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If I Aint Got You

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.

Key: G#

Introduction:  C7M   Bm7   Am7   G7M   Am7   Bm7   C7M   Bm7   Bbm7   Am7   G7M  

difficulty
very hard |||||
 G#7M  G7M                          Em7 
         Some people live for the fortune
 Am7                               D9 
   Some people live just for the fame
 G#7M  G7M                       G#º 
         Some people live for the power yeah
 Am7                                   D9 
   Some people live just to play the game

 G7M        Am7             Bm7       Am7 
Some people think that the physical things
   G7M   Am7       Bm7     C7M 
Define   what' s within
 Bm7  Am7   G7M         Am7 
And I' ve been there before
     Bm7            Am7 
But that life' s a bore
    G7M        Am7     Bm7 
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
 G7M  Am7         C#7M  C7M 
Some  people want        diamond rings
                Bm7 
Some just want everything
                Bbm7   Am7 
But everything means nothing
                G7M 
If I ain' t got  you

 G#7M  G7M                     Em7 
          Some people search for a fountain
 Am7                      D9 
  That promises forever young (you know)
 G#7M  G7M                            G#º 
          Some people need three dozen roses
 Am7                                     D9 
  And that' s the only way to prove you love them

 G7M        Am7         Bm7        Am7 
Hand me the world on a silver plater
     G7M   Am7            Bm7    C7M   Bm7   Am7 
And what   good would it be
      G7M      Am7 
With no one to share
      Bm7         Am7    G7M  Am7  Bm7 
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
 G7M  Am7         C#7M  C7M 
Some  people want        diamond rings
                Bm7 
Some just want everything
                Bbm7   Am7 
But everything means nothing
                G7M 
If I ain' t got you    you    you
 G7M  Am7  Bm7  C7M 
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
 G7M  Am7     Bm7   C7M 
Some  people want diamond rings
                Bm7 
Some just want everything
                Bbm7   Am7 
But everything means nothing
                G7M 
If I ain' t got you

    C7M     Bm7                             Am7    G7M 
Yeahhhhhh      If I ain' t got you with me, baby, ooh
              Am7    Bm7  C7M                           Bm7 
Said nothing in this   whole wide world don' t mean a thing
                    Bbm7  Am7     G7M         D 
if I ain' t got you with me, baby
B chromatic scale up an octave, G note in the bass.