ain't no home,
Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Anytime she goes a - way!
[Bridge]
Am7
And I know,
N.C.
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, hey, I oughta leave the young thing alone,
Am7
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
Em7 G7 Am7
A - woh, a - woh!
[Verse 3]
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Only darkness every day,
N.C. Em7 *
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
Em7 * Dm7
And this house just ain't no home,
Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Anytime she goes a - way!
[Coda]
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Anytime she goes a - way,
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Anytime she goes a - way,
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am9
Anytime she goes a - way!
Artist: Bill Withers
Composer: Bill Withers
Album: Just as I am
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
10th Sept 2014
TV performances at these links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBaf9Y7D8yc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-hvb1rGSE8
Played as 3 note fingerstyle chords. Use the thumb to
pick the bass notes first, followed by the index and
middle fingers picking upwards together for the other
two strings.
The 4th string/2nd fret will give you the starting
note of E for the vocal pitch.
On the breaks tap the beat on the body of the guitar
N.B.
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website
might automatically suggest and use the typed shapes
shown below:
Am7 = 5x55xx Em7 * = x7x78x
Em7 = 0x00xx Dm7 = x5x56x
G7 = 3x34xx Am9 = x07500
N.C. = No chords
Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks
=====================================================
[Verse 1]
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
It's not warm when she's a - way,
N.C. Em7 *
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
Em7 * Dm7
And she's always gone too long,
Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Anytime she goes a - way!
[Verse 2]
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Wonder, this time, where she's gone,
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Wonder if she's gone to stay,
N.C. Em7 *
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
Em7 * Dm7
And this house just ain't no home,
Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Anytime she goes a - way!
[Bridge]
Am7
And I know,
N.C.
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, hey, I oughta leave the young thing alone,
Am7
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
Em7 G7 Am7
A - woh, a - woh!
[Verse 3]
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Only darkness every day,
N.C. Em7 *
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
Em7 * Dm7
And this house just ain't no home,
Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Anytime she goes a - way!
[Coda]
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Anytime she goes a - way,
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am7
Anytime she goes a - way,
N.C. Am7 Em7 G7 Am9
Anytime she goes a - way!
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