It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Ella Fitzgerald

Music by Duke Ellington
Lyrics by Irving Mills

	Em	D	C	C7	B7
	What good is	melody, w	hat good is	mu -	sic

	Em	D	C	C7	B7
	If it ain't p	ossessin'	something sw	eet?

	Em	D	C	C7	B7
	It ain't the	melody,	it ain't the	mu -	sic --

	Em	D	C	C7	B7
There's	something else that m	akes the	tune comp	lete.

	Em	B+	Em7	Em6
It	don't mean a t	hing, if it	ain't got that	swing --

A7

D7

G6

C7

B7

Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat.

	Em	B+	Em7	Em6
It	don't mean a t	hing, all you	got to do is	sing --

A7

D7

G6

Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat.

	Dm7	G7	CM7/6	CM7
	It makes no d	iff'rence if that	rhythm's sweet or	hot,

	Em7	A7	D7	C7	B7
	Just give that	rhythm	ev'rything you	got.

	Em	B+	Cdim	Em7	Cdim	Em6
It	don't mean a t	hing,	if it	ain't	got that s	wing --

A7

D7

G6

Gdim

Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat,

	A7	Cdim	G6
	Doo-wat doo-wat,	doo-wat doo-wat, doo-w	aaaa.