Standards

All The Way chords & key

Key: E♭ major
Form: AB
Bars: 34
Groove: Ballad
Time signature: 4/4

“All The Way” is a jazz standard by Jimmy Van-Heusen. Most bands play it in E♭ major, ballad; the tune runs 34 bars in AB form. Harmonically it contains 3 major ii–V–I cadences and 1 minor ii–V–i, uses 21 different chords and moves between the key centres A♭ major, F minor and E♭ major. In this atlas it appears on 24 album tracks.

Chord changes

to key

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

E♭^maj7

G^7♭9

C^m7

F⁷

B♭⁷F^m7_/C

D♭^m6B♭⁷_/D

E♭⁶

B♭^m7E♭⁷

A♭^maj7

B♭⁷B♭⁷_/D

G^7♭9

C^m7

A♭^maj7

B♭⁷B^dim7

C^m7

A♭^m6_/BB♭⁷

E♭^maj7

G^7♭9

C^m7

F⁷

B♭⁷F^m7_/C

D♭^m6B♭⁷_/D

E♭⁶

B♭^m7E♭⁷

A♭^maj7

B♭⁷B♭⁷_/D

G^7♭9

C^m7A♭^m6_/B

E♭^maj7_/B♭

D♭^7♯11C^7♭9

A^m7♭5B♭⁷_/A♭

G^m7♭5C^7♭9

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭⁶B♭⁷

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

Harmonic analysis

3Major ii–V–I

1Minor ii–V–i

6ii–V moves

0Tritone substitutions

2Dominant chains

21Different chords

Most used chords

B♭⁷×8
C^m7×5
G^7♭9×4
B♭⁷_/D×4
E♭⁶×3
A♭^maj7×3

Key centres reached by ii–V

A♭ major, F minor and E♭ major

Recorded on these albums

1957	Candy Lee Morgan
1958	Politely! Keely Smith · “All the Way”
1959	Last Recording Billie Holiday with Ray Ellis and His Orchestra · “All the Way”
1960	Mark Murphy's Hip Parade Mark Murphy · “All the Way”
1960	Soul Meeting King Curtis · “All the Way”
1960	Taking Care of Business Oliver Nelson · “All the Way”
1960	Impressions Mal Waldron · “All the Way”
1960	Don’t Go to Strangers Etta Jones · “All the Way”
1961	Conducts Music From Pictures and Plays Frank Sinatra · “All the Way”
1962	Love Letters Julie London · “All the Way”
1962	Winners! Steve Lawrence · “All the Way”
1963	Sinatra’s Sinatra Frank Sinatra · “All the Way”
1963	Fusion! Wes Montgomery · “All the Way”
1964	Frank Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River and Other Academy Award Winners Frank Sinatra · “All the Way”
1965	A Man and His Music Frank Sinatra · “All the Way”
1966	Lena in Hollywood Lena Horne · “All the Way”
1973	A Night at Boomers, Volume 2 Cedar Walton · “All the Way”
1977	Unmistakably Lou Lou Rawls · “All the Way”
1978	Smooth Junior Walker · “All the Way”
1980	With A Song In My Heart Ike Quebec · “All the Way”
1985	Setting Standards Woody Shaw · “All the Way”
1986	Good Time for Love 渡辺貞夫 · “All the Way”
1988	The Heart of the Ballad Chet Baker / Enrico Pieranunzi · “All the Way”
1990	Sugar Etta Jones · “All the Way”

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
If There Is Someone Lovelier 21%	Dietz-Schwartz	C major	ABC · 28	Ballad
Just You, Just Me 21%	Jesse Greer	C major	AABA · 32	Medium swing
On The Sunny Side Of The Street 21%	Jimmy McHugh	C major	AABA · 32	Medium swing
I Wish I Knew 20%	Harry Warren	G major	ABAC · 32	Ballad

Frequently asked questions

What key is All The Way in?

All The Way is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.

Who wrote All The Way?

All The Way was written by Jimmy Van-Heusen.

What is the form of All The Way?

All The Way has 2 sections (AB) with 34 bars in total.

How fast is All The Way played?

The usual groove is Ballad.

What are the chord changes to All The Way?

The opening bars are Ebmaj7 | G7b9 | Cm7 | F7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.