{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1051654,"song":"It Doesnt Mean A Thing","artist":"The Airborne Toxic Event","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11232618-it-doesnt-mean-a-thing-chords-by-the-airborne-toxic-event/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1051654?type=chord","rating":4.73486,"votes":26,"content":"Capo 5\r\nChords\r\nC: 332010\r\nF: 033210\r\nCmaj9:020010\r\nG: 320013\r\nAm:002213 \r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI never knew my mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can't say it was so bad[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe was still a girl of seventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe night she met my dad[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was just six months out of Chino[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTryin' his hardest to stay clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj9[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd they'd sing and they'd sing and they'd sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cmaj9[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike doves sleepin' with broken wings[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn a bed fit   for a king[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt didn't mean a thing[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was a shotgun-forced wedding[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they forgot to bring the guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were too busy countin' promises[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nTo the children not yet born[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo one could afford the ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey just hitched up the one oh one[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj9[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd they'd sing and they'd sing and they'd sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cmaj9[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike doves dancin' with broken wings[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  \r\nWith a view fit   for a king[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt didn't mean a thing[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was a lonliness they would confess[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike the world had gone bad, I guess[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo they'd hold hands lookin' to the eyes of God[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey'd say, \"Tell me, why'd you hide from us?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhy'd you fill the world with wickedness?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy'd you spare us from your grace but not the rod?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow my dad says, \"Fuck the details,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust keep your head down hide.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou gotta find yourself alone [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbefore you'll find the eyes of God\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]      \r\nYou may be broke and scared        [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd mad as hell at the flesh of your heart's strings[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Cmaj9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut you were born to be a  peasant not a king[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj9[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]             \r\nSo just stop actin' like you're runnin' from something[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Cmaj9[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou're gonna leave the way you came without a thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Cmaj9[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith your heart tied to your mind tied to a string[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj9[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou just sing and you sing and you sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt doesn't mean a thing[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 5\nChords\nC: 332010\nF: 033210\nCmaj9:020010\nG: 320013\nAm:002213","chords":["C","F","G","Am","Cmaj9"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}