Eric Heatherly - Didn't Mean a Thing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 CD9/F# Didn't mean a thing Am C7M9/G DD/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!