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If I Ain't Got You

Alicia Keys
Version1TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
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D-DU-UDU
Some  people live for the fortune
Some  people live just for the fame
Some  people live for the power  yeah
Some  people live just to play the game
Some  people think  that the physical things
 Define  what's  within
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 nothing  at all
 If it ain't you  baby
 If I ain't got  you baby
 Some people want dimond  rings
 Some just want everything
 But everything means nothing
 If I ain't got you
 Some people search for a fountain
 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 plater
 And what good would it be
 No one to share
 No one who truly cares fo me
 Some people...
 If you want to simplify it, and don't know what Gmaj7, or Cmaj7 look like play it
 in G and C. It is not the same thing, but it will get you through it. The same thing with
 Am7 and Bm7, you can just do Am and Bm.

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Readable chord sheet for If I Ain't Got You by Alicia Keys

Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)

[Am7] [Bm7] [Am7] [G]
[C] [Bm7] [Am7] [G]

[G]Some people live for the [Em]fortune
[Am7]Some people live just for the [D7]fame
[G]Some people live for the [E]power yeah
[Am7]Some people live just to play the [D7]game

[Gmaj7]Some people [Am7]think that the [Bm7]physical [Am7]things
De[Gmaj7]fine wh[Am7]at's wit[Bm7]hin
[Gmaj7]I've been there be[Am7]fore
But t[Bm7]hat life's a [Am7]bore
So [Gmaj7]full of the [Am7]superfic[Bm7]ial

Some people [Cmaj7]want it all
But I don't want [Bm7]nothing at all
If it ain't [Am7]you baby
If I ain't got[Gmaj7] you baby
Some people want [Cmaj7]dimond rings
Some just want [Bm7]everything
But everything means [Am7]nothing
If I ain't got [Gmaj7]you

Some people search for a fountain
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 plater
And what good would it be
No one to share
No one who truly cares fo me

Some people...

If you want to simplify it, and don't know what Gmaj7, or Cmaj7 look like play it
in G and C. It is not the same thing, but it will get you through it. The same thing with
Am7 and Bm7, you can just do Am and Bm.

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