(Hill – Moore – Heatherly)
Album : Swimming In Champagne
2000, Mercury Records

Intro: (E) (E) (E) (E)

When I (E) laid eyes on her that’s when I knew
To win her love, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do
(A) Talkin’ to her, all that seemed to give her a thrill
Were (E) Fleetwoods, ElDorados, and Coup Devilles
Well, I (C#m) might’ve stretched the truth, just a tiny bit
When I (A) told her that I had one with the (B) Continental kit

Well, (A) I don’t steal, but I’ve been known to borrow
To(E)night we’ve been rollin’ like there’s no tomorrow
She’s (B) cuddlin’ up close – rubbin’ my back
Doin’ a little this – doin’ a little that
Sure gonna hate to have to sneak it back
Cause, we’ve been (A) ridin’ ‘round in someone else’s Cadillac

[(E)] [(E)] [(E)] [(E)]
Got my (E) Uncle Willie’s watch and my daddy’s money clip
My cousin Bubba’s black boots, with the gold and silver tips
She’s (A) purrin’ like a kitten, I’m the cat’s meow
Gonna (E) trade a week’s pay for a night on the town
(C#m) How can I tell her, what she don’t know
When she’s (A) sittin’ here thinkin’ I’m the (B) King Of The Road

Well, (A) I don’t steal, but I’ve been known to borrow
To(E)night we’ve been rollin’ like there’s no tomorrow
She’s (B) cuddlin’ up close – rubbin’ my back
Doin’ a little this – doin’ a little that
Sure gonna hate to have to sneak it back
Cause, we’ve been (A) ridin’ ‘round in someone else’s Cadillac

Solo:
[(E)] [(E)] [(A)] [(A)] [(E)] [(E)] [(A)] [(A)] [(B)][(B)]
[(A)] [(A)] [(E)] [(E)] [(A)] [(A)] [(B)] [(B)]
We were (C#m) in the backseat parked under the stars
When I (A) saw the blue lights of that (B) police car

Hey now officer, (A) I don’t steal, but I’ve been known to borrow
To(E)night we’ve been rollin’ like there’s no tomorrow
She’s (B) cuddlin’ up close – rubbin’ my back
Doin’ a little this – doin’ a little that
Sure gonna hate to have to sneak it back
Cause, we’ve been (A) ridin’ ‘round in someone else’s Cadillac

[(A)] [(A)] [(A)] [(A)]

Eric Heatherly – Didn’t Mean a Thing

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Chord shapes:

Am x02210 D/Ax00323 D/F# 200323

D7sus2 xx0210 C7M9/G 320010 D xx0323

C x32010 D9/F# 2×0210

G 355433 F 133211

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(Intro)

Verse 1:
Hey Mr. why’d ya [C7M9/G]play that song
Till I heard it I was [D9/F#]gettin’ along
Why’d ya have to take me [C7M9/G]to that place
And make me think about her [D/A]smilin’ face
How she used to make me [C7M9/G]laugh out loud
Kiss me in the middle of a [D/A]down town crowd
Talk dirty to me on the phone
Then I woke up [D/F#]alone

Chorus:
And it’s like water to a drowning man
I.O.U written in sand
Tryin’ to beat three ace’s with a couple of kings.
Yeah, Round trip on a run away train
A Hand shake from Saddam Hussein
Sweet dreams of love and a wedding ring
Didn’t mean a thing [C7M9/G] [D9/F#]
It Didn’t mean a thing, [C7M9/G] no ooo ooo[D/F#]

Verse 2:
Said she was the answer[C7M9/G] to my prayers
As she ran her fingers t[D9/F#]hrough my hair
She told me that I was [C7M9/G]second to none
D D/A Am(hammer into chord)
She promised me the stars one by one
She had me goin’ from the [C7M9/G]day we met
Plans were made the [D/F#]date was set
Now it was picture perfect like [C7M9/G]Barbie and Ken
But this is now and t[D/F#]hat 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!

Verse 1
Let me, let me, let me, let me, let me
If you will I bet you won’t forget me
Now, baby I’ll tell you true
There’s nothing I wouldn’t do, If you
let me, let me, let me, let me, let me

Chorus
When it’s said and done, I’ll be ready
I’ll move mountains, if you’ll let me
I won’t bargain, I won’t bite
Come and get me, do you right

Verse 2
Let me, let me, let me, let me, let me
Oh, maybe you don’t know just how you upset me
Now, baby I wouldn’t lie,
Or hurt you, or make you cry, won’t you
Let me, let me, let me, let me, let me

— Solo over the first two lines of the chorus —
Chorus w/solo
(When it’s said and done, I’ll be ready)
(I’ll move mountains, if you’ll let me)
I won’t bargain, I won’t bite
Come and get me, do you right

Ending
Let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, Oh baby
Let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, Oh baby
Let me, let me, let me, let me, let me

Outro
(repeat and fade)

written by Eric Heatherly/Jonnie Barnett
any corrections welcome.

INTRO: E

On the East side of Nashville, behind those swingin’ doors
They party every night like [E/G]we just won the war
Slip on your tank-top, black lace and leopard spots
Oh baby, [E/G]it drives me crazy
We can cut lose like Bonnie and Clyde on the Lower East Side
[B-A]Lower East Side of life

Just around the corner, the mercantile exchange
Boys and girls are boppin’, some things never change
Don’t need no cover charge, we ain’t gotta be livin’ large
To be rockin, just come knockin’
Every night that big cadillac rides through the Lower East Side
Lower East Side of life

The Starlight Club is reelin’, you can get that old time f[A-E]eelin’
With your [E/G]flame-red hair
They’re flyin’ at the Slowbar, underneath the [A-B7]radar
No tellin’ who’s jammin’ there

SOLO

BRIDGE:
Hobos and debutants [B-A-E]collide on the Lower East Side
[B-A]Lower East Side of Life, [B-A]Lower East Side of Life
[B-A]Lower East Side of Life, [B-A]Lower East Side of Life

On the East Side of Nashville behind those swingin’ doors
They play that country music the [E/G]way they did before