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Aint Got Nothing

Alicia Keys

PopMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G○○○
Em○○○○
Am×○○
D××○
G#Diagram coming soon
Bm×
Cmaj7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Verse1 
  
G                        Em 
Some people live for the fortune,  
Am                        D 
some people live for the fame. 
G                       G# 
Some people live for power 
Am                          D 
some people live just to play the game. 
  
Pre Chorus 
G           Am         Bm           Am      G     Am      Bm     Am,Bm,Am,G 
Some people think that the physical things define what's within 
G           Am         Bm           Am      G     Am      Bm        
I've been there before that life's a bore so full of the superficial. 
  
Chorus 
G    Am  Bm   Cmaj7                 Bm 
Some people want it all but i don't want nothing at all 
Am                       G 
if i ain't got you baby, if i ain't got you baby 
G    Am Bm    Cmaj7                   Bm 
Some people want diamond rings, some just want everything 
Am                       G 
But everything ain't nothing if i ain't got you 
  
Verse 2  
Some people search for the fountain,  
promises forever young. 
Some people need 3 dozen roooses,  
and that's the only way to prove you love her/ him. 
  
Pre Chorus2 
Hand me the world on a silver platter and what good would that be 
alone on a ship with no one who truly cares for me

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Chord set

G · Em · Am · D · G# · Bm · Cmaj7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.