Standards · 1937
Have You Met Miss Jones? chords & key
- 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 6 album tracks.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — F major
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- Gm7×7
- C7×7
- D7×4
- Am7×4
- Fmaj7×3
- Dm7×2
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
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 | Key |
|---|---|
| Billy Boy 30% | C major |
| I've Never Been In Love Before 29% | B♭ major |
| Sometimes I'm Happy 29% | F major |
| When You Wish Upon A Star 28% | C major |
| Why Do I Love You? 27% | A♭ major |
| Fly Me To The Moon 24% | C major |
| I Got Rhythm 24% | B♭ major |
| Line For Lyons 24% | G major |
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.