Chords for How to Play "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers on Guitar
Tempo:
124.9 bpm
Chords used:
Am
Em
G
E
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Hi everybody, this is Nikki here, and we're gonna do another solo classic ain't no sunshine by Bill withers the great Bill withers
I love his songs and this one is pretty simple to do on guitar.
It's based on
Three jazzy kind of chords, so let me just show you the chords first one's gonna be an a minor 7
You're gonna start fifth fret of the bottom a [A] string.
There's your a and [Am] then
There's the rest [Em] you're gonna use your pinky ring finger and middle finger and line them up on the fifth fret of the BG
And D [Am] strings respectively
So there's your a minor 7.
It's a movable chord, so if you [E] know this shape
It's really useful for other R&B and jazz tunes and Latin tunes
and then there's the
one where he kind of [Em] plays a
E minor 7 and then it [Dm] goes down two frets to D minor 7 the same [Bb] shape
[Em] that chord shape is basically you got your index finger on the seventh fret of the a string and
Then you got your middle finger on the seventh fret of the G string and then your pinky finally on
The eighth fret of the B string now the traditional chord shape you'd also add your ring finger to the seventh fret of the E
strings to get
this
Sound but he just plays
[A] The a B and [Em] G strings
Like that so score a little more mellower darker tone
Make sure you don't hit the D string don't hit the open E string or the you know any of [C] the E string
[E] So it's just like that
Once you have a minor 7 down [Dm] just move it down two frets and you're in D minor 7
[E] So okay, let's play the song
So you're gonna go
[Am]
[Em] [G] [Am]
That's basically the whole verse [E] so [Am] you're gonna go a minor [Em] and then open E string
With the same open strings B G and D and then [Bm] hit the G.
[G] That's the third fret and
then the same open strings and
[Am] Then you back in a minor so
And [Em] [G] [Am]
[B] that's that ain't no sunshine when [Am] she's gone
[Em] It's [G]
[Am] not warm when she's away
[Em] [G] [Am] Ain't no sunshine [Em] when she's gone
There's your a minor and you do four counts and she's always [Dm] gone too long
D minor 7 four counts any time [Am] she goes away
[Em] And [G] [Am] back into that same shape [Em] and you repeat the next verse play the same thing
And then he does this a cappella thing that I know I [B] know I know I know
[N] He kind of taps on his guitar so you could do that just gonna go
Boom boom boom boom
And that's kind of a feeling thing.
I mean if you want to analyze it, it's like okay.
He starts with the
At the very end of the chorus [Am] where you go [Em] [G] [Am]
and I know I know I know
So it's like the second beat you can say of that last a minor chord in the chorus
And then it goes on for another four bars.
[N] I know I know that's one bar
And you do that times, you know another three times and then he stops on I know and that's the first bar
first beat of the fifth bar
But yeah, like I said, it's kind of more of like a feeling thing
I think you know when they recorded it, they probably all did it live
They were in the same room and they just kind of read each other
You know Bill was singing and the drummer was feeling it and and they kind of stopped at the same time
It's just you know a little telepathic music
communication going on
so yeah, and
He basically just sings a whole part of you know acapella.
I know
Hey, leave young thing alone, but ain't no sunshine when [Am] she's gone [Em]
[G] [Am] and back into that part
And just one tip make sure they don't play it like reggae.
Don't play it choppy.
Don't go [Em] I
[G] [Am]
Mean you can do it then becomes a reggae song if you want to play it like the original it's much more laid-back
so it's like long notes rather than the
[Eb] Staccato of a reggae [Am] thing.
It's just
[Em] [G] [Am] and that's basically it.
So there you have it
[N] Ain't no sunshine by Bill Withers and I'm Nikki and thank you so much for joining me
Hope you had fun watching this if you want to check out my music go to Nikki O'Neill band.com
I play a lot of soul and funk influenced rock.
So if this is your cup of tea, maybe you like my stuff anyway
Hope you had fun,
I love his songs and this one is pretty simple to do on guitar.
It's based on
Three jazzy kind of chords, so let me just show you the chords first one's gonna be an a minor 7
You're gonna start fifth fret of the bottom a [A] string.
There's your a and [Am] then
There's the rest [Em] you're gonna use your pinky ring finger and middle finger and line them up on the fifth fret of the BG
And D [Am] strings respectively
So there's your a minor 7.
It's a movable chord, so if you [E] know this shape
It's really useful for other R&B and jazz tunes and Latin tunes
and then there's the
one where he kind of [Em] plays a
E minor 7 and then it [Dm] goes down two frets to D minor 7 the same [Bb] shape
[Em] that chord shape is basically you got your index finger on the seventh fret of the a string and
Then you got your middle finger on the seventh fret of the G string and then your pinky finally on
The eighth fret of the B string now the traditional chord shape you'd also add your ring finger to the seventh fret of the E
strings to get
this
Sound but he just plays
[A] The a B and [Em] G strings
Like that so score a little more mellower darker tone
Make sure you don't hit the D string don't hit the open E string or the you know any of [C] the E string
[E] So it's just like that
Once you have a minor 7 down [Dm] just move it down two frets and you're in D minor 7
[E] So okay, let's play the song
So you're gonna go
[Am]
[Em] [G] [Am]
That's basically the whole verse [E] so [Am] you're gonna go a minor [Em] and then open E string
With the same open strings B G and D and then [Bm] hit the G.
[G] That's the third fret and
then the same open strings and
[Am] Then you back in a minor so
And [Em] [G] [Am]
[B] that's that ain't no sunshine when [Am] she's gone
[Em] It's [G]
[Am] not warm when she's away
[Em] [G] [Am] Ain't no sunshine [Em] when she's gone
There's your a minor and you do four counts and she's always [Dm] gone too long
D minor 7 four counts any time [Am] she goes away
[Em] And [G] [Am] back into that same shape [Em] and you repeat the next verse play the same thing
And then he does this a cappella thing that I know I [B] know I know I know
[N] He kind of taps on his guitar so you could do that just gonna go
Boom boom boom boom
And that's kind of a feeling thing.
I mean if you want to analyze it, it's like okay.
He starts with the
At the very end of the chorus [Am] where you go [Em] [G] [Am]
and I know I know I know
So it's like the second beat you can say of that last a minor chord in the chorus
And then it goes on for another four bars.
[N] I know I know that's one bar
And you do that times, you know another three times and then he stops on I know and that's the first bar
first beat of the fifth bar
But yeah, like I said, it's kind of more of like a feeling thing
I think you know when they recorded it, they probably all did it live
They were in the same room and they just kind of read each other
You know Bill was singing and the drummer was feeling it and and they kind of stopped at the same time
It's just you know a little telepathic music
communication going on
so yeah, and
He basically just sings a whole part of you know acapella.
I know
Hey, leave young thing alone, but ain't no sunshine when [Am] she's gone [Em]
[G] [Am] and back into that part
And just one tip make sure they don't play it like reggae.
Don't play it choppy.
Don't go [Em] I
[G] [Am]
Mean you can do it then becomes a reggae song if you want to play it like the original it's much more laid-back
so it's like long notes rather than the
[Eb] Staccato of a reggae [Am] thing.
It's just
[Em] [G] [Am] and that's basically it.
So there you have it
[N] Ain't no sunshine by Bill Withers and I'm Nikki and thank you so much for joining me
Hope you had fun watching this if you want to check out my music go to Nikki O'Neill band.com
I play a lot of soul and funk influenced rock.
So if this is your cup of tea, maybe you like my stuff anyway
Hope you had fun,
Key:
Am
Em
G
E
Dm
Am
Em
G
Hi everybody, this is Nikki here, and we're gonna do another solo classic ain't no sunshine by Bill withers the great Bill withers
I love his songs and this one is pretty simple to do on guitar.
It's based on _
Three jazzy kind of chords, so let me just show you the chords first one's gonna be an a minor 7
You're gonna start fifth fret of the bottom a [A] string.
There's your a and [Am] then
_ There's the rest [Em] you're gonna use your pinky ring finger and middle finger and line them up on the fifth fret of the BG
And D [Am] strings respectively
So there's your a minor 7.
It's a movable chord, so if you [E] know this shape
It's really useful for other R&B and jazz tunes and Latin tunes
_ and then there's the
_ one where he kind of [Em] plays a
E minor 7 and then it [Dm] goes down two frets to D minor 7 the same [Bb] shape _
[Em] that chord shape is basically you got your index finger on the seventh fret of the a string and
Then you got your middle finger on the seventh fret of the G string and then your pinky finally on
The eighth fret of the B string now the traditional chord shape you'd also add your ring finger to the seventh fret of the E
strings to get
_ this
_ Sound but he just plays
[A] The a B and [Em] G strings
_ _ Like that so score a little more mellower darker tone _
Make sure you don't hit the D string don't hit the open E string or the you know any of [C] the E string
[E] So it's just like that
Once you have a minor 7 down [Dm] just move it down two frets and you're in D minor 7
[E] So okay, let's play the song
So you're gonna go
[Am] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ That's basically the whole verse [E] so [Am] you're gonna go a minor _ [Em] and then open E string
_ With the same open strings B G and D and then [Bm] hit the G.
[G] That's the third fret _ and
then the same open strings _ and
[Am] Then you back in a minor so
_ And _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] that's that ain't no sunshine when [Am] she's gone
_ [Em] It's [G] _ _
[Am] _ not warm when she's away
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ Ain't no sunshine [Em] when she's gone
There's your a minor and you do four counts and _ _ _ she's always [Dm] gone too long
D minor 7 four counts any time [Am] she goes away
[Em] And _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ back into that same shape [Em] and you repeat the next verse play the same thing
And then he does this a cappella thing that I know I [B] know I know I know
_ _ [N] _ He kind of taps on his guitar so you could do that just gonna go
Boom boom boom boom
_ _ And _ _ that's kind of a feeling thing.
I mean if you want to analyze it, it's like okay.
He starts with the
At the very end of the chorus [Am] where you go _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
and I know I know I know
So it's like the second beat you can say of that last a minor chord in the chorus
And then it goes on for another four bars.
[N] I know I know _ _ that's one bar
And you do that times, you know another three times and then he stops on I know and that's the first bar
first beat of the fifth bar _
But yeah, like I said, it's kind of more of like a feeling thing
I think you know when they recorded it, they probably all did it live
They were in the same room and they just kind of read each other
You know Bill was singing and the drummer was feeling it and and they kind of stopped at the same time
It's just you know a little telepathic music
communication going on
_ so yeah, _ and
He basically just sings a whole part of you know acapella.
I know
_ Hey, leave young thing alone, but ain't no sunshine when [Am] she's gone _ [Em] _
[G] _ [Am] and back into that part
And just one tip make sure they don't play it like reggae.
Don't play it choppy.
Don't go [Em] I
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
Mean you can do it then becomes a reggae song if you want to play it like the original it's much more laid-back
so it's like long notes rather than the _
[Eb] Staccato of a reggae [Am] thing.
It's just _ _
[Em] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ and that's basically it.
So there you have it
[N] Ain't no sunshine by Bill Withers and I'm Nikki and thank you so much for joining me
Hope you had fun watching this if you want to check out my music go to Nikki O'Neill band.com _
I play a lot of soul and funk influenced rock.
So if this is your cup of tea, maybe you like my stuff anyway
Hope you had fun,
I love his songs and this one is pretty simple to do on guitar.
It's based on _
Three jazzy kind of chords, so let me just show you the chords first one's gonna be an a minor 7
You're gonna start fifth fret of the bottom a [A] string.
There's your a and [Am] then
_ There's the rest [Em] you're gonna use your pinky ring finger and middle finger and line them up on the fifth fret of the BG
And D [Am] strings respectively
So there's your a minor 7.
It's a movable chord, so if you [E] know this shape
It's really useful for other R&B and jazz tunes and Latin tunes
_ and then there's the
_ one where he kind of [Em] plays a
E minor 7 and then it [Dm] goes down two frets to D minor 7 the same [Bb] shape _
[Em] that chord shape is basically you got your index finger on the seventh fret of the a string and
Then you got your middle finger on the seventh fret of the G string and then your pinky finally on
The eighth fret of the B string now the traditional chord shape you'd also add your ring finger to the seventh fret of the E
strings to get
_ this
_ Sound but he just plays
[A] The a B and [Em] G strings
_ _ Like that so score a little more mellower darker tone _
Make sure you don't hit the D string don't hit the open E string or the you know any of [C] the E string
[E] So it's just like that
Once you have a minor 7 down [Dm] just move it down two frets and you're in D minor 7
[E] So okay, let's play the song
So you're gonna go
[Am] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ That's basically the whole verse [E] so [Am] you're gonna go a minor _ [Em] and then open E string
_ With the same open strings B G and D and then [Bm] hit the G.
[G] That's the third fret _ and
then the same open strings _ and
[Am] Then you back in a minor so
_ And _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] that's that ain't no sunshine when [Am] she's gone
_ [Em] It's [G] _ _
[Am] _ not warm when she's away
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ Ain't no sunshine [Em] when she's gone
There's your a minor and you do four counts and _ _ _ she's always [Dm] gone too long
D minor 7 four counts any time [Am] she goes away
[Em] And _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ back into that same shape [Em] and you repeat the next verse play the same thing
And then he does this a cappella thing that I know I [B] know I know I know
_ _ [N] _ He kind of taps on his guitar so you could do that just gonna go
Boom boom boom boom
_ _ And _ _ that's kind of a feeling thing.
I mean if you want to analyze it, it's like okay.
He starts with the
At the very end of the chorus [Am] where you go _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
and I know I know I know
So it's like the second beat you can say of that last a minor chord in the chorus
And then it goes on for another four bars.
[N] I know I know _ _ that's one bar
And you do that times, you know another three times and then he stops on I know and that's the first bar
first beat of the fifth bar _
But yeah, like I said, it's kind of more of like a feeling thing
I think you know when they recorded it, they probably all did it live
They were in the same room and they just kind of read each other
You know Bill was singing and the drummer was feeling it and and they kind of stopped at the same time
It's just you know a little telepathic music
communication going on
_ so yeah, _ and
He basically just sings a whole part of you know acapella.
I know
_ Hey, leave young thing alone, but ain't no sunshine when [Am] she's gone _ [Em] _
[G] _ [Am] and back into that part
And just one tip make sure they don't play it like reggae.
Don't play it choppy.
Don't go [Em] I
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
Mean you can do it then becomes a reggae song if you want to play it like the original it's much more laid-back
so it's like long notes rather than the _
[Eb] Staccato of a reggae [Am] thing.
It's just _ _
[Em] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ and that's basically it.
So there you have it
[N] Ain't no sunshine by Bill Withers and I'm Nikki and thank you so much for joining me
Hope you had fun watching this if you want to check out my music go to Nikki O'Neill band.com _
I play a lot of soul and funk influenced rock.
So if this is your cup of tea, maybe you like my stuff anyway
Hope you had fun,