Didn't Mean A Thing chords
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Eric Heatherly - Didn't Mean a Thing
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Chord shapes:
Am= x02210 D/A=x00323 D/F#= 200323
D7sus2= xx0210 C7M9/G= 320010 D= xx0323
C= x32010 D9/F#= 2x0210
G= 355433 F= 133211
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(Intro)
Verse 1:
Am C7M9/G
Hey Mr. why'd ya play that song
D7sus2 D9/F#
Till I heard it I was gettin' along
Am C7M9/G
Why'd ya have to take me to that place
D D/A
And make me think about her smilin' face
Am C7M9/G
How she used to make me laugh out loud
D7sus2 D/A Am
Kiss me in the middle of a down town crowd
C7M9
Talk dirty to me on the phone
D D/F#
Then I woke up alone
Chorus:
C F
And it's like water to a drowning man
C F
I.O.U written in sand
C F G
Tryin' to beat three ace's with a couple of kings.
C F
Yeah, Round trip on a run away train
C F
A Hand shake from Saddam Hussein
C F G
Sweet dreams of love and a wedding ring
Am C7M9/G D9/F#
Didn't mean a thing
Am C7M9/G D D/F#
It Didn't mean a thing, no ooo ooo
Verse 2:
Am C7M9/G
Said she was the answer to my prayers
D7sus2 D9/F#
As she ran her fingers through my hair
Am C7M9/G
She told me that I was second to none
D D/A Am(hammer into chord)
She promised me the stars one by one
C7M9/G
She had me goin' from the day we met
D7sus2 D/F#
Plans were made the date was set
Am C7M9/G
Now it was picture perfect like Barbie and Ken
D D/F#
But this is now and that was then
(Chorous)
(Solo)
(Chorous)
Ending:(Outro solo)Am C7M9/G D9/F# Am C7M9/G D9/F# Am C7M9/G D9/F# (repeat till end)
(Spoken over the above chords)
Your cheques in the mail
That didn't mean a thing.
Mr. Clinton said he did not in hell.
That didn't mean a thing.
Didn't mean a thing!