It Don’t Mean a Thing(If It Ain’t Got That Swing)

& b 44Relaxed Jazz (q = 104)(q q = q e )3

Œopt. SoloP(4 measures introduction)

œ œ œWhat good is

œ œ œ œ Œmel - o - dy,

Œ œ œ œwhat good is

.œb jœ œ Œmu - sic,

& b Œ œ œ œ œif it ain’t pos -

jœ .œ œ œses-sin’ some - thing

wsweet?

˙ end opt. SoloÓ

& b Œ œP

œ œIt ain’t the

œ œ œ œ Œmel - o - dy,

Œ œ œ œit ain’t the

.œb jœ œ Œmu - sic,

& b Œ œ œ œthere’s some-thing

.œ jœ œ œelse that makes the

˙rit. œ# œtune com -

wUplete.

& bFast Swing (q = 186)

3 Ó Œ œFIt

˙ jœ œ jœdon’t mean a thing

˙ œ œif it

& b ˙b jœ œ jœain’t got that swing.̇

Ó Œ œ œ œ œ œDoo wah, do wah,

& b jœ œ jœ œ œ œdoo wah, doo wah, doo wah,

œ œ œ jœ œ jœdoo wah, doo wah, doo

˙ Œ œwah. It

Words and Music by DUKE ELLINGTONand IRVING MILLS

Arranged by TOM ANDERSON

Copyright © 1932 (Renewed 1959) and Assigned to Famous Music LLC and EMI Mills Music Inc. in the U.S.A.This arrangement Copyright © 2007 by Famous Music LLC and EMI Mills Music Inc. in the U.S.A.

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