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Gone With The Wind chords & key

Allie Wrubel

Key
E♭ major
Form
AB
Bars
32
Groove
Medium swing
Time signature
4/4

“Gone With The Wind” is a jazz standard by Allie Wrubel. Most bands play it in E♭ major, medium swing; the tune runs 32 bars in AB form. Harmonically it contains 10 major ii–V–I cadences and 1 minor ii–V–i, uses 16 different chords and moves between the key centres E♭ major, G major and F minor. In this atlas it appears on 9 album tracks.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

A
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
Am7D7
G6E7
Am7D7
Gmaj7
Gm
G♭dim7
Fm7
B♭7
E♭maj7D7♯5
D♭7C7♭9
Fm7
B♭7
B
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
Am7D7
G6E7
Am7D7
Gmaj7
Fm7
Cm7
Fm7B♭7
Gm7♭5C7♭9
Fm7
B♭7
E♭maj7
Gm7♭5C7

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

Harmonic analysis

10Major ii–V–I
1Minor ii–V–i
14ii–V moves
0Tritone substitutions
0Dominant chains
16Different chords

Most used chords

  • Fm7×9
  • B♭7×8
  • E♭maj7×6
  • Am7×4
  • D7×4
  • C7×3

Key centres reached by ii–V

E♭ major, G major and F minor

Recorded on these albums

1955 Music for Torching
Billie Holiday · “Gone With the Wind”
1958 Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely
Frank Sinatra, orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle · “Gone With the Wind”
1958 Lady in Satin
Billie Holiday · “Gone With the Wind”
1959 Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
Ella Fitzgerald · “Gone With the Wind”
1960 Alone Together
Tony Bennett · “Gone With the Wind”
1983 Speak Love
Ella Fitzgerald / Joe Pass · “Gone With the Wind”
2025 Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Volume 2
Ella Fitzgerald · “Gone With the Wind”
2026 Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Sun Ra · “Gone With the Wind”
2026 Mike Jones With Strings
Mike Jones

Historic 78 rpm recordings

  • GONE WITH THE WIND BENNY CARTER · THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO · BUDDY RICH · Oscar Peterson… · 1954 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Tea For Two 31% Vincent Youmans A♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Fools Rush In 26% Rube Bloom C major ABAC · 32 Slow swing
You Can Depend On Me 24% Carpenter-Dunlap-Hines F major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Bye Bye Blackbird 23% Ray Henderson F major AB · 32 Medium swing
Change Partners 22% Irving Berlin F major AABA · 56 Medium swing
Peri's Scope 22% Bill Evans C major A · 24 Medium swing
Deep Purple 21% Peter De-Rose F major AB · 32 Medium swing
I Love You 21% Cole Porter F major AB · 32 Medium-up swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is Gone With The Wind in?

Gone With The Wind is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.

Who wrote Gone With The Wind?

Gone With The Wind was written by Allie Wrubel.

What is the form of Gone With The Wind?

Gone With The Wind has 2 sections (AB) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is Gone With The Wind played?

The usual groove is Medium swing.

What are the chord changes to Gone With The Wind?

The opening bars are Fm7 Bb7 | Ebmaj7 C7 | Fm7 Bb7 | Ebmaj7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.