Standards

Don't Take Your Love From Me chords & key

Key: C major
Form: ABAC
Bars: 32
Groove: Ballad
Time signature: 4/4

“Don't Take Your Love From Me” is a jazz standard by Henry Nemo. It is usually played in C major as a ballad, and the 32-bar ABAC form has 4 sections. Harmonically it contains 4 major ii–V–I cadences and 1 minor ii–V–i, uses 16 different chords and moves between the key centres C major and D minor. In this atlas it appears on 24 album tracks.

Chord changes

to key

Showing in: Concert (C) — C major

C^maj7D^m7

E^m7E♭^dim7

G⁷_/DG⁷

D^m7G⁷

D^m7

G⁷

C^maj7

C_/E

E♭^dim7

D^m7A^7♭13

D^m7

D^m7A^7♭13

A♭^7♯11G⁷

E^m7E♭^m7

D^m7G⁷

C^maj7D^m7

E^m7E♭^dim7

G⁷_/DG⁷

D^m7G⁷

D^m7

G⁷

C⁶D^m7

E♭^dim7C⁶_/EC⁷

F^maj7

B♭⁷

C^maj7

E^m7♭5A^7♭13

D^m7

G⁷

C⁶

D^m7G⁷

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

Harmonic analysis

4Major ii–V–I

1Minor ii–V–i

8ii–V moves

0Tritone substitutions

0Dominant chains

16Different chords

Most used chords

D^m7×13
G⁷×10
C^maj7×5
E♭^dim7×4
E^m7×3
A^7♭13×3

Key centres reached by ii–V

C major and D minor

Characteristics

ABAC song form

Recorded on these albums

1945	One Night Stand Duke Ellington
1955	Creamy Johnny Hodges · “The Ballad Medley: Don’t Take Your Love From Me”
1956	Lonely Girl Julie London · “Don’t Take Your Love From Me”
1958	Soliloquy Erroll Garner · “Don't Take Your Love from Me”
1959	Bean Bags Milt Jackson · “Don’t Take Your Love From Me”
1959	LD + 3 Lou Donaldson with The Three Sounds
1959	I Wish You Love Keely Smith · “Don’t Take Your Love From Me”
1960	Losers, Weepers Kay Starr
1961	Come Swing With Me! Frank Sinatra
1961	Night Hawk Coleman Hawkins
1961	Portrait of My Love Steve Lawrence
1962	Standard Coltrane John Coltrane
1962	Etta James Sings for Lovers Etta James
1962	Blue and Sentimental Ike Quebec
1963	Gloria, Marty & Strings Gloria Lynne
1964	Della At Basin Street East Della Reese · “Don't Take Your Love From Me (Live)”
1965	The Nancy Wilson Show! Nancy Wilson · “Don’t Take Your Love From Me”
1968	Soft Summer Breeze Eddie Heywood
1981	Sweet Poppa Lou Lou Donaldson · “Don’t Take Your Love From Me”
1983	On the Road Again Teresa Brewer & Stéphane Grappelli · “Don’t Take Your Love From Me”
1983	Gentlemen's Agreement George Adams - Dannie Richmond
1984	More Sightings George Adams, Hannibal · “Dont Take Your Love From Me”
1988	Joe Venuti And Zoot Sims Joe Venuti and Zoot Sims
1989	Time Out of Mind Grover Washington, Jr.

Historic 78 rpm recordings

Don't Take Your Love From Me Luis Russell and Orchestra · Henry Nemo · 1946 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
What A Little Moonlight Can Do 24%	Harry Woods	G major	ABCD · 64	Up-tempo swing
Bye Bye Blackbird 23%	Ray Henderson	F major	AB · 32	Medium swing
That's Amore (That's Love) 23%	Warren-Brooks	B♭ major	AB · 32	Medium swing
If I Knew Then (What I Know Now) 21%	Jurgens-Howard	E♭ major	AB · 32	Medium swing
It's Only a Paper Moon 21%	Harold Arlen	G major	AABA · 32	Medium swing
Don't Fence Me In 20%	Cole Porter	F major	ABCD · 32	Medium swing
Moonlight Serenade 20%	Miller-Parish	F major	AABA · 44	Ballad

Frequently asked questions

What key is Don't Take Your Love From Me in?

Don't Take Your Love From Me is usually played in C major. For B♭ instruments that is D major, for E♭ instruments A major.

Who wrote Don't Take Your Love From Me?

Don't Take Your Love From Me was written by Henry Nemo.

What is the form of Don't Take Your Love From Me?

Don't Take Your Love From Me has 4 sections (ABAC) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is Don't Take Your Love From Me played?

The usual groove is Ballad.

What are the chord changes to Don't Take Your Love From Me?

The opening bars are Cmaj7 Dm7 | Em7 Ebdim7 | G7/D G7 | Dm7 G7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.