Lean on Me

by Bill Withers

💜 R&B / Soul
Difficulty ★★☆☆☆
Tuning Standard
Capo None

A gospel-influenced soul anthem. The piano-style intro can be played as a walking bass line on guitar, moving through C, D, E, F, G.

  Intro - walking bass melody
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------0---2---2------0--------------------------|
A|---3---3-----------3---3-----3---2---0---3-----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

  C         Dm  Em  F       Em  Dm  C
e|--0--------1---0---1-------0---1---0------------------|
B|--1--------3---0---1-------0---3---1------------------|
G|--0--------2---0---2-------0---2---0------------------|
D|--2--------0---2---3-------2---0---2------------------|
A|--3------------2---3-------2-------3------------------|
E|--------------0---1-------0--------------------------|