It Dont Mean A Thing If It Aint Got That Swing Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author jgrnfld [pro] 28. Last edit on Mar 27, 2020

Chords

GmMaj7

Gm7

Gm6

Bb6

D7#5

Fm7

Bb7

Eb6

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[Verse]
   Gm           GmMaj7
It don't mean a thing
       Gm7            Gm6
If you ain't got that swing,
C7                F7
doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah,
Bb6                   D7#5
doo wah, doo wah, doo wah.
 
[Verse]
 
   Gm           GmMaj7
It don't mean a thing
        Gm7          Gm6
all you got to do is sing,
C7                F7
doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah,
Bb6
doo wah, doo wah, doo wah.
 
[Chorus]
 
Fm7
It makes no difference if
Bb7           Eb6
it's sweet or hot
     Gm7
Just give that rhythm
C7                        F7     D7
Every little thing you've got
 
[Verse]
 
   Gm           GmMaj7
It don't mean a thing
       Gm7            Gm6
If you ain't got that swing
C7                F7
doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah,
Bb6                   Bb6
doo wah, doo wah, doo wah.
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It Dont Mean A Thing If It Aint Got That Swing – Duke Ellington

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What good is melody? What good is music? If it ain’t possessing something sweet Now it ain’t the melody And it ain’t the music There’s something else that makes this tune complete

And it ain’t the music There’s something else that makes this tune complete