Tab difficulty: intermediate
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Hello! My name is Paul Seah. Adeshvar, my friend has created this guitar tablature of Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers inspired by Adam Rafferty. Hope you enjoy! =D.
Standard Tuning
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ain't No Sunshine Guitar Fingerstyle Tabs'
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------------------------------||----------1--0---------------------------------------||----0--2--------0h2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----2----||-2----------------------2-----2-----0-----0-----2----||---------------------0-----0-----------------0-------||---------------------------------0-----3-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|------------------------------------------------------||----------1--0----------------------------------------||----0--2--------0h2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----2--2--||-2----------------------2-----2-----0-----0-----2--2--||---------------------0-----0-----------------0--------||---------------------------------0-----3--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|------------------------------------------------------------||-1---1--3S5S3--3-------3-3-1---------------1h3p1------------||-2---2---------0-------0-0----2p0--2-------2------2p0--0h2--||-----------------------------------3------------------------||---0--------------------------------------------------------||---------------3--3-3--------------1--1-0-------------------|
PMQ Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|---------------------------|---------------------------||---------------------------|----------------1--0-------||----2-----2-----0-----0--2-|-------0--0h=2--------0h=2-||----2-----2-----0-----0--2-|-0h=2----------------------||-0-----0-----------------0-|---------------------------||-------------0-----3-------|---------------------------|
PM PM PMQ Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|-----------------------------------------------------------------||---1--1------------------1---1---1--3S5S3-------3-3-1------------||---2----2------0-----0---2-2-2---2------0-------0-0----2p0-2-----||---2------2----0---0-----2-2-------------------------------3-----||-0-----------0---------0-------0---------------------------------||-----------------3----------------------3--3-3-------------1-1-0-|
PM PMQ Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|--------------------------------------|-------------8-7h8p7-------||-1h3p1-------------1-1--------------1-|------8-10-----------8h10--||-2-----2p0-0h2-----2-2-----0-----0--2-|-8S=9----------------------||-------------------2-2-----0-----0--2-|-9S10----------------------||----------------0-------------------0-|-----------0---------------||------------------------0-----3-------|---------------0-----------|
PM PMQ Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|------8----------------------------------------10h12p10----------10-10---8-||---10---10-----------------<5>----10----10-10--12----------------12-12--10-||----9------9-----0---------<5>-----9-----9--9------------------------------||---10------------0-----<5>--------10----10-10------------------------------||-0------------------------------0----0-------------------------------------||--------------0-----3------------------------------------0--0-0------------|
PM PMQ Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|-5p3h5-----------8h10p8--5S3--3S5-----5-5----------------||------||----------------10-------5S3--3S5-----5-5--------------1-||o-----||-----2---2----------------------------5-5-----0-----0--2-||--0-2-||-----0-0--------------------------------------0-----0--2-||------||-----------------------------------0-------------------0-||o---0-||-----1-----1-0-----------------------------0-----3-------||--3---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|-------------------------------||---------------------------------------||--------------------3---------o||---------------------------------------||-0-2-0-2-0-2--0-2-0---0-2-0-2--||---------------------------------------||--------------------0----------||---------------------------------------||---0---0---0----0-------0---0-o||-----------------------5---------------||-3---3---3----3---3---3---3----||-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3---3-5-3-5-3-5-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|--------------------------<5>-||--------------------------<5>-||--------------------------<5>-||------------------------------||-----------------5------------||-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3---3-5-3------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|-12--15-15--12--------------------------------------------||----------------15-13-15p13--15-15b15.5-15-13-------------||----------------------------------------------14-12-12h14-||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------|
PM PMQ Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|-------------------------|---------------------||------0--------------||----10-10--------------1-|-10-10--\10--2S3-1---||o-----1--3-3S5-3-3---||-----9--9-----0-----0--2-|--9--9---\9--------2-||----2--------------5-||----10-10-----0-----0--2-|-10-10--\10----------||----2----------------||-----------------------0-|---------------------||o-0------------------||-0---------0-----3-------|---------------------||-------------0---3---|
1.,2.,3.PM PM PM|Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x|--------------3-3---3--\5----------------------------------0-0--||-||------1-3-3S5-----5----\5--3-3S5--3-3---------3-1----------1-1-o||-||-0h2--2-------------------------------5--0h2--2-2--2p0h2---2-2--||-||------2-----------------------------------------2----------2-2--||-||---0--------------------0------------------0-------------0-----o||-||------------0---3--------------0----3---------------------------||-|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
