If I Ain’t Got You

If I Ain’t Got You

Alicia Keys, The Diary of Alicia Keys, 2004

Writer: Alicia Keys

Producer: Alicia Keys

Label: J Records

*this chord should have a 7. ex: G#dim is G#dim7 (G#, Bb, Db, F)

      Some people live for the fortune,

      some people live just for the fame.

      Some people live for the *power, yeh,

      some people live just to play the game.

Some people think

that the physical things

define what’s within

and I’ve

been there before

but that life’s a bore

so full of the superficial.

Some people want it all

but I don’t, want nothin’ at all.

If it ain’t you baby,

if I ain’t got you baby.

Some people want

diamond rings,

some just want everything,

but everything means nothin’

if I ain’t got you… yeh.

*this chord should have a 7. ex: G#dim is G#dim7 (G#, Bb, Db, F)

      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.

Hand me the world on a silver platter

and what good would it be? With

no one to share,

with no one who truly cares for me.

Some people want it all

but I don’t, want nothin’ at all.

If it ain’t you baby,

if I ain’t got you baby.

Some people want

diamond rings,

some just want everything,

but everything means nothin’,

if I ain’t got you, you, you…

Some people want it all

but I don’t, want nothin’ at all.

If it ain’t you baby,

if I ain’t got you baby.

Some people want

diamond rings,

some just want everything,

but everything means nothin’

if I ain’t got you…

yeh.

If I ain’t got you with me baby,

oh ooh,

said nothin’ in this

whole wide world

don’t mean a thing

if I ain’t got you with me,

baby…

B chromatic 1 octave