Standards

Ain't She Sweet chords & key

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 19 album tracks.

Chord changes

to key

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

E♭⁶E^dim7

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭⁶E^dim7

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭⁶G⁷

C⁷

F⁷B♭⁷

E♭⁶B♭⁷

E♭⁷

A♭⁷

E♭⁶

E♭⁷

A♭⁷

E♭⁶

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭⁶E^dim7

F^m7B⁷

E♭⁶E^dim7

F^m7B♭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
F^m7×7
E^dim7×6
A♭⁷×4
G⁷×3

Characteristics

AABA song form

Recorded on these albums

1956	Out of the Roaring Twenties With Meade Lux Lewis Meade Lux Lewis
1958	Jazz Giant Benny Carter · “Ain’t She Sweet”
1959	Latin Fire: The Big Beat of Candido Candido
1960	You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby! The Crew-Cuts · “Ain't She Sweet?”
1961	String Band Strum-Along Tony Mottola
1962	Sinatra and Swingin’ Brass Frank Sinatra · “Ain’t She Sweet”
1963	Jazz Sir Rita Reys & The Dutch Swing College Band · “Ain’t She Sweet”
1969	Non Stop Evergreens James Last · “Goody-Goody / Ain’t She Sweet / Bei mir bist du schön”
1972	Black Violin Stuff Smith
1974	Play It Again, Erroll! Erroll Garner
1976	Stephane Grappelli With Bill Coleman Stephane Grappelli With Bill Coleman
1982	Plays Fats Waller Jimmy Smith
1989	16 Most Requested Songs Lawrence Welk · “Ain't She Sweet (Album Version)”
1994	Findings Steve Lacy
1994	Rhythm Is Our Business Jimmie Lunceford · “Ain't She Sweet?”
2002	At the Hollywood Palladium / Trumpet After Midnight Harry James
2006	Fourmost Return Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate
2020	Anthology: The Deluxe Collection (Remastered) Benny Carter · “Ain't She Sweet (Remastered)”
—	Jazzgang Amadeus Mozart et Back to charleston Claude Bolling · “Ain’t She Sweet”

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
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.