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Ain't She Sweet chords & key

Milton Ager

Key
E♭ major
Form
AABA
Bars
32
Groove
Medium-up swing
Time signature
4/4

“Ain't She Sweet” is a jazz standard by Milton Ager. It is usually played in E♭ major as a medium-up swing, and the 32-bar AABA form has 4 sections. Harmonically it contains 6 major ii–V–I cadences, uses 10 different chords. In this atlas it appears on 1 album track.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

A
E♭6Edim7
Fm7B♭7
E♭6Edim7
Fm7B♭7
E♭6G7
C7
F7B♭7
1.
E♭6B♭7
2.
E♭7
B
A♭7
A♭7
E♭6
E♭7
A♭7
A♭7
E♭6
Fm7B♭7
A
E♭6Edim7
Fm7B7
E♭6Edim7
Fm7B♭7
E♭6G7
C7
F7B♭7
E♭6

Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.

Harmonic analysis

6Major ii–V–I
0Minor ii–V–i
6ii–V moves
0Tritone substitutions
12Dominant chains
10Different chords

Most used chords

  • E♭6×13
  • B♭7×10
  • Fm7×7
  • Edim7×6
  • A♭7×4
  • G7×3

Characteristics

  • AABA song form

Recorded on these albums

1962 Sinatra and Swingin’ Brass
Frank Sinatra · “Ain’t She Sweet”

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Straighten Up And Fly Right 29% Cole-Mills A♭ major AACD · 32 Medium swing
I Love Being Here With You 27% Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee B♭ major AABC · 32 Medium swing
If I Could Be With You 26% James Johnson E♭ major AB · 16 Ballad
I Got Rhythm 25% George Gershwin B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter 25% Fred Ahlert G major AA · 32 Medium swing
C.T.A. 24% Jimmy Heath B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Flintstones 24% Hoyt Curtain B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Four In One 24% Thelonious Monk E♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is Ain't She Sweet in?

Ain't She Sweet is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.

Who wrote Ain't She Sweet?

Ain't She Sweet was written by Milton Ager.

What is the form of Ain't She Sweet?

Ain't She Sweet has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is Ain't She Sweet played?

The usual groove is Medium-up swing.

What are the chord changes to Ain't She Sweet?

The opening bars are Eb6 Edim7 | Fm7 Bb7 | Eb6 Edim7 | Fm7 Bb7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.