Standards · 1944
I Fall In Love Too Easily chords & key
“I Fall In Love Too Easily” is a jazz standard by Jule Styne from 1944. Most bands play it in E♭ major, ballad; the tune runs 16 bars in AB form. Harmonically it contains 2 major ii–V–I cadences and 3 minor ii–V–i, uses 20 different chords and moves between the key centres E♭ major, C minor and F minor. In this atlas it appears on 3 album tracks and in 1 transcribed solo.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- Fm7×4
- C7♭9×4
- Dm7♭5×3
- B♭7×2
- G7♯9×2
- Am7♭5×2
Key centres reached by ii–V
E♭ major, C minor and F minor
History
"I Fall in Love Too Easily" is a 1944 song composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was introduced by Frank Sinatra in the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh. The film won an Academy Award for its music; "I Fall in Love Too Easily" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, which it lost to Rodgers and Hammerstein's "It Might as Well Be Spring". Sammy Cahn has said of the conception of the sixteen-bar song: "This song was written one night in Palm Springs. When I sang the last line, Jule Styne looked over at me and said, 'So. That's it.' I knew he felt we could have written on, but I felt I had said all there was to say, and if I had it to do over, I would stop right there again."
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Recorded on these albums
| 1955 | Cloud 7 Tony Bennett featuring Chuck Wayne · “I Fall in Love Too Easily” |
| 1963 | Seven Steps to Heaven Miles Davis · “I Fall in Love Too Easily” |
| 1982 | Quartet Herbie Hancock |
Transcribed solos on I Fall In Love Too Easily
| Chet Baker trumpet | 65 BPM |
Historic 78 rpm recordings
- I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY GEORGIE AULD · GORDON DRAKE · CAHN · STYNE · 1945 archive.org ↗
Standards with similar changes
Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.
| Title | Key |
|---|---|
| The Shadow Of Your Smile 30% | G major |
Frequently asked questions
What key is I Fall In Love Too Easily in?
I Fall In Love Too Easily is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.
Who wrote I Fall In Love Too Easily?
I Fall In Love Too Easily was written by Jule Styne (1944).
What is the form of I Fall In Love Too Easily?
I Fall In Love Too Easily has 2 sections (AB) with 16 bars in total.
How fast is I Fall In Love Too Easily played?
The usual groove is Ballad. Transcribed solos in our data were played at 65 BPM.
What are the chord changes to I Fall In Love Too Easily?
The opening bars are Fm7 Bb7 | Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 | Dm7b5 G7#9 | Cm A7b5. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.