Duke Ellington
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
(1932)

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What good is melody, what good is music               w/ Em  D  C  B7
If it ain't possessin' something sweet?
It ain't the melody, it ain't the music
There's something else that makes the tune complete

     Em           Em/maj7
  It don't mean a thing
        Em7            Em6
  If it ain't got that swing
  A7               D7
  Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat
  G6               B7
  Doo-wat doo-wat
  
     Em           Em/maj7
  It don't mean a thing
          Em7          Em6
  All you got to do is sing
  A7               D7
  Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat
  G6
  Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat

Dm7         G7
It makes no difference
        Cmaj7
If that rhythm's sweet or hot
Em7            A7
Just give that rhythm
D7             C7   B7
Everything you got

     Em           Em/maj7
  It don't mean a thing
  Cdim  Em7   Cdim     Em6
  If it ain't got that swing
  A7               D7
  Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat
  G6               Gdim
  Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat

  A7               Cdim
  Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat
      G6
  Doo-waaaa