It Don't Mean A Thing.pdf

It Don't Mean A Thing

The Ellington band played the song continuously over the years. Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald in '57, '67', '74.

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just

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swing, swing,

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thing you

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sweet or

if

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to

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thing

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wah,

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7 j G œ œ œ if

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it you

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thing thing,

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10

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j œ œ

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doo

Œ

#

(If It Ain't Got That Swing)

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don't don't

#

Duke Ellington & Irving Mills (c) 1932

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got

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that

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j œ

Em

swing,

w

B 7(# 5)

j œ œ Œ Ó

doo wah.

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