I Who Have Nothing Chords

by Ben E. King
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Dm
Capo: no capo
Author Kraziekhat [pro] 64,755.
1 contributor total, last edit on Oct 4, 2018

Chords

Dm
C
F
A
Bb
A#

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I Who Have Nothing:Ben E. King
#29 in 1963. Tom Jones
made it to # 14 with it in 1970.
 
[Intro] x3
Dm C
 
[Verse]
Dm            C        Dm            C
I, I who have nothing. I, I who have no one,
 F                     A
adore you and want you so..
           Dm          C                        Bb
I'm just a no one with nothing to give you but, oh!
  Dm        C
I love you!
 
[Verse]
Dm              C         Dm                C
He, he buys you diamonds..bright, sparkling diamonds.
       F                      A
But, believe me, dear, when I say..
            Dm                      C
that he can give you the world, but he'll never love you
    Bb      Dm       C Dm C
the way...I love you.
 
[Chorus]
Dm     C
He can take you any place he wants..
   A#
to fancy clubs and restaurants.
    C
But I can only watch you with
   Bb                                 A Bb A
my nose pressed up against the window pa...ne.
 
[Verse]
Dm            C        Dm            C
I, I who have nothing. I, I who have no one..
     F                    A                  Dm
must watch you go dancing by, wrapped in the arms 
            C                        Bb
of somebody else when, darling, it's I..
    Dm
who loves you.
 
[Outro] x4
Dm C
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3 comments
Kraziekhat
I suspect this was given 4 stars because I had written A# instead of Bb. Very petty. However, I changed it to Bb. KK.
+5
techboy1980
The G# should be an A chord. And the A chord should be a Bb. Otherwise good enough. thank you.
+1
nrcstaffing
just a powerful song
+1