Chords for Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
Tempo:
97.3 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
G
D
Eb
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Gm] [F] [Gm]
[G] [Dm]
[Gm]
[Eb] [D]
[Eb] [D]
[Gm]
What good is melody?
[G]
What [Eb] good is music if it ain't possessing something [Gm] sweet?
[G] Now it ain't the melody [Gm] and it ain't the music.
[D] [G] There's something [Eb] else that makes this tune complete.
Yes, [Gm] it don't mean a thing [Em] if it ain't [G] got that swing.
[C] [Bb]
[Eb] [D] It don't [F] mean a thing, [Em] all you got to do is [Db] sing.
[E] [F] [Bb]
It [Cm] makes no difference if it's [Eb] sweet or hot.
[E] Just give that rhythm everything [G] you've got.
[Gm] Yes, don't mean a thing [E] if it ain't got that swing.
[Db] [E] [Cm] [Gm]
[G] It don't mean a [Bb] thing, don't mean a [Gm] thing if it ain't got that swing, [B] boy.
[Gm] Ba ba do do do do do, ba ba zee, ba do zee [D] do do, that's the [Gm] thing.
I said don't mean a thing and all you got to do is sing like,
la [G] la la la la, [Dm] do do do do do do.
[A] Nah, it makes no [Eb] difference if it's sweet or hot.
[Dm] [C] Just [G] give that rhythm everything you've [D] got.
Oh, [Gm] don't mean [D] a thing, boy, [Gm] if it ain't got that [B] swing.
[C] [A] Ba ba do do do do do, do do do do do, that's the thing.
[Gm] [Dm] [Eb] [G]
[Dm] [A] [Gm]
[G] [C] [D] [Dm]
[Ab]
[Ebm] [Dm] [D]
[A] [F] [Gm]
[G] [Db] [D] [Bb]
[Gm]
[G] [E] [F] [Gm]
[Ebm] [Gm]
[Bb] [Gm] [F] [Bb]
[Eb]
[E] [Cm]
[D] [Gm]
[E] [Dm] [Bb]
[Dbm] [C]
[F] [Em] [C]
[Gm] [F] [Eb] [Bb]
[G] [Dm] [D] [Bb]
[G] [Dm]
[Gm]
[Eb] [D]
[Eb] [D]
[Gm]
What good is melody?
[G]
What [Eb] good is music if it ain't possessing something [Gm] sweet?
[G] Now it ain't the melody [Gm] and it ain't the music.
[D] [G] There's something [Eb] else that makes this tune complete.
Yes, [Gm] it don't mean a thing [Em] if it ain't [G] got that swing.
[C] [Bb]
[Eb] [D] It don't [F] mean a thing, [Em] all you got to do is [Db] sing.
[E] [F] [Bb]
It [Cm] makes no difference if it's [Eb] sweet or hot.
[E] Just give that rhythm everything [G] you've got.
[Gm] Yes, don't mean a thing [E] if it ain't got that swing.
[Db] [E] [Cm] [Gm]
[G] It don't mean a [Bb] thing, don't mean a [Gm] thing if it ain't got that swing, [B] boy.
[Gm] Ba ba do do do do do, ba ba zee, ba do zee [D] do do, that's the [Gm] thing.
I said don't mean a thing and all you got to do is sing like,
la [G] la la la la, [Dm] do do do do do do.
[A] Nah, it makes no [Eb] difference if it's sweet or hot.
[Dm] [C] Just [G] give that rhythm everything you've [D] got.
Oh, [Gm] don't mean [D] a thing, boy, [Gm] if it ain't got that [B] swing.
[C] [A] Ba ba do do do do do, do do do do do, that's the thing.
[Gm] [Dm] [Eb] [G]
[Dm] [A] [Gm]
[G] [C] [D] [Dm]
[Ab]
[Ebm] [Dm] [D]
[A] [F] [Gm]
[G] [Db] [D] [Bb]
[Gm]
[G] [E] [F] [Gm]
[Ebm] [Gm]
[Bb] [Gm] [F] [Bb]
[Eb]
[E] [Cm]
[D] [Gm]
[E] [Dm] [Bb]
[Dbm] [C]
[F] [Em] [C]
[Gm] [F] [Eb] [Bb]
[G] [Dm] [D] [Bb]
Key:
Gm
G
D
Eb
Dm
Gm
G
D
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ What good is melody?
[G]
What [Eb] good is music if it ain't possessing something [Gm] sweet?
_ _ [G] Now it ain't the melody [Gm] and it ain't the music.
[D] [G] There's something [Eb] else that makes this tune complete.
Yes, [Gm] it don't mean a thing [Em] if it ain't [G] got that swing.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [D] It don't [F] mean a thing, [Em] all you got to do is [Db] sing.
[E] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ It [Cm] makes no difference if it's [Eb] sweet or hot.
_ [E] Just give that rhythm everything [G] you've got.
_ [Gm] Yes, don't mean a thing [E] if it ain't got that swing.
[Db] _ [E] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [G] It don't mean a [Bb] thing, don't mean a [Gm] thing if it ain't got that swing, [B] boy.
[Gm] Ba ba do do do do do, ba ba zee, ba do zee [D] do do, that's the [Gm] thing.
I said don't mean a thing and all you got to do is sing like,
la [G] la la la la, [Dm] do do do do do do.
_ [A] Nah, it makes no [Eb] difference if it's sweet or hot.
[Dm] _ [C] Just [G] give that rhythm everything you've [D] got.
Oh, [Gm] don't mean [D] a thing, boy, [Gm] if it ain't got that [B] swing.
[C] _ [A] Ba ba do do do do do, do do do do do, that's the thing.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Ebm] _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [G] _ [Db] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ What good is melody?
[G]
What [Eb] good is music if it ain't possessing something [Gm] sweet?
_ _ [G] Now it ain't the melody [Gm] and it ain't the music.
[D] [G] There's something [Eb] else that makes this tune complete.
Yes, [Gm] it don't mean a thing [Em] if it ain't [G] got that swing.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [D] It don't [F] mean a thing, [Em] all you got to do is [Db] sing.
[E] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ It [Cm] makes no difference if it's [Eb] sweet or hot.
_ [E] Just give that rhythm everything [G] you've got.
_ [Gm] Yes, don't mean a thing [E] if it ain't got that swing.
[Db] _ [E] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [G] It don't mean a [Bb] thing, don't mean a [Gm] thing if it ain't got that swing, [B] boy.
[Gm] Ba ba do do do do do, ba ba zee, ba do zee [D] do do, that's the [Gm] thing.
I said don't mean a thing and all you got to do is sing like,
la [G] la la la la, [Dm] do do do do do do.
_ [A] Nah, it makes no [Eb] difference if it's sweet or hot.
[Dm] _ [C] Just [G] give that rhythm everything you've [D] got.
Oh, [Gm] don't mean [D] a thing, boy, [Gm] if it ain't got that [B] swing.
[C] _ [A] Ba ba do do do do do, do do do do do, that's the thing.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Ebm] _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [G] _ [Db] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _
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