Intro: (arpeggiate right hand, 1st inversion for each)

Em/C  -  D/B  -  C/A - Bm/G

Bm/G - C/A - D/B - Em/C

Em/C  -  D/B  -  C/A - Bm/G

1st Verse:

Am7 (C/A), G

G                        
Some people live for the fortune
Am7                           Bm7  Bm7-Am7-G
Some people live just for the fame
G                        Am7   
Some people live for the power yeah
Bm7                                 D
Some people live just to play the game

Bridge
Gmaj7       Am7            Bm7      Am7
Some people think that the physical things
  Gmaj7  Am7     Bm7   Cmaj7(Em/C)-Bm7-Am7-Gmaj7
Define what's within
Gmaj7             Am7
I've been there before
     Bm7          Am7
But that life's a bore
   Gmaj7       Am7     Bm7
So full of the superficial

Chorus
            Cmaj7
Some people want it all
                 Bm7
But I don't want nothing at all
            Am7
If it ain't you baby
              Gmaj7
If I ain't got you baby
                 Cmaj7
Some people want diamond rings
               Bm7
Some just want everything
                     Am7 
But everything means nothing 
               Gmaj7
If I ain't got you, yea

Verse 2:
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

Bridge
Hand me the world on a silver plater
And what good would it be  
No one to share
No one who truly cares for me

Chorus

Outro: ( is same as Intro)

If I aint got you with me baby, no
Oooh...
Said nothin in this whole wide world dont mean a thing,
If I ain't got you with me, babbbayyyy...(adlibbed)

(chromatic scale beginning preferabbly on high C#, last note at end of song= low G ) 

 If I Aint Got You Chords
Alicia Keyes

...Em/C - D/B - C/A - Bm/G  (Bm/G, C/A, D/B --->)
Em/C - D/B -  C#/A#-C/A - Bm/G... 

Verse
G                        Em
Some people live for the fortune
Am                           D               
Some people live just for the fame
G                        Em               
Some people live for the power yeah
Am                                D
Some people live just to play the game

Bridge
G            Am            Bm       Am
Some people think that the physical things 
G      Am       Bm
Define what's within
Am   G         Am 
I've been there before
Bm              Am
But that life's a bore
G         Am         Bm
So full of the superficial
 
Chorus
(octave up)
 N/C          Em/C
Some people want it all
                 D/B
But I don't want nothing at all
	    C/A
If it ain't you baby
               Bm/G
If I ain't got you baby
Bm/G - C/A - D/B - Em/C
Some people want diamond rings
                D/B
Some just want everything
               C#/A# - C/A
But everything means nothing
              Bm/G
If I ain't got you
 
Verse:
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
 
Bridge:
And in a world on a silver platter
And wondering what it means
No one to share, no one who truly cares for me
 
Chorus:
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 diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you
 
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 diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you
 
If I ain't got you with me baby
Nothing in this whole wide world don't mean a thing
If I ain't got you with me baby 

 Song: If I Ain't Got You
Artist: Alicia Keys
Tabbed By: Jerry Tran
Email: worldzop@yahoo.com
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Intro:
  Em/C                         D/B
e-12--12--12--12--12--12----|--10--10--10--10--10--10----|
B--12--12--12--12--12--12---|---10--10--10--10--10--10---|
G---12--12--12--12--12--12--|----11--11--11--11--11--11--|
D---------------------------|--0-------------------------|
A---------------------------|----------------------------|
E-0-------------------------|----------------------------|

 C/A                    Bm/G		      
-8--8--8--8--8--8----|--7--7--7--7--7--7----|
--8--8--8--8--8--8---|---7--7--7--7--7--7---|
---9--9--9--9--9--9--|----7--7--7--7--7--7--|
---------------------|----------------------|
---------------------|--9-------------------|
-8-------------------|----------------------|

Em D C  Bm  Em/C                     D/B
-7-8-10-12--12--12--12--12--12----|--10--10--10--10--10--10----|
---------12--12--12--12--12--12---|---10--10--10--10--10--10---|
----------12--12--12--12--12--12--|----11--11--11--11--11--11--|
-5-7-9--10------------------------|--0-------------------------|
----------------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------------|----------------------------|

 C/A                    Bm/G		       
-8--8--8--8--8--8----|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
--8--8--8--8--8--8---|---7--7--7--7--7--7----|
---9--9--9--9--9--9--|----7--7--7--7--7--7---|
---------------------|-----------------------|
---------------------|--9--------------------|
-8-------------------|-----------------------|


Verse:
 G7                           Em7	  Am7			        D7
------------------------------------3-3-|-----------------------------------2-2--|
----------------3----3--------------3-3-|-1-------------1-------------------1-1--|
----------------4----4-----------0------|-0------------0------------------2------|
------------------------------2---------|-2-----------2-----------------0--------|
----------------------------------------|-0--------------------------------------|
-5-3------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
    Some people live for the fortune	  Some people live just for the fame
    Some people search for a mountain	  Promises __ forever ________ young

 G7                         E7	      Am7	         		 D7
------------------------------------|----------------------------------------2-2-|
-------------------3------------0---|--1---------------1---------------------1-1-|
-----------------4-------------1----|--0-------------0---------------------2-----|
---------------3--------------0-----|--2-----------2---------------------0-------|
-----------------------------2------|--0-----------------------------------------|
-3--------------------------0-------|--------------------------------------------|
  Some people live for the power yeah  Some people live just to play the game
  Some people need 2 dozen roses And that's the only way to prove U love them

  Gmaj7		Am7  	       Bm7	Am7	Gmaj7     Am7       Bm7
-----2---2----------0---0--------------------|------2----------------------------|
-----0---0----------1---1----------3-----1---|-----0-------1---1-----3-----------|
---0---0----------0---0------------2-----0---|----0--------0---------------------|
---------------------------------4-------2---|-------------2---------------------|
----------------0--------------2---------0---|-------------0---0-----2-----------|
-3-------------------------------------------|--3--------------------------------|
Some __ people think that the physical things   Define __ what's  within
Hand __ me the world on a ___ silver plater     And what good would it be  

     Gmaj7	  Am7	    Bm7	          Am7	  Gmaj7	      Am7   Bm7
----------2---2-------0--0--------------------|-------2--------------------------|
----------0---0-------1--1------------3----1--|------0---------1--1--3-----------|
--------0---0-------0---0-------------2----0--|-----0----------0-----------------|
----------------------------------4--------2--|----------------2-----------------|
------------------0----------2-------------0--|----------------0--0--2-----------|
------3---------------------------------------|---3------------------------------|
I've been there before. But that life's a bore   So full of the superficial
      No one to  share _____ No  one who truly      cares ____ for   me

Chorus:
             Cmaj7			     Bm7
--------------------------|----------------------------------|
----------------------0---|-----0--0---------------------3---|
----------------------0---|-----0--0-----------------2-------|
------------------2-------|-----2--2-------------4-----------|
--------------3-----------|-----3--3----------2--------------|
--------------------------|----------------------------------|
 Some people want it all    But I don't want nothing at all

             Am7                          Gmaj7
------------------------|----------------------2-------------|
--------------1-----1---|---------------------0--------------|
--------2-----0-----0---|--------------------0---------------|
--------------2--2------|--------2---------------------------|
--------2-----0---------|--------0---------------------------|
------------------------|------------------3-----------------|
 If it ain't you baby      If I ain't got you baby

                  Cmaj7		        	 Bm7
-------------------0--0----0----|----------------------------|
-----0------0------0--0----0----|------------------------3---|
-------------------0--0----0----|----------------------2-----|
-------------------2--2----2----|-------------------4--------|
-------------------3--3----3----|----------------2-----------|
-----3------3-------------------|----------------------------|
 Some people want diamond rings   Some just want everything

                Bm7   Am7 	 	      Gmaj7
------------------------------|-----------------2------------|
-----------------3-----1------|-------------1---0------------|
-----------------2-----0------|-------------0---0------------|
-----------------4-----2------|-------2----------------------|
-----------------2-----0------|----0-------------------------|
------------------------------|-----------------3------------|
 But everything means nothing   If I ain't got you

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Intro 
Verse 1 
Chorus 
Verse 2 
Chorus 
Intro
======= 

 Verse
G                 C
Some people live for the fortune
G                 C               
Some people live just for the fame
G                 C               
Some people live for the power yeah
G                 C                 Am
Some people live just to play the game

Bridge
G            Am            Bm       Am
Some people think that the physical things 
G      Am       Bm
Define what's within
Am   G         Am 
I've been there before
Bm              Am
But that life's a bore
G         Am         Bm
So full of the superficial
 
Chorus
(octave up)
G       Am         Bm
Some people want it all
Bm     C (stacatto)   Bm
But I don't want nothing at all
Am   
If it ain't you baby
G
If I ain't got you baby
G        Am        Bm
Some people want diamond rings
Bm    C   (stacatto)   Bm
Some just want everything
Am  
But everything means nothing
G
If I ain't got you
 
Verse:
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
 
Bridge:
And in a world on a silver platter
And wondering what it means
No one to share, no one who truly cares for me
 
Chorus:
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 diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you
 
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 diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you
 
If I ain't got you with me baby
Nothing in this whole wide world don't mean a thing
If I ain't got you with me baby 

 Intro
Am7-Bm7-Am7-G
C-Bm7-Am7-G

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

Bridge
Gmaj7       Am7            Bm7      Am7
Some people think that the physical things
  Gmaj7  Am7     Bm7
Define what's within
Gmaj7             Am7
I've been there before
     Bm7          Am7
But that life's a bore
   Gmaj7       Am7     Bm7
So full of the superficial

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

Verse
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

Bridge
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

Chorus
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.