Chords for Bill Withers | Het verhaal achter nummers | Top 2000 a gogo
Tempo:
114.35 bpm
Chords used:
Am
Em
G
E
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.
[Em]
[G] [Am] It's not warm when she's awake.
[G] [Am]
Ain't no sunshine [E] when she's gone.
She's always gone too [Dm] long.
Anytime she [Am] goes away.
Songs are [Em] my favorite [G] short [Am] form of expression.
Wonder this time where she's gone.
Songs [Em] allow everybody [Am] who wants to,
[F] to get into [Am] the writing game.
[Em] You can make songs about [Am] trucks, ducks, you know,
everything you can [Em] possibly think or feel
[D] or imagine.
Whether you're happy or homicidal or whatever,
there's probably a song for it, you know.
You can probably find a song to do the background music to,
[E] you know, while you're dismembering [A] a body or something.
Songs are, you know.
Summer night hollow.
Man, it's really hot.
Well, it's too hot to sleep and I'm too cold to eat.
I don't care if I [C] die or not.
Lean on me [Dm] when you're [F] not strong
[C] And I'll be your friend.
[Em] I'll help you carry [G]
[C] on.
The wonderful thing about songwriting [F] and the magic of it
[C] is something crossed your mind.
Where did that come [Em] from?
I don't know.
Write it down before you forget it.
That's all I want to know about that.
You know what [A] I mean?
We got to talk about something, something serious.
I don't know.
Sorry.
Are you drunk?
Oh, I haven't had a drop.
[Eb] What's the matter with you?
The song Ain't No Sunshine, where do you get that idea from?
I was watching a movie, Days of Wine and Roses,
with Lee Remick and Jack Lemmon.
I'm giving you all these details because I want to dispel
all rumors that I have dementia.
[E] I don't have that yet.
In fact, there are some stuff I'd like to forget
that I can't.
Look at this, see, a couple of bums.
So the movie was about alcoholics,
and so they were a couple,
and they each took turns going in and out of their addiction.
And somehow or another, that song
[G] probably crossed my mind [Am] from that.
Wonder [E] this time [Am] where she's gone
[Em] [Am] Wonder if she's gone to stay
[Em]
[Am] Ain't no sunshine when she's [Em]
gone
And this house just ain't no [Dm] home
Any [F] time she [Am] goes away
But for [G] the sake of maybe that might not be true,
[E]
every woman that I have had ever had anything to do with
in my life before then thinks that song is about them.
laughs
[C] [D] And they're [N] probably all right.
One of the questions asked tonight, it really broke me up,
was they asked where you were from, and they wouldn't believe me
if I told them everybody would think it was a joke,
so you tell me where you're from.
Boston.
[Abm] No, tell them, it's such a great [B] name.
No town is really called this.
No, I'm from [N] Slab Fork, West Virginia.
With a name like that, you've got to be a star.
Ain't no [Bm] sunshine when [Am] she's gone
Well, [Em] then you get in this [Am] bigger corporate thing,
the new phenomenon just introduced into your [Em] life, A [Am]&R.
There was one guy [Em] in particular that kept bugging me
about [Dm] covering [Am] an Elvis Presley song in the ghetto,
[Em] and I thought, like, I'm not from the damn ghetto, you know.
I'm from, I'm rural, I'm from the country,
I don't know anything about any ghetto, you know what I mean?
But was then also [N] that why you stopped recording and performing?
I probably stopped because I got tired of the A&R dance,
you know what I mean, and you got guys with their cliche question,
like, how long is the intro?
You going to put any horns on it?
You need some chicks, you know what I mean.
And I had never used any of that stuff.
The A&R also went against it,
because Ain't No Sunshine has no intro.
No intro.
And, you know, some of us, you can't do that.
I already did it.
Ain't no sunshine [Am] when she's gone
[Em] It's [Am] not warm when she's away
[Em] [Am]
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
She's always gone [Dm] too long
Anytime she [Am] goes away
[C] [A] [E]
[Em]
[G] [Am] It's not warm when she's awake.
[G] [Am]
Ain't no sunshine [E] when she's gone.
She's always gone too [Dm] long.
Anytime she [Am] goes away.
Songs are [Em] my favorite [G] short [Am] form of expression.
Wonder this time where she's gone.
Songs [Em] allow everybody [Am] who wants to,
[F] to get into [Am] the writing game.
[Em] You can make songs about [Am] trucks, ducks, you know,
everything you can [Em] possibly think or feel
[D] or imagine.
Whether you're happy or homicidal or whatever,
there's probably a song for it, you know.
You can probably find a song to do the background music to,
[E] you know, while you're dismembering [A] a body or something.
Songs are, you know.
Summer night hollow.
Man, it's really hot.
Well, it's too hot to sleep and I'm too cold to eat.
I don't care if I [C] die or not.
Lean on me [Dm] when you're [F] not strong
[C] And I'll be your friend.
[Em] I'll help you carry [G]
[C] on.
The wonderful thing about songwriting [F] and the magic of it
[C] is something crossed your mind.
Where did that come [Em] from?
I don't know.
Write it down before you forget it.
That's all I want to know about that.
You know what [A] I mean?
We got to talk about something, something serious.
I don't know.
Sorry.
Are you drunk?
Oh, I haven't had a drop.
[Eb] What's the matter with you?
The song Ain't No Sunshine, where do you get that idea from?
I was watching a movie, Days of Wine and Roses,
with Lee Remick and Jack Lemmon.
I'm giving you all these details because I want to dispel
all rumors that I have dementia.
[E] I don't have that yet.
In fact, there are some stuff I'd like to forget
that I can't.
Look at this, see, a couple of bums.
So the movie was about alcoholics,
and so they were a couple,
and they each took turns going in and out of their addiction.
And somehow or another, that song
[G] probably crossed my mind [Am] from that.
Wonder [E] this time [Am] where she's gone
[Em] [Am] Wonder if she's gone to stay
[Em]
[Am] Ain't no sunshine when she's [Em]
gone
And this house just ain't no [Dm] home
Any [F] time she [Am] goes away
But for [G] the sake of maybe that might not be true,
[E]
every woman that I have had ever had anything to do with
in my life before then thinks that song is about them.
laughs
[C] [D] And they're [N] probably all right.
One of the questions asked tonight, it really broke me up,
was they asked where you were from, and they wouldn't believe me
if I told them everybody would think it was a joke,
so you tell me where you're from.
Boston.
[Abm] No, tell them, it's such a great [B] name.
No town is really called this.
No, I'm from [N] Slab Fork, West Virginia.
With a name like that, you've got to be a star.
Ain't no [Bm] sunshine when [Am] she's gone
Well, [Em] then you get in this [Am] bigger corporate thing,
the new phenomenon just introduced into your [Em] life, A [Am]&R.
There was one guy [Em] in particular that kept bugging me
about [Dm] covering [Am] an Elvis Presley song in the ghetto,
[Em] and I thought, like, I'm not from the damn ghetto, you know.
I'm from, I'm rural, I'm from the country,
I don't know anything about any ghetto, you know what I mean?
But was then also [N] that why you stopped recording and performing?
I probably stopped because I got tired of the A&R dance,
you know what I mean, and you got guys with their cliche question,
like, how long is the intro?
You going to put any horns on it?
You need some chicks, you know what I mean.
And I had never used any of that stuff.
The A&R also went against it,
because Ain't No Sunshine has no intro.
No intro.
And, you know, some of us, you can't do that.
I already did it.
Ain't no sunshine [Am] when she's gone
[Em] It's [Am] not warm when she's away
[Em] [Am]
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
She's always gone [Dm] too long
Anytime she [Am] goes away
[C] [A] [E]
Key:
Am
Em
G
E
C
Am
Em
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.
[Em] _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ It's not warm when she's awake.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
Ain't no sunshine [E] when she's gone.
_ She's always gone too [Dm] long.
Anytime _ she [Am] goes away.
Songs are [Em] my favorite [G] short [Am] form of expression.
Wonder this time where she's gone.
Songs [Em] allow everybody [Am] _ who wants to,
[F] to get into [Am] the writing game.
_ [Em] You can make songs about [Am] trucks, ducks, you know,
everything you can [Em] possibly think or feel
_ _ [D] or imagine.
_ _ Whether you're happy or _ homicidal or whatever,
there's probably a song for it, you know.
You can probably find a song to do the background music to,
[E] you know, while you're dismembering [A] a body or something.
Songs are, you know.
_ Summer night hollow.
_ _ Man, it's really hot.
_ Well, it's too hot to sleep and I'm too cold to eat.
I don't care if I [C] die or not.
Lean on me _ [Dm] when you're [F] not strong
[C] And I'll be your friend. _ _
[Em] I'll help you carry [G] _ _
[C] on.
The wonderful thing about songwriting [F] and the magic of it
[C] is something crossed your mind.
Where did that come [Em] from?
I don't know.
Write it down before you forget it. _ _
That's all I want to know about that.
You know what [A] I mean? _ _
We got to talk about something, something serious.
I don't know.
Sorry.
Are you drunk?
Oh, I haven't had a drop.
[Eb] What's the matter with you?
The song Ain't No Sunshine, where do you get that idea from?
I was watching a movie, _ Days of Wine and Roses,
with Lee Remick and Jack Lemmon.
I'm giving you all these details because I want to dispel
all rumors that I have dementia. _
_ [E] _ _ _ I don't have that yet.
_ In fact, there are some stuff I'd like to forget
that I can't.
Look at this, see, a couple of bums.
So the movie was about alcoholics,
_ _ and so they were a couple,
and they each took turns going in and out of their _ addiction.
_ _ _ _ And somehow or another, that song
_ [G] probably crossed my mind [Am] from that.
Wonder [E] this time [Am] where she's gone
_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ Wonder if she's gone to stay
[Em] _ _
_ [Am] _ Ain't no sunshine when she's [Em]
gone
And this house just ain't no [Dm] home
Any [F] time she [Am] goes away
But for [G] the sake of maybe that might not be true,
_ [E] _
every woman that I have had ever had anything to do with
in my life before then thinks that song is about them. _
_ laughs
_ [C] [D] And they're [N] probably all right.
_ One of the questions asked tonight, it really broke me up,
was they asked where you were from, and they wouldn't believe me
if I told them everybody would think it was a joke,
so you tell me where you're from. _ _
Boston.
_ _ [Abm] No, tell them, it's such a great [B] name.
No town is really called this.
No, I'm from _ [N] Slab Fork, West Virginia. _
With a name like that, you've got to be a star.
Ain't no [Bm] sunshine when [Am] she's gone
Well, [Em] then you get in this [Am] bigger corporate thing,
the new phenomenon just introduced into your [Em] life, A [Am]&R.
_ There was one guy [Em] in particular that kept bugging me
about _ [Dm] covering _ [Am] an Elvis Presley song in the ghetto,
[Em] and I thought, like, I'm not from the damn ghetto, you know.
I'm from, I'm _ rural, I'm from the country,
I don't know anything about any ghetto, you know what I mean?
But was then also [N] that why you stopped recording and performing?
I probably stopped because I got tired of the A&R dance,
you know what I mean, and you got guys with their cliche question,
like, how long is the intro?
You going to put any horns on it?
You need some chicks, you know what I mean.
And I had never used any of that stuff.
The A&R also went against it,
because Ain't No Sunshine has no intro.
No intro.
And, you know, some of us, you can't do that.
_ I already did it.
Ain't no sunshine [Am] when she's gone
[Em] _ It's [Am] _ _ not warm when she's away
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
She's always gone [Dm] too long
Anytime _ she [Am] goes away
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ It's not warm when she's awake.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
Ain't no sunshine [E] when she's gone.
_ She's always gone too [Dm] long.
Anytime _ she [Am] goes away.
Songs are [Em] my favorite [G] short [Am] form of expression.
Wonder this time where she's gone.
Songs [Em] allow everybody [Am] _ who wants to,
[F] to get into [Am] the writing game.
_ [Em] You can make songs about [Am] trucks, ducks, you know,
everything you can [Em] possibly think or feel
_ _ [D] or imagine.
_ _ Whether you're happy or _ homicidal or whatever,
there's probably a song for it, you know.
You can probably find a song to do the background music to,
[E] you know, while you're dismembering [A] a body or something.
Songs are, you know.
_ Summer night hollow.
_ _ Man, it's really hot.
_ Well, it's too hot to sleep and I'm too cold to eat.
I don't care if I [C] die or not.
Lean on me _ [Dm] when you're [F] not strong
[C] And I'll be your friend. _ _
[Em] I'll help you carry [G] _ _
[C] on.
The wonderful thing about songwriting [F] and the magic of it
[C] is something crossed your mind.
Where did that come [Em] from?
I don't know.
Write it down before you forget it. _ _
That's all I want to know about that.
You know what [A] I mean? _ _
We got to talk about something, something serious.
I don't know.
Sorry.
Are you drunk?
Oh, I haven't had a drop.
[Eb] What's the matter with you?
The song Ain't No Sunshine, where do you get that idea from?
I was watching a movie, _ Days of Wine and Roses,
with Lee Remick and Jack Lemmon.
I'm giving you all these details because I want to dispel
all rumors that I have dementia. _
_ [E] _ _ _ I don't have that yet.
_ In fact, there are some stuff I'd like to forget
that I can't.
Look at this, see, a couple of bums.
So the movie was about alcoholics,
_ _ and so they were a couple,
and they each took turns going in and out of their _ addiction.
_ _ _ _ And somehow or another, that song
_ [G] probably crossed my mind [Am] from that.
Wonder [E] this time [Am] where she's gone
_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ Wonder if she's gone to stay
[Em] _ _
_ [Am] _ Ain't no sunshine when she's [Em]
gone
And this house just ain't no [Dm] home
Any [F] time she [Am] goes away
But for [G] the sake of maybe that might not be true,
_ [E] _
every woman that I have had ever had anything to do with
in my life before then thinks that song is about them. _
_ laughs
_ [C] [D] And they're [N] probably all right.
_ One of the questions asked tonight, it really broke me up,
was they asked where you were from, and they wouldn't believe me
if I told them everybody would think it was a joke,
so you tell me where you're from. _ _
Boston.
_ _ [Abm] No, tell them, it's such a great [B] name.
No town is really called this.
No, I'm from _ [N] Slab Fork, West Virginia. _
With a name like that, you've got to be a star.
Ain't no [Bm] sunshine when [Am] she's gone
Well, [Em] then you get in this [Am] bigger corporate thing,
the new phenomenon just introduced into your [Em] life, A [Am]&R.
_ There was one guy [Em] in particular that kept bugging me
about _ [Dm] covering _ [Am] an Elvis Presley song in the ghetto,
[Em] and I thought, like, I'm not from the damn ghetto, you know.
I'm from, I'm _ rural, I'm from the country,
I don't know anything about any ghetto, you know what I mean?
But was then also [N] that why you stopped recording and performing?
I probably stopped because I got tired of the A&R dance,
you know what I mean, and you got guys with their cliche question,
like, how long is the intro?
You going to put any horns on it?
You need some chicks, you know what I mean.
And I had never used any of that stuff.
The A&R also went against it,
because Ain't No Sunshine has no intro.
No intro.
And, you know, some of us, you can't do that.
_ I already did it.
Ain't no sunshine [Am] when she's gone
[Em] _ It's [Am] _ _ not warm when she's away
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
She's always gone [Dm] too long
Anytime _ she [Am] goes away
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _