What is this song?

Bill Bunch

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Sep 28, 1993, 8:20:47 PM9/28/93

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The only lyrics I have are : "Ain't no sunshine when she's gone"
Any body out there have a clue as to who did this song and what it's
called. The singer is male with a deep voice.

Thanks in advance

Bill

Patrice TARABBIA

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Sep 29, 1993, 6:08:05 AM9/29/93

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>The only lyrics I have are : "Ain't no sunshine when she's gone"
>Any body out there have a clue as to who did this song and what it's
>called. The singer is male with a deep voice.

Ain't no sunshime by Bill Withers, also covered by Al Jarreau.
I'll try to post the chords later on, unless somebody does it before me...

Patrice
tara...@cenatls.cena.dgac.fr

Andrew Rogers

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Sep 29, 1993, 11:20:22 AM9/29/93

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In article <1993Sep29.0...@berlioz.nsc.com> Bill Bunch <bi...@berlioz.nsc.com> writes:
>The only lyrics I have are : "Ain't no sunshine when she's gone"
>Any body out there have a clue as to who did this song and what it's
>called. The singer is male with a deep voice.

"Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers, a big hit for him in 1971.

Andrew

Andrew Rogers

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Sep 29, 1993, 11:39:40 AM9/29/93

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What the hell... I don't swear the lyrics are 100% accurate, but this
is a start...

Am7 (E) (G) (single notes)

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

Am7 (E) (G)
It's not warm when she's away
Em7

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

Dm7
And she's always gone too long
Am7 (E) (G) Am7
Anytime she goes away

Wonder this time where she's gone
Wonder if she's gone to stay

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away

bridge (no chords):

I know (26X)
Hey, I oughta leave the young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone

there's another verse, something about "only darkness every day"

repeat "anytime she goes away" and end on Am9

Andrew
old fart at play

Abhik SENGUPTA

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Oct 4, 1993, 12:42:54 AM10/4/93

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An Australian band called the Rockmelons did a cover of this song last
year .. wasn't too bad.

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L. Michael Shugrue

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Oct 4, 1993, 4:46:07 PM10/4/93

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In article <932771...@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> ab...@ecr.mu.OZ.AU (Abhik SENGUPTA) writes:
>
>In article <1993Sep29....@cenatls.cena.dgac.fr>, tara...@cenatls.cena.dgac.fr (Patrice TARABBIA) writes:
>>
>>
>> >The only lyrics I have are : "Ain't no sunshine when she's gone"
>> >Any body out there have a clue as to who did this song and what it's
>> >called. The singer is male with a deep voice.
>>
>> Ain't no sunshime by Bill Withers, also covered by Al Jarreau.
>> I'll try to post the chords later on, unless somebody does it before me...
>>
>> Patrice
>> tara...@cenatls.cena.dgac.fr
>
>An Australian band called the Rockmelons did a cover of this song last
>year .. wasn't too bad.
>

Sting does a very smooth and cool cover of this song; he played it on
his tour w/ the Dead this summer, and there is a live recording of it
from Newcastle is '91 on the English CD single for 'Seven Days'.

Leon Shugrue
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