Not Even The King Chords
by Alicia Keys
Not Even The King by Alicia Keys is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am7, F, Am, Em, Dm, C2 and Cmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C
Money
C
Some people so poor all that they got is money
Oh, and diamonds
Some people waste their lives counting their thousands
G
I don't care what they're offering
Am7
How much gold they bring
F G
They can't afford what we got,
C
Not even the king
F G
They can't afford what we got,
F C
Not even the king
C
Oh castles, some people so lonely, what good is a castle
Surrounded by people, but ain't got a friend
That's not on the payroll
Oh,
G
I don't care what they bring,
Am7 F
They can have everything
They can't afford what we got,
G C
Not even the king
F G
They can't afford what we got,
F C
Not even the king
Am G F Em
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Dm Em F
Came charging to get what we got
Am G F Em
They offered the crown and they offered the throne
Dm Em F
But I already got all that I want
Am G F Em
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Dm Em C
They came marching through
Am G F Em
They offer the world just to have what we got
Dm Em G
But I found the world in you
G Am C2
I found a world in you
C
So darling listen,
Your arms around me worth more than a kingdom
Yeah, believe that
That trust that we feel, the kings never felt that
G Cmaj7
Yeah this is the song we sing
Am
We don't need anything
F
They can't afford this
G Am G F
This is priceless
F G
They can't afford what we've got
C
Not even the king
F
They can't afford what we got,
Em Dm C
Not even the king