Learn to play Ain’t No Sunshine by Bill Withers on guitar.
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You can listen to the song here on Spotify while you play along!
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Marty Music
Over 2.1 million people have viewed this lesson online.
Marty’s easy to understand style combined with his upbeat delivery make learning this challenging song a breeze.
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SwiftLessons
This lesson has been viewed over 600,000 times!
I hope you’re enjoying your practice, making progress and that you are ready to add another classic tune to your repertoire! In today’s lesson, I’ve broken down Bill Withers 1971 classic “Ain’t No Sunshine.”
We’ll begin by learning a beginner friendly version of the song, using basic open position chord shapes. From there, I’ll introduce the actual guitar part Bill performed on the original track.
This is a fantastic song for beginners to learn, as it include many of the most common major and minor chord shapes. It also provides the opportunity for novices to explore the fretboard, once they have mastered the basic approach. Let’s get started!
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GuitarZero2Hero
This lesson has been viewed over 100,000 times.
In memory of the great man who recently passed away, I wanted to share how to play this timeless classic on guitar. In the tutorial I’ll show you two ways of playing the song, the first method is an easy strummed version and the second method is how it is played in the studio recording. I hope this lesson does justice to the song and the great man himself. R.I.P Bill ❤
00:00 LESSON PREVIEW
01:00 MAIN CHORD PROGRESSION (EASY VERSION)
04:03 OUTRO (EASY VERSION)
04:19 MAIN RIFF (STUDIO VERSION)
07:26 SONG PLAYTHROUGH DEMONSTRATION