If I Ain't Got you Chords
by Alicia Keys
If I Ain't Got you by Alicia Keys is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords C7+, Bm7, Am7, G, G4/A, G/B, Bbm7, Em7, D7/9, C and G7+. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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
Ponte:
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