If I Ain't Got you
Alicia Keys
PopMedium for beginners11 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
C7
Bm7Diagram coming soon
Am7
G
A
BDiagram coming soon
Bbm7Diagram coming soon
Em7
D7
C
G7
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Intro: C7+ Bm7 Am7 G (G G4/A, G/B) C7+ Bm7 Bbm7 Am7 G G Em7 Am7 D7/9 Some people live for the fortune Some people live just for the fame G Gº Am7 D7/9 Some people live for the power yeah Some people live just to play the game Bridge: G Am7 Bm7 Am7 G Am7 Bm7 (C Bm7 Am7) Some people think that the physical things Define what's within G Am7 Bm7 Am7 G Am7 Bm7 I've been there before But that life's a bore So full of the superficial (octave up) C7+ Bm7 Some people want it all But I don't, want nothing at all Am7 G7+ If it ain't you baby If I ain't got you, baby, G7+ - G4/A - C7+ Bm7 Some people want diamond rings Some just want everything Bbm7 Am7 G7+ But everything means nothing If I ain't got you Verse: Some people search for a fountain Promises forever young Some people need three dozen roses And that's the only way to prove you love them Bridge: And in a world on a silver platter And wondering what it means No one to share, no one who truly cares for me Chorus: Some people want it all But I don't want, nothing at all If it ain't you baby If I ain't got you, baby, Some people want diamond rings Some just want everything But everything means nothing If I ain't got you Some people want it all But I don't want, nothing at all If it ain't you baby If I ain't got you, baby, Some people want diamond rings Some just want everything But everything means nothing If I ain't got you If I ain't got you with me baby Nothing in this whole wide world don't mean a thing If I ain't got you with me baby
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Chord set
C7 · Bm7 · Am7 · G · A · B · Bbm7 · Em7 · D7 · C · G7
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.