Bill Withers

              Aint No Sunshine     Just As I Am (1971)

 

       Intro: Am  Em  G (x2)

 

       Verse 1:

       (n.c)                    Am         Em   G

        Ain't no sunshine, when she's gone

       Am        Em    G              Am    Em   G

        It's not warm,   when she's a-way

       Am        Em       G            Ebm7

        Ain't no sunshine,  when she's gone

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       And she's always, gone too long

          Dbm7            Am   Em  G, Am

       Anytime she goes a-way.

 

       Verse 2:

       (n.c)                    Am         Em   G

        Wonder this time, where she's gone,

       Am        Em    G              Am    Em   G

        Wonder if she's, gone to stay.

       Am        Em        G            Ebm7

        Ain't no sunshine,   when she's gone,

                D#bm7   

       And this house, just ain't no home,

          Dbm7            Am   Em  G, Am

       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,

                                  Am    Em   G

       But ain't no sunshine, when she's gone

 

       Verse 3:

 

        Only darkness, every-day,

 

        Ain't no sunshine, when she's gone,

 

       And this house, just ain't no home,

 

       anytime she goes a-way.     Any-time, She goes a-way,

      

       Any-time, She goes a-way,   Any-time, She goes a-way.

 

 

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