It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

Ella Fitzgerald

What good is melody, what good is mu - sic

If it ain't possessin' something sweet? 

It ain't the melody, it ain't the mu - sic --

There's something else that makes the tune complete.

It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing --


It don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing --


Dmi7         G7                CM7/6             CM7
It makes no diff'rence if that rhythm's sweet or hot,

Just give that rhythm ev'rything you got. 

It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing --


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