If I Ain’t Got You
Alicia Keys, The Diary of Alicia Keys, 2004
Writer: Alicia Keys
Producer: Alicia Keys
Label: J Records
Hop to Another SongCmaj7 Bm7 Am7
Gmaj7 Am7 Bm7
Cmaj7 Bm7 Bbm7 Am7
Gmaj7 Some people live for the Em7fortune,
Am7 some people live just for the D7fame.
Gmaj7 Some people live for the G#dim7power, yeh,
Am7 some people live just to play the D7game.
Gmaj7Some people Am7think
that the Bm7physical Am7things
deGmaj7fine Am7what’s withBm7in Cmaj7
and Bm7I’ve Am7
Gmaj7been there beAm7fore
but Bm7that life’s a Am7bore
so Gmaj7full of the Am7superfiBm7cial.
Some people Cmaj7want it all
but I don’t, want Bm7nothin’ at all.
If it ain’t Am7you baby,
if I ain’t got Gmaj7you baby.
Some Am7people want Bm7
Cmaj7diamond rings,
some just want Bm7everything,
but everything Bbm7means Am7nothin’
if I ain’t got Gmaj7you… yeh.
Gmaj7 Some people search for a Em7fountain
Am7 that promises forever D7young.
Gmaj7 Some people need three dozen G#dim7roses –
Am7 and that’s the only way to prove you D7love them.
Gmaj7Hand me the Am7world on a Bm7silver plattAm7er
and Gmaj7what Am7good would it Bm7be? Cmaj7 Bm7With Am7
Gmaj7no one to Am7share,
with Bm7no one who Am7truly Gmaj7cares Am7for Bm7me.
Some people Cmaj7want it all
but I don’t, want Bm7nothin’ at all.
If it ain’t Am7you baby,
if I ain’t got Gmaj7you baby.
Some Am7people want Bm7
Cmaj7diamond rings,
some just want Bm7everything,
but everything Bbm7means Am7nothin’,
if I ain’t got Gmaj7you, you, you…
Some people Cmaj7want it all
but I don’t, want Bm7nothin’ at all.
If it ain’t Am7you baby,
if I ain’t got Gmaj7you baby.
Some Am7people want Bm7
Cmaj7diamond rings,
some just want Bm7everything,
but everything Bbm7means Am7nothin’
if I ain’t got Gmaj7you…
yeh. Cmaj7 Bm7
If I ain’t got you with me Am7baby,
oh ooh, Gmaj7
said nothin’ in Am7this Bm7
Cmaj7whole wide world
don’t mean a Bm7thing
if I ain’t got you Bbm7with me, Am7
baby… Gmaj7
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