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Standards · 1929

Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You chords & key

Don Redman · Lyrics: Andy Razaf

Key
E♭ major
Form
ABA
Bars
16
Groove
Slow swing
Time signature
4/4
Year
1929

“Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You” is a jazz standard by Don Redman from 1929. Most bands play it in E♭ major, slow swing; the tune runs 16 bars in ABA form. In this atlas it appears on 9 album tracks.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

A
C7A♭7
G7C7
F7B♭7
E♭6G7
C7A♭7
G7C7
F7B♭7
E♭6E♭7
B
A♭6Adim7
E♭6/B♭E♭7
A♭6Adim7
Dm7♭5G7
A
C7A♭7
G7C7
F7B♭7
E♭6A♭7G7

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

Harmonic analysis

0Major ii–V–I
0Minor ii–V–i
1ii–V moves
0Tritone substitutions
11Dominant chains
11Different chords

Most used chords

  • C7×6
  • G7×6
  • A♭7×4
  • F7×3
  • B♭7×3
  • E♭6×3

History

"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" is a 1929 song written by Andy Razaf and Don Redman. It was recorded by the Redman-led McKinney's Cotton Pickers on Victor on November 5, 1929, as "Gee, Ain't I Good to You."

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Recorded on these albums

1956 Jazz Recital
Billie Holiday, Ralph Burns · “Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You”
1957 Ella and Louis Again
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong · “Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You”
1957 Body and Soul
Billie Holiday · “Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You”
1963 New Wave
Dizzy Gillespie · “Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You”
1967 Invites You to Listen
Ray Charles · “Gee, Baby Ain’t I Good to You”
1974 Take Love Easy
Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass · “Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You”
1975 Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison
Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison · “Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You”
2008 Ella & Louis (and Oscar Too)
Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong & The Oscar Peterson Trio · “Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You”
2016 Live in Cologne, 1974 (Live)
Ella Fitzgerald · “Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You (live)”

Historic 78 rpm recordings

  • GEE, BABY, AIN'T I GOOD TO YOU SANDY WILLIAMS' BIG EIGHT · Sany Williams · Peewee Erwin · Tab Smith… · 1946 archive.org ↗
  • GEE, BABY, AIN'T I GOOD TO YOU SANDY WILLIAMS' BIG EIGHT · Sandy Williams · Peewee Erwin · Tab… · 1946 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Cotton Tail 31% Duke Ellington B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home 29% Warfield-Williams G major AA · 34 Medium slow
Scrapple From The Apple 28% Charlie Parker F major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Straighten Up And Fly Right 22% Cole-Mills A♭ major AACD · 32 Medium swing
Stormy Weather 21% Harold Arlen G major AABA · 32 Ballad
Time On My Hands 21% Vincent Youmans F major AABC · 32 Ballad
L.O.V.E. 20% Gabler-Kaempfert G major ABAC · 32 Medium swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You in?

Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.

Who wrote Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?

Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You was written by Don Redman (1929).

What is the form of Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?

Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You has 3 sections (ABA) with 16 bars in total.

How fast is Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You played?

The usual groove is Slow swing.

What are the chord changes to Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?

The opening bars are C7 Ab7 | G7 C7 | F7 Bb7 | Eb6 G7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.