Ain't No Sunshine tab by John Mayer

Tabs (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Advanced

This is my interpretation of John Mayer's solo in his cover of Bill Withers' "Ain't no sunshine"

Based from this video, watch for timings etc.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZyxyehN_Qk


E MajorE|---------------------------------|--------6---6---6b8--8------|
BB|--/8~~---------------------------|-----8----8-------------8\--|
D MajorD|--------10--7--------------------|--7-------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------10b11-r10--8~----|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------10-|----------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|----------------------------|

E MajorE|----------------------------|-------8-9-10-------8-----------------|
BB|-8-11-11b13-b13-b13---11b13-|-11b13--------11b13---11-8-11b13-8-8~-|
G+G|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|

E MajorE|-10b13--13-13--11b12--10-10--8--9p8--6----|-------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------8-|-11b13-13--11-11b12-8\0--|
G+G|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|

E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
BB|-15-15-18-18---15-18-18---15-18-18---15-18-18-|--15-18b20-18--15------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------|------------------17--15b17--------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------17\---|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

E MajorE|-------------------------------13-13---------13-13-|----13b15-r13------------------------|
BB|------15-15------15-15------15------------15-------|-15------------15--13-13-------------|
G+G|----x----------x----------x-------------x----------|-------------------------15~~---12\--|
D MajorD|-17---------17---------17------------17------------|-------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

E MajorE|-------------------15-17-15h17~-|-----------------------------------------|
BB|----------15-18b20--------------|-----------------------------------------|
G+G|----15-17-----------------------|-------------15-17-18-19--18b19----------|
D MajorD|-17-----------------------------|-------15-17---------------------17-17~--|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|-15s17-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

E MajorE|---------------------------------------|-9b10---9b10---9b10------9-b10-r9---------------|
BB|---------------------------------------|--------9b10---9b10~-----9-b10-r9--11--8~--8~\--|
G+G|-------15b17b17r-15--------------------|-------------------------8-b9--r8---------------|
D MajorD|-15-17--------------17~-17~-17~-17~\---|------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

E MajorE|-8b9b9b9-8-8-6---|-8b9b9b9-8-8-6-|
BB|-------------6---|-------------6-|
G+G|-----------------|---------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|---------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|---------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|---------------|

E MajorE|-8b9b9b9-8-6------6~~--8b-8b-8b--8b--8b--8b--8b---8--6---|
BB|-------------8~~~------------8b--8b--8b--8b--8b--------8-|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------|

E MajorE|-------3---------------|----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
BB|-----3---6-3-----------|-6-3------------|-4-3-------3-5-3-------|-------------------|
G+G|-5b7---------5b6-5-3---|-----5b6-5-3----|-----5-3---3-5-3-5b6-5-|-3-----------------|
D MajorD|---------------------5-|-------------5--|---------5-------------|---5-3---5-3-------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|----------------|-----------------------|-------5-----5-4-3-|
E MajorE|-----------------------|----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|

E MajorE|---------------------------|
BB|---x-6-3-------------------|
G+G|---x-----5b6-5-3-----------|
D MajorD|-----------------5-3-5-3-5-|
A augmentedA|---------------------------|
E MajorE|-6-3-----------------------|


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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| b  Bend
| r  Release
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato

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