Standards

Get Me To The Church On Time chords & key

Key: G major
Form: AAB
Bars: 54
Groove: Up-tempo swing
Time signature: 4/4

“Get Me To The Church On Time” is a jazz standard by Alan Lerner. Most bands play it in G major, up-tempo swing; the tune runs 54 bars in AAB form. Harmonically it contains 3 major ii–V–I cadences and 3 minor ii–V–i, uses 11 different chords and moves between the key centres G major and A minor. In this atlas it appears on 15 album tracks.

Chord changes

to key

Showing in: Concert (C) — G major

×2

G⁶

A^m7

D⁷

A^m7

D⁷

A^m7

D⁷

G⁶

C^maj7

G^maj7

A⁷

A^m7

D⁷

A^m7

D⁷

B^m7

E⁷

A^m7

C^m7F⁷

B^m7

E^7♯9

A^m7D⁷

B^m7E^7♯9

A^m7

D⁷

G⁶

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

Harmonic analysis

3Major ii–V–I

3Minor ii–V–i

14ii–V moves

0Tritone substitutions

0Dominant chains

11Different chords

Most used chords

G⁶×22
A^m7×11
D⁷×10
B^m7×3
C^maj7×2
G^maj7×2

Key centres reached by ii–V

G major and A minor

Recorded on these albums

1958	Swing Softly Johnny Mathis · “Get Me to the Church on Time”
1958	Jazz Piano Armando Trovajoli · “Get Me to the Church in Time”
1961	Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! Rosemary Clooney · “Get Me to the Church on Time”
1964	Sings My Fair Lady Nat King Cole · “Get Me to the Church on Time”
1965	Meet Marvelous Marilyn Maye Marilyn Maye · “Get Me To The Church On Time (From The Musical Production 'My Fair Lady')”
1966	Champagne on Broadway Lawrence Welk · “Get Me to the Church on Time”
1968	Mexico Melody - Tokyo Melody Helmut Zacharias · “Get Me to the Church on Time”
1988	Reunion Mel Tormé and The Marty Paich Dek‐Tette · “The Trolley Song / Get Me to the Church on Time”
1989	Music From My Fair Lady: With an Extra Bit of Luck Ruby Braff & Dick Hyman · “Get Me to the Church on Time”
1989	The Final Performance Volume One Al Cohn with the Al Porcino Big Band · “Get Me to the Church on Time”
1991	Spontaneous Combustion Barney Kessel · “Get Me to the Church on Time”
2002	Movin' / Movin' On Broadway Kay Starr · “Get Me to the Church on Time”
2004	Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle Rosemary Clooney · “Get Me to the Church on Time”
2007	André Previn Plays My Fair Lady & A Dozen Great Standards André Previn
2026	Early Years - Selected Albums 1956-58 Johnny Mathis · “Get Me to the Church on Time”

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
My Little Suede Shoes 40%	Charlie Parker	E♭ major	AABA · 32	Latin
This Time The Dream's On Me 33%	Harold Arlen	G major	AABA · 32	Medium-up swing
When You Wish Upon A Star 33%	Leigh Harline	C major	AABA · 32	Ballad
Line For Lyons 32%	Gerry Mulligan	G major	AABA · 32	Medium swing
If I Knew Then (What I Know Now) 31%	Jurgens-Howard	E♭ major	AB · 32	Medium swing
Don't Worry 'Bout Me 30%	Rube Bloom	A♭ major	AB · 32	Ballad
Little Willie Leaps 30%	Charlie Parker	F major	AA · 32	Up-tempo swing
This Year's Kisses 30%	Irving Berlin	G major	AABC · 28	Medium swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is Get Me To The Church On Time in?

Get Me To The Church On Time is usually played in G major. For B♭ instruments that is A major, for E♭ instruments E major.

Who wrote Get Me To The Church On Time?

Get Me To The Church On Time was written by Alan Lerner.

What is the form of Get Me To The Church On Time?

Get Me To The Church On Time has 3 sections (AAB) with 54 bars in total.

How fast is Get Me To The Church On Time played?

The usual groove is Up-tempo swing.

What are the chord changes to Get Me To The Church On Time?

The opening bars are G6 | G6 | G6 | G6. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.