If I Aint Got You is a song by American singer and songwriter Alicia Keys. It was inspired by the tragic deaths of Aaliyah in 2001 and the September 11 attacks in the United States. The song expresses the idea that true love is more important than material possessions and fame.
G#7MG7MEm7 Some people live for the fortune Am7D9 Some people live just for the fame G#7MG7MG#º Some people live for the power yeah Am7D9 Some people live just to play the game
G7MAm7Bm7Am7 Some people think that the physical things G7MAm7Bm7C7M Define what's within Bm7Am7G7MAm7 And I've been there before Bm7Am7 But that life's a bore G7MAm7Bm7 So full of the superficial
C7M Some people want it all Bm7 But I don't want nothing at all Am7 If it ain't you baby G7M If I ain't got you baby G7MAm7C#7MC7M Some people want diamond rings Bm7 Some just want everything Bbm7Am7 But everything means nothing G7M If I ain't got you
G#7MG7MEm7 Some people search for a fountain Am7D9 That promises forever young (you know) G#7MG7MG#º Some people need three dozen roses Am7D9 And that's the only way to prove you love them
G7MAm7Bm7Am7 Hand me the world on a silver plater G7MAm7Bm7C7MBm7Am7 And what good would it be G7MAm7 With no one to share Bm7Am7G7MAm7Bm7 With no one who truly cares for me
C7M Some people want it all Bm7 But I don't want nothing at all Am7 If it ain't you baby G7M If I ain't got you baby G7MAm7C#7MC7M Some people want diamond rings Bm7 Some just want everything Bbm7Am7 But everything means nothing G7M If I ain't got you you you G7MAm7Bm7C7M Some peo-ple want it all Bm7 But I don't want nothing at all Am7 If it ain't you baby G7M If I ain't got you baby G7MAm7Bm7C7M Some people want diamond rings Bm7 Some just want everything Bbm7Am7 But everything means nothing G7M If I ain't got you
C7MBm7Am7G7M Yeahhhhhh If I ain't got you with me, baby, ooh Am7Bm7C7MBm7 Said nothing in this whole wide world don't mean a thing Bbm7Am7G7MD if I ain't got you with me, baby B chromatic scale up an octave, G note in the bass.