Standards

Close Enough For Love chords & key

Key: A♭ major
Form: AABA
Bars: 44
Groove: Ballad
Time signature: 4/4

“Close Enough For Love” is a jazz standard by Mandel-Williams. It is usually played in A♭ major as a ballad, and the 44-bar AABA form has 4 sections. Harmonically it contains no major ii–V–I cadences and 6 minor ii–V–i, uses 27 different chords and moves between the key centres F minor, B♭ minor and D minor. In this atlas it appears on 24 album tracks.

Chord changes

to key

Showing in: Concert (C) — A♭ major

F^m7D^7♯5♯9

G^7♭5♯9C^7♭9

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭⁷A♭⁷

D♭^maj7B♭^m7

G⁷C⁷

F⁷B♭⁷

E♭⁷A♭⁷

D♭^maj7G⁷

G^m7♭5C^7♭13

F^m6D^7♯5♯9

G^7♭9C^7♭9

F^m6

C^m7F^7♭9

B♭^m7E^7♯11

E♭^9susE♭^7♭9

A♭^maj7F^m7

D^m7♭5G^7♭9♯5

E^m7A⁷

D^m7G⁷

C⁷G^7♭9

G^m7♭5C^7♭13

F^m7D^7♯5♯9

G^7♭5♯9C^7♭9

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭⁷A♭⁷

D♭^maj7B♭^m7

G⁷C⁷

F⁷B♭⁷

E♭⁷A♭⁷

D♭^maj7G⁷

G^m7♭5C^7♭13

F^m6

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

Harmonic analysis

0Major ii–V–I

6Minor ii–V–i

11ii–V moves

0Tritone substitutions

30Dominant chains

27Different chords

Most used chords

F^m7×7
G⁷×7
B♭⁷×6
E♭⁷×6
A♭⁷×6
D♭^maj7×6

Key centres reached by ii–V

F minor, B♭ minor and D minor

Characteristics

AABA song form

Recorded on these albums

1980	2 X 7 = Pizzarelli Bucky Pizzarelli & John Pizzarelli · “Close Enough for Love”
1980	Gozame! Pero Ya... Cal Tjader · “Close Enough for Love (Theme From "Agatha")”
1981	Casa Forte Helen Merrill · “Close Enough for Love”
1982	American Classical Music Ahmad Jamal · “Close Enough for Love”
1982	The Artistry Of Mark Murphy Mark Murphy
1984	It Don't Mean a Thing If You Can't Tap Your Foot to It Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Cedar Walton & Mickey Roker · “Close Enough for Love”
1984	Eastern Rebellion 4 Cedar Walton • Curtis Fuller • Bob Berg • Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros • David Williams • Billy Higgins · “Close Enough for Love”
1984	"Mr. Lucky" Buddy DeFranco · “Close Enough for Love”
1988	The Men in My Life Lena Horne · “Close Enough for Love”
1988	A London Bridge Milt Jackson · “Close Enough for Love”
1989	Close Enough for Love Shirley Horn · “Close Enough for Love”
1993	Somethin Els Jack Bruce · “Close Enough for Love”
1994	Lena Horne & Sammy Davis Jr. Lena Horne & Sammy Davis Jr. · “Close Enough for Love”
1994	The Real Thing Greetje Kauffeld · “Close Enough for Love”
1995	At Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Forty Monty Alexander
1996	Dangerous Marlena Shaw · “Close Enough for Love”
1997	That Day… Dianne Reeves · “Close Enough for Love”
1997	To the Ends of the Earth Freddy Cole · “Medley: Two for the Road / Close Enough for Love”
1999	Casa Forte Helen Merrill · “Close Enough for Love”
2002	Deep in a Dream Charlie Mariano · “Close Enough for Love”
2003	Memories of You: Remembering Joe Williams Mark Murphy · “Close Enough for Love”
2004	The Art of Romance Tony Bennett · “Close Enough for Love”
2005	Schuur Fire Diane Schuur · “Close Enough for Love”
2006	Live In London Diane Schuur

Frequently asked questions

What key is Close Enough For Love in?

Close Enough For Love is usually played in A♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is B♭ major, for E♭ instruments F major.

Who wrote Close Enough For Love?

Close Enough For Love was written by Mandel-Williams.

What is the form of Close Enough For Love?

Close Enough For Love has 4 sections (AABA) with 44 bars in total.

How fast is Close Enough For Love played?

The usual groove is Ballad.

What are the chord changes to Close Enough For Love?

The opening bars are Fm7 D7#5#9 | G7b5#9 C7b9 | Fm7 Bb7 | Eb7 Ab7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.