Ain’t No Sunshine Chords And Strumming, Bill Withers

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Did You Know? Bill Withers was working at a factory making airplane bathrooms when he wrote Ain't No Sunshine. To celebrate when the song went gold, the record company presented Bill with a golden toilet seat.

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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Orange Pick

Most Advanced Rhythm:  White Pick 

Most Advanced Chord Change: Orange Pick (White Pick when played with Django chords only)

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White Pick Level

Ain't No Sunshine Chords And Strumming, Bill Withers

Django Chords: 

Django G chord

Django D chord

Django A chord

Django Em chord

Strumming:

"Cash Bass*":        |B    D    B    D    |

"2 Strum":      |B   D           |


Tempo: 79 bpm Key: Am



Verse 1 -

|A - - - |Em - G - |A - (2 strum)|- - - - || x2


Ain't no sunshine when she's (A)gone (Em½) (G½) (Ax2)
It's not warm when she's a(A)way (Em½) (G½) (Ax2


Chorus -

|Em - - - |Em - - - |D - - - |D - - - |

|A - - - |Em - G - |A - (2 strum)|- - - - |


Ain't no sunshine when she's (Emx2)gone
And she's always gone too
(Dx2)long
Anytime she's goes a
(A)way (Em½) (G½) (Ax2)


Verse 2 -

|A - - - |Em - G - |A - (2 strum)|- - - - || x2


Wonder this time where she's (A)gone (Em½) (G½) (Ax2)
Wonder if she's gone to (A)stay (Em½) (G½) (Ax2)


Chorus -

|Em - - - |Em - - - |D - - - |D - - - |

|A - - - |Em - G - |A - (2 strum)|- - - - |


Ain't no sunshine when she's (Emx2)gone
And this house just ain't no
(Dx2)home
Anytime she goes a
(A)way (Em½) (G½) (Ax2)



Middle 8 -

|| - - - -|| x 12

  |A - - - |Em - G - |A - (2 strum)|- - - - |


And

I know x26
Hey I oughta leave young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's (A)gone (Em½) (G½) (Ax2)


Verse 3 -

|A - - - |Em - G - |A - (2 strum)|- - - - || x2


Ain't no sunshine when she's (A)gone (Em½) (G½) (Ax2)
Only darkness every (A)day (Em½) (G½) (Ax2)


Final Chorus -

  |Em - - - |Em - - - |D - - - |D - - - |

|A - - - |Em - G - |A - (2 strum)|- - - - || x4


Ain't no sunshine when she's (Emx2)gone
And this house just ain't no
(Dx2)home
Anytime she goes a
(A)way (Em½) (G½) (Ax2) x4


Final Chord Strum: A


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Ain't No Sunshine Chords And Fingerpicking, Bill Withers

Open Chords: 

Open G7 chord

Open Dm chord

Open Am7 chord

Open Em7 chord

Open Em7* chord

Tempo: 79 bpm Key: Am



Verse 1 -


Ain't no sunshine when she's (Am7)gone (Em7*½) (G7½) (Am7x2)
It's not warm when she's a(Am7)way (Em7*½) (G7½) (Am7x2


Chorus -


Ain't no sunshine when she's (Em7x2)gone
And she's always gone too
(Dmx2)long
Anytime she's goes a
(Am7)way (Em7*½) (G7½) (Am7x2)


Verse 2 -

|Am7 - - - |Em7* - G7 - |Am7 - (2 strum)|- - - - || x2


Wonder this time where she's (Am7)gone (Em7*½) (G7½) (Am7x2)
Wonder if she's gone to (Am7)stay (Em7*½) (G7½) (Am7x2)


Chorus -

|Em7 - - - |Em7 - - - |Dm - - - |Dm - - - |

|Am7 - - - |Em7* - G7 - |Am7 - (2 strum)|- - - - |


Ain't no sunshine when she's (Em7x2)gone
And this house just ain't no
(Dmx2)home
Anytime she goes a
(Am7)way (Em7*½) (G7½) (Am7x2)



Middle 8 -

|| - - - -|| x 12

   |Am7 - - - |Em7* - G7 - |Am7 - (2 strum)|- - - - |


And

I know x26
Hey I oughta leave young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's (Am7)gone (Em7*½) (G7½) (Am7x2)


Verse 3 -

|Am7 - - - |Em7* - G7 - |Am7 - (2 strum)|- - - - || x2


Ain't no sunshine when she's (Am7)gone (Em7*½) (G7½) (Am7x2)
Only darkness every (Am7)day (Em7*½) (G7½) (Am7x2)


Final Chorus -

  |Em7 - - - |Em7 - - - |Dm - - - |Dm - - - |

|Am7 - - - |Em7* - G7 - |Am7 - (2 strum)|- - - - || x4


Ain't no sunshine when she's (Em7x2)gone
And this house just ain't no
(Dmx2)home
Anytime she goes a
(Am7)way (Em7*½) (G7½) (Am7x2) x4


Final Chord Strum: Am7


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