Chords
If I Aint Got You

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: C7+    Bm7    Am7    G7+    Am7    Bm7    C7+    Bm7    Bbm7    Am7    G7+    

G#7+  G7+                                  Em7  
            Some people live for the fortune
Am7                                         D9  
    Some people live just for the fame
G#7+  G7+                              G#º  
            Some people live for the power yeah
Am7                                              D9  
    Some people live just to play the game

G7+          Am7                 Bm7         Am7  
Some people think that the physical things
  G7+    Am7         Bm7      C7+  
Define    what' s within
Bm7  Am7    G7+            Am7  
And I' ve been there before
     Bm7                Am7  
But that life' s a bore
    G7+          Am7      Bm7  
So full of the superficial

                C7+  
Some people want it all
                      Bm7  
But I don' t want nothing at all
                Am7  
If it ain' t you baby
                    G7+  
If I ain' t got you baby
G7+  Am7            C#7+  C7+  
Some  people want          diamond rings
                    Bm7  
Some just want everything
                    Bbm7    Am7  
But everything means nothing
                    G7+  
If I ain' t got  you

G#7+  G7+                            Em7  
             Some people search for a fountain
Am7                             D9  
  That promises forever young (you know)
G#7+  G7+                                     G#º  
             Some people need three dozen roses
Am7                                                 D9  
  And that' s the only way to prove you love them

G7+          Am7            Bm7          Am7  
Hand me the world on a silver plater
     G7+    Am7                Bm7     C7+    Bm7    Am7  
And what    good would it be
      G7+        Am7  
With no one to share
      Bm7            Am7     G7+  Am7  Bm7  
With no one who truly cares for me

                C7+  
Some people want it all
                      Bm7  
But I don' t want nothing at all
                Am7  
If it ain' t you baby
                    G7+  
If I ain' t got you baby
G7+  Am7            C#7+  C7+  
Some  people want          diamond rings
                    Bm7  
Some just want everything
                    Bbm7    Am7  
But everything means nothing
                    G7+  
If I ain' t got you     you     you
G7+  Am7  Bm7  C7+  
Some  peo-ple want it all
                      Bm7  
But I don' t want nothing at all
                Am7  
If it ain' t you baby
                    G7+  
If I ain' t got you baby
G7+  Am7      Bm7    C7+  
Some  people want diamond rings
                    Bm7  
Some just want everything
                    Bbm7    Am7  
But everything means nothing
                    G7+  
If I ain' t got you

    C7+      Bm7                                      Am7     G7+  
Yeahhhhhh        If I ain' t got you with me, baby, ooh
                 Am7     Bm7  C7+                                    Bm7  
Said nothing in this    whole wide world don' t mean a thing
                         Bbm7  Am7      G7+            D  
if I ain' t got you with me, baby
B chromatic scale up an octave, G note in the bass.