Ain't No Sunshine Guitar Lesson - Bill Withers

Today's lesson is a quick and easy one. In this Ain't No Sunshine guitar lesson video, I will show you all the guitar chords and fingerpicking for this acoustic classic by Bill Withers in just a few minutes.

The first thing I will cover is the fingerpicking. Bill Withers employs a very simple pattern throughout the entire song. It will require you to alternate between a thumb stroke followed by a doublestop played with your index and middle fingers. It shouldn't take very long to get this pattern down. Try to make sure both notes are equal in volume when playing the doublestop.

After that we will cover the chords. The chord shapes and fingerings used are very similar throughout the entire song. There is basically two different short chord progressions.

I have chosen to finger the chords the exact same way that Bill Withers does but have also demonstrated another way to finger them that might be a little less awkward for you.

The is a great song for the beginner level guitarist looking to learn a little bit about fingerpicking while still learning a great song. Learning how to play "Ain't No Sunshine" would be perfect for that. :)

Hope you guys enjoy this one!

Carl...

[edstaats]

thnx for you lessons, very clear no blabla

[metaverseme]

Wow. Someone actually takes the time to show each finger thanks man. These other ones have millions of views but their not showing it in detail.

[smileywiley]

He's always very clear and such a good place to go to learn songs.

[ExodusKeepStill]

I’ve been playing off and on for 10 years. Just basic sign songgy strumming songs. Never got the hang of finger picking. But after watching this I got it. Thank you so much🙏✌️

[everly-shadystudios]

Haven't played this song in so long, went to play it and forgot a couple cords, so I YouTubed "guitar lesson for "aint know sunshine" and every video that came up was just strumming the cords.. not the actual finger picking, once I saw you, I thought.. this is the guy to watch, he's the only one doing it the right way, thanks brother

[baseballcapdubs]

Thanks, man! I've been looking for a lesson that shows Bill's original chords for a while!

[TheSIeepyhouse]

I've learned more good stuff to play on acoustic from you, and its played the right way. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. I know you get a lot of requests, but.... There's no real good lesson of Tesla, What you give, anyplace that I can find. Just the acoustic riff at the beginning and cords in the song, nothing real complicated. Please consider that and thanks again for the vids.

[zaidalsekri]

Your channel is hella underrated man, great stuff

[cwlkjez]

You keep popping up on so many songs that I'm trying to learn with this new/old band that I'm in. Thank you for your wonderful lessons!

[manganights]

Great lesson. Really reminds me of when Bill Withers did it live solo.

[lunar]

thank you very much my friend. I will rock this song tonight and I'll say everyone you teach me every single song I play. Thank you again.

[charlottemuirhead]

Awesome lesson and so easy! Def most accurate to the original. Thanks!!:)

[DjNikGnashers]

Thank you for another great lesson, leant this in about 2 minutes from your ace tutorial, didn't realise how easy it was !

[thfret.]

Best video to help me learn this song. Thank you 😊

[elliotgriffiss]

Found this version was great, it was the only tutorial I found that didn't use the AM EM G cords to simplify the song. Just FYI because you're not strumming any open strings you can use your first finger to bar the 5th threat and also bar the 2nd threat and use one of your other fingers to play the note on the 3rd threat. Makes the song easier to play but doesn't change the overall sound.

[kobi]

This guy is a good teacher. I think this picking pattern works for Bill W because He has a lead guitar player and drummer (both excellent) but not for solo play.

[nytid]

Funny as this song came into my head and was looking for a guitar lesson on it. THANKS!!!

[mofamba]

Playing it like bill did. Most of the tutorials are wacky overplayed embellished interpretations or just plain wrong. Less is more. This is great

[nicolasgia]

Please do "Swlabr" or "World of Pain" by Cream

[loli]

Carl, Could you please make a lesson on Pull Me Under by Dream Theater? Thanks for teaching me how to play guitar.