...AINT NO SUNSHINE... by Bill Withers
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*from 'Just As I Am' (1971)*


Intro:

Am  Em  G (x2)

Verse 1:

(n.c)
 Ain't no sunshine,
           Am (x02210@1)  Em (022000@1)GWhen (320003@1)she's gone,
Am (x02210@1)      Em (022000@1)It's not warm,
G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)When she's a-way.
Am (x02210@1)      Em (022000@1)Ain't no sunshine,
G (320003@1)         Em7
 When she's gone,
          Ebm7And (x3131x@4)she's always,
         Dm7
Gone too long,
                   Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1)G, AmAnytime (x02210@1)she goes a-way.

Verse 2:

Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)Wonder this time,
G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)Where she's gone,
Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)Wonder if she's,
G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)Gone to stay.
Am (x02210@1)      Em (022000@1)Ain't no sunshine,
G (320003@1)         Em7
 When she's gone,
And this house,
     Ebm7 (x3131x@4)   Dm7
Just ain't no home,
                   Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1)GAnytime (320003@1)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,
But ain't no sunshine,
           Am (x02210@1)  Em (022000@1)GWhen (320003@1)she's gone.

Verse 3:

Am (x02210@1)  Em (022000@1)Only darkness,
G (320003@1)    Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)Every-day,
Am (x02210@1)      Em (022000@1)Ain't no sunshine,
G (320003@1)         Em7
 When she's gone,
And this house,
     Ebm7 (x3131x@4)   Dm7
Just ain't no home,
                   Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1)GAnytime (320003@1)she goes a-way.

Coda:

Am   Em
 Any-time,
G (320003@1)         Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)She goes a-way,
Am   Em
 Any-time,
G (320003@1)         Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)She goes a-way,
Am   Em
 Any-time,
G (320003@1)         Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1)G, Am (x02210@1)She goes a-way.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)    G (320003@1)     Em7    Ebm7 (x3131x@4)   Dm7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02210  022000  320003  079787  x68676  x57565


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)