Chords for Ella Fitzgerald - It Don't Mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing) [1974]

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_ You know fellas, _ _ [Gm] there's all kind of music. _ _ _
And I'm a music lover.
_ I like good music.
_ _ No matter what it is.
_ [G] There's like _ classical music. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ And, _ _ _ _ _ [F] there's
[G] The Count [C] Bassie style of music.
_ Count Bassie Swing _
_ Oh One More
_ _ [F] _
[Em] _ [Eb] _ [G] _ _ _ Then of course, there's the great, the genius _ _
The Duke of Ellington _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ [Dm] All [Db] right.
[Gm] _ [Gbm] _ _ [G] _ Then of course, _ _ _ _ there's the _ _ country and western.
I know you all know that.
Yeah, you knew [Gm] about it.
[C] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Enough of that.
_ [C] _
_ _ Then of course, there's, _ _ you know, what they now call the [Gm] soul train music.
You [G] dig it?
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Yeah.
[Gm] _
_ Yeah.
_ [Dm] _ [G] _ Oh, well.
_ The whole point I'm trying to get through to you is, you know,
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_ [B] It don't mean [Bb] a [A] thing [Ab] if it [Cm] ain't got that swing.
Do wah-poo-wah-poo-wah-poo-wah-poo-wah-poo-wah-poo [C]-wah.
It [B] don't [Gm] mean a [A] thing.
[Ab] All you [Cm] got to do is swing.
Wah-poo-wah-poo-wah-poo-wah-poo-wah-poo-wah-poo-wah-poo [G]-wah-poo-wah.
[F] Makes no difference if [Fm] it's sweet [Bbm] or [B] hot.
[Ab] _ [C] Keep [F] that rhythm, everything you got.
[Cm] Oh, _ [B] it don't mean a [A] thing.
All [Cm] you got to do is [F] swing.
Do [A] wah-poo-wah-poo-wah-poo-wah-poo-wah-poo-wah-poo-wah-poo-wah.
Give me that melody. _
Give me that music.
_ Anything to make it sweet.
_ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] Music.
I got to have melody.
Just as long [Gm] as it's complete.
[Cm] _ _ Ba-do [Ab]-da [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
-da-da-did-dee [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F]
-baawk-pa
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] Did [G]-a-dee-deed-deed-deed-deet [B] [C]-dee-de-deeda [Gm]-dee-da-deedoloo-loo-dah.
_ Oh, [F] _
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_ [Em] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
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[Gm] it swings.
[Eb] _ Den de _ [G] _ be-loo [Cm]-loo-loo [Bb]-loo-loo-loo-loo-die [Ab]-dele-loości.
[C] Woo [Bb]-hoo.
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_ _ _ _ Whore , [Fm] _ _
[B] _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [B] _
_ [Eb] whore [A] _ _ [Eb] _ , whore
_ Ain't got the string
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