E  A  /  E   A  /  E  A  /  E   B7  A
 
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You want me be someone better
A                      E
I just wanna monkey 'round yeah
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You want me to write you a letter
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But the words just won't come the right way
A             E           B
My pen won't listen to a thing that I say
 
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Silly thing hey hey      silly thing hey hey
          A           B7             E           A          
Well it don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing
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Silly thing hey hey      yeah     hey hey. 
 
Maybe you're getting sloppy
Under the midday sun oh yeah.
You come on like a carbon copy
But I just wanna hang to the way you live. 
Don't you want the love I got to give
 
Silly thing hey hey      silly thing hey hey
Well it don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing
Silly thing hey hey      yeah     hey hey. 
 
Sax solo
 
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Well I just wanna hang to the way you live. 
A             E           B
Don't you want the love I got to give
 
Silly thing hey hey      silly thing hey hey
Well it don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing
Silly thing hey hey      yeah     hey hey. 
I said you don't-a mean a thing if you ain't got that swing 
Silly thing hey hey       repeat and fade