Alicia Keys — If I Aint Got You (ver 3) Chords
Intro: (arpeggiate right hand, 1st inversion for each)
Em/C — D/B — C/A — Bm/G
Bm/G — C/A — D/B — Em/C
Em/C — D/B — C/A — Bm/G
1st Verse:
Am7 (C/A), G
G
Some people live for the fortune
Am7 Bm7 Bm7—Am7—G
Some people live just for the fame
G Am7
Some people live for the power yeah
Bm7 D
Some people live just to play the game
Bridge
Gmaj7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
Some people think that the physical things
Gmaj7 Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7(Em/C)—Bm7—Am7—Gmaj7
Define what's within
Gmaj7 Am7
I've been there before
Bm7 Am7
But that life's a bore
Gmaj7 Am7 Bm7
So full of the superficial
Chorus
Cmaj7
Some people want it all
Bm7
But I don't want nothing at all
Am7
If it ain't you baby
Gmaj7
If I ain't got you baby
Cmaj7
Some people want diamond rings
Bm7
Some just want everything
Am7
But everything means nothing
Gmaj7
If I ain't got you, yea
Verse 2:
Some people search for a fountain
That promises forever young
Some people need three dozen roses
And that's the only way to prove you love them
Bridge
Hand me the world on a silver plater
And what good would it be
No one to share
No one who truly cares for me
Chorus
Outro: ( is same as Intro)
If I aint got you with me baby, no
Oooh...
Said nothin in this whole wide world dont mean a thing,
If I ain't got you with me, babbbayyyy...(adlibbed)
(chromatic scale beginning preferabbly on high C#, last note at end of song= low G )