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Don't Mean Nothing Chords

Music by: Richard Marx · 1987
Genre Pop Tone C major BPM 98 Views 59
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Guitar

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[Intro 1]
[A][A][G][D]
[A][A][G][D]
[A]

[Verse 1]
Welcome to the big time.
You're bound to be a star
[G]And even if you don't go all the way,
[D]I know that you'll go far
[A]This race is for rats,
it can turn you upside down
[G]Ain't no one you can count on
in [D]this sleazy little town
Oh [E]no

[Pre-chorus 1]
Lots [F#m]of promises in [D]the dar[E]k
But don't you [F#m]open your h[G]eart
[A]

[Chorus 1]
'Cause it don't mean nothin'
The words that they say
[G]No, it don't mean nothin'
These [D]games that people play
[A]No, it don't mean nothin'
No victim, no crime
[G]No, it don't mean nothin'
Till you [D]sign it on the dotted line
[A]

[Solo 1]
[A][G][D][F]
[A]

[Verse 2]
The director smiles
as you walk in the door
[G]He says, "I love your work, babe"
[D]but you're just not what we're looking for"
[A]It's never what but who it is you know
[G]So easy to get stuck in all [D]that California snow
Oh, [E]no

[Pre-chorus 2]
Take a [F#m]good look a[D]round and you'll f[E]ind
People tryin' to [F#m]mess with your m[G]ind
[A]

[Chorus 2]
Well, it don't mean nothin'
The words that they say
[G]No, it don't mean nothin'
These [D]games that people play
[A]No, it don't mean nothin'
No victim, no crime
[G]No, it don't mean nothin'
Till you [D]sign it on the dotted line

[Bridge 1]
[F#m]Hollywood can be so lonely
Make you the [D]winner of a losing fight
But the [F#m]party is never over
'Cause [D]stars are always shining
Doesn't [F#m]matter if [G]it's day or
[A](night)

[Solo 2]
[A][G][D]
[A][A][G][D]
[A]

[Verse 3]
The producer says,
"Let me change a line or two"
[G]And a little bit of something
can look [D]awfully good to you
[A]And you want to scream,
but you gotta keep it all inside
[G]When you're trying to make a living,
there ain't [D]no such thing as pride
Oh, [E]no

[Pre-chorus 3]
Lots of [F#m]promises [D]in the [E]dark
But don't you [F#m]open your h[G]eart
[A]

[Chorus 3]
'Cause it don't mean nothin'
The words that they say
[G]No, it don't mean nothin'
These [D]games that people play
[A]No, it don't mean nothin'
No victim, no crime
[G]No, it don't mean nothin'
Till you [D]sign it on the dotted line
[A]

[Chorus 4]
(Don't mean nothin')
Don't mean [G]nothin'
(...mean [D]nothin')
Whoa, no, it don't mean [A]nothin'
(...mean nothin')
Whoa, no, it don't [G]mean nothin'
(...mean [D]nothin')
...it don't mean nothin' at
[A](all)

[Solo 3]
[A][G][D]
[A][A][G][D]

[Outro 1]
[A]Don't mean nothin', [G]don't mean [D]nothin'
[Repeat and fade]
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