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9 It - Dont - Mean - A - Thing PDF

1. The document contains sheet music and lyrics for the jazz song "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" written by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills. 2. The sheet music displays the chord progressions and melodic lines for the song over multiple verses. 3. The lyrics emphasize that musical qualities like being sweet or hot don't matter without the essential element of swing.

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9 It - Dont - Mean - A - Thing PDF

1. The document contains sheet music and lyrics for the jazz song "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" written by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills. 2. The sheet music displays the chord progressions and melodic lines for the song over multiple verses. 3. The lyrics emphasize that musical qualities like being sweet or hot don't matter without the essential element of swing.

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Swing

It Don't Mean A Thing Duke Ellington/ Irving Mills


If It Ain't Got That Swing

4  

 4   
      
G G/F# G/F G/E Eb7 D7 G

   
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing


        
1. 2.

                 
C7 F7 sus4 Bb6 D7 #5 Bb6

do ah do ah do ah do ah do ah do ah do ah dat dah It dah It

   

         
F7 Bb7 Eb7

 
makes no di fference if it's sweet or hot Just

  
  
        
G7 C7 F7 D7


give that rhy thm ev ery thing you've got It

   
     
G G/F# G/F G/E Eb7 D7 G

    
don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing

        

                  
C7 F7 sus4 Bb6 (D7 #5)

do ah do ah do ah do ah do ah do ah do ah dat dah  It 

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