Standards · 1937

Have You Met Miss Jones? chords & key

Richard Rodgers · Lyrics: Lorenz Hart

Key: F major
Form: AABA
Bars: 32
Groove: Medium swing
Time signature: 4/4
Year: 1937

“Have You Met Miss Jones?” is a jazz standard by Richard Rodgers from 1937. It is usually played in F major as a medium swing, and the 32-bar AABA form has 4 sections. Harmonically it contains 7 major ii–V–I cadences and 2 minor ii–V–i, uses 17 different chords and moves between the key centres F major, F♯ major, G minor, B♭ major and D major. In this atlas it appears on 24 album tracks.

Chord changes

to key

Showing in: Concert (C) — F major

F^maj7

D⁷

G^m7

C⁷

A^m7

D^m7

G^m7

C⁷

C^m7

F⁷

B♭^maj7

A♭^m7D♭⁷

G♭^maj7

E^m7A⁷

D^maj7

A♭^m7D♭⁷

G♭^maj7

G^m7C⁷

F^maj7B♭⁷

A^m7D⁷

G^m7

C⁷

A^m7D⁷

G^m7C⁷

F⁶

G^m7C⁷

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

Harmonic analysis

7Major ii–V–I

2Minor ii–V–i

13ii–V moves

1Tritone substitutions

0Dominant chains

17Different chords

Most used chords

G^m7×7
C⁷×7
D⁷×4
A^m7×4
F^maj7×3
D^m7×2

Key centres reached by ii–V

F major, F♯ major, G minor, B♭ major and D major

Characteristics

AABA song form

History

"Have You Met Miss Jones?" is a popular song that was written for the musical comedy I'd Rather Be Right. The music was written by Richard Rodgers and the lyrics by Lorenz Hart. The song was published in 1937.

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Recorded on these albums

1951	Presenting Jimmy Raney Jimmy Raney
1954	The Genius Of Art Tatum #5 Art Tatum
1956	Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings Bing Crosby & Buddy Bregman
1956	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book Ella Fitzgerald
1956	The Hawk in Hi-Fi Coleman Hawkins with Billy Byers & His Orchestra · “Have You Met Miss Jones (take 7)”
1956	Tjader Plays Mambo Cal Tjader · “Have You Met Ms. Jones”
1957	Collections Red Norvo, Art Pepper, Joe Morello & Gerry Wiggins
1957	Swing's the Thing Illinois Jacquet · “Have You Met Miss Jones”
1958	Louis Under the Stars Louis Armstrong · “Have You Met Miss Jones”
1958	Jazz Piano Armando Trovajoli · “Have You Met Miss Jones”
1958	Jimmy Raney Visits Paris Jimmy Raney · “Have You Met Miss Jones”
1959	Anita O’Day at Mister Kelly’s Anita O’Day · “Have You Met Miss Jones”
1960	Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart Anita O’Day & Billy May
1960	Marriage in Modern Jazz Rita Reys & Pim Jacobs Trio · “Have You Met Miss Jones”
1961	Swing Along With Me Frank Sinatra
1961	The Divine One Sarah Vaughan
1961	Complete Original Trio Recordings Hank Jones
1969	Poinciana Revisited Ahmad Jamal
1973	Chicago Concert Ammons & Moody
1974	Virtuoso Joe Pass
1974	Music for Perla Tete Montoliu · “Have You Met Miss Jones”
1975	The Tatum Group Masterpieces Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Red Callender & Bill Douglass · “Have You Met Miss Jones”
1975	Fuerst Set Tal Farlow · “Have You Met Miss Jones”
1976	Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs Tony Bennett

Historic 78 rpm recordings

HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES RONNIE SCOTT QUARTET · Ronnie Scott · Tommy Pollard · Lennie Bush ·… archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
Billy Boy 30%	Traditional	C major	AABA · 56	Medium-up swing
I've Never Been In Love Before 29%	Frank Loesser	B♭ major	AABA · 32	Medium swing
Sometimes I'm Happy 29%	Vincent Youmans	F major	ABAB · 32	Medium swing
When You Wish Upon A Star 28%	Leigh Harline	C major	AABA · 32	Ballad
Why Do I Love You? 27%	Jerome Kern	A♭ major	AA · 32	Medium swing
Fly Me To The Moon 24%	Bart Howard	C major	AB · 32	Medium swing
I Got Rhythm 24%	George Gershwin	B♭ major	AABA · 32	Up-tempo swing
Line For Lyons 24%	Gerry Mulligan	G major	AABA · 32	Medium swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is Have You Met Miss Jones? in?

Have You Met Miss Jones? is usually played in F major. For B♭ instruments that is G major, for E♭ instruments D major.

Who wrote Have You Met Miss Jones??

Have You Met Miss Jones? was written by Richard Rodgers (1937).

What is the form of Have You Met Miss Jones??

Have You Met Miss Jones? has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is Have You Met Miss Jones? played?

The usual groove is Medium swing.

What are the chord changes to Have You Met Miss Jones??

The opening bars are Fmaj7 | D7 | Gm7 | C7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.