If I Aint Got You is a song by American singer and songwriter Alicia Keys. It was inspired by the tragic deaths of Aaliyah in 2001 and the September 11 attacks in the United States. The song expresses the idea that true love is more important than material possessions and fame.
Key: G#
Introduction:
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Em
Some people live for the fortune
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D7
Some people live just for the fame
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Some people live for the power yeah
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D7
Some people live just to play the game
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Some people think that the physical things
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Define what's within
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And I've been there before
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But that life's a bore
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So full of the superficial
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Some people want it all
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But I don't want nothing at all
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If it ain't you baby
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If I ain't got you baby
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Some people want diamond rings
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Some just want everything
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But everything means nothing
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If I ain't got you
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Em
Some people search for a fountain
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That promises forever young (you know)
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Some people need three dozen roses
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And that's the only way to prove you love them
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Hand me the world on a silver plater
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And what good would it be
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With no one to share
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With no one who truly cares for me
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Some people want it all
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But I don't want nothing at all
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If it ain't you baby
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If I ain't got you baby
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Some people want diamond rings
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Some just want everything
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Am
But everything means nothing
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If I ain't got you you you
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Some peo-ple want it all
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But I don't want nothing at all
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If it ain't you baby
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If I ain't got you baby
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Some people want diamond rings
Bm
Some just want everything
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But everything means nothing
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If I ain't got you
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Yeahhhhhh If I ain't got you with me, baby, ooh
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Said nothing in this whole wide world don't mean a thing
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if I ain't got you with me, baby B chromatic scale up an octave, G note in the bass.