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It Doesn't Mean A Thing by The Airborne Toxic Event
It Doesn't Mean A Thing
Capo 5
Chords
C: 332010
F: 033210
Cmaj9:020010
G: 320013
Am:002213
C
I never knew my mother
F G
I can't say it was so bad
C
She was still a girl of seventeen
F G
The night she met my dad
C
He was just six months out of Chino
Am G
Tryin' his hardest to stay clean
C Cmaj9 Am G F
When they'd sing and they'd sing and they'd sing
C Cmaj9 Am G F
Like doves sleepin' with broken wings
C Cmaj9 Am F
In a bed fit for a king
F
It didn't mean a thing
C
It was a shotgun-forced wedding
F G
And they forgot to bring the guns
C
They were busy countin' promises
F G
To the children not yet born
C
No one could afford the ride
Am G
Everyone hitched up the one oh one
C Cmaj9 Am G F
And they'd sing and they'd sing and they'd sing
C Cmaj9 Am G F
Like doves dancin' with broken wings
C Cmaj9 Am G F
With a view fit for a king
F
It didn't mean a thing
C
It was a lonliness they would confess
F
Like the world had gone bad, I guess
C
So they hold hands lookin' to the eyes of God
F
They say, "Tell me, why'd you hide from us?
C
Why'd you fill the world with wickedness?
F G
Why'd you spare us from your grace but not the rod?"
C
Now my dad says, "Fuck the teachers,
F G
Just keep your head down hide.
C
Gotta find yourself alone
F G
before you'll find the eyes of God"
C
You may be broke and scared
Am G
And mad and tear at the flesh of your own heart's strings
C Cmaj9 Am G F
But you were born to be a peasant not a king
C Cmaj9 Am G F
So just stop actin' like you're runnin' form something
C Cmaj9 Am G F
You're gonna leave the way you came without a thing
C Cmaj9 Am G F
With you're heart tied to your mind tied to a string
C Cmaj9 Am G F
You just sing and you sing and you sing
C
It doesn't mean a thing
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version 2
Capo 5th Fret
All chords relative to the capo
Verse: C, F, G
Chorus: C, G, Am, G, F
I never knew my mother
I can't say it was so bad
She was still a girl of seventeen the night she met my dad
He was just six months out of chino
Trying his hardest to stay clean
And they'd sing and they'd sing and they'd sing
Like doves sleeping with broken wings
In a bed fit for a king
It didn't mean a thing
It was shot gun forest wedding
And they forgot to bring the gun
As they were busy counting promises
To the children not yet born
No one could afford the ride
Everyone hitched up with the 101
And they'd sing and they'd sing and they'd sing
Like doves dancing with broken wings
With a view fit for a king
It didn't mean a thing
It was a loneliness
They would confess
Like the world had gone bad I guess
So they hold hands and look into the eyes of god
They'd say tell me why'd ya hide from us
Why'd ya fill the world with wickedness
Why'd ya spare us from the grace but not the rot
Now my dad says fuck the details
Just keep your head down hard
Ya got to find yourself alone before you'll find the eyes of God
You make broke and scared and out of jail
Out the flesh of your own heartstrings
But you were born to be a peasant not a king
So just stop acting like your running from something
Ya gonna leave the way you came without a thing
With your heart tattooed and your mind tied to a string
You just sing and you sing and you sing
It doesn't mean a thing
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