Standards · 1944
I Love You chords & key
- Key
- F major
- Form
- AB
- Bars
- 32
- Groove
- Medium-up swing
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Year
- 1944
“I Love You” is a jazz standard by Cole Porter from 1944. It is usually played in F major as a medium-up swing, and the 32-bar AB form has 2 sections. Harmonically it contains 4 major ii–V–I cadences and 4 minor ii–V–i, uses 12 different chords and moves between the key centres F minor, F major, A major and G minor. In this atlas it appears on 10 album tracks and in 1 transcribed solo.
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
- Fmaj7×8
- C7×4
- Gm7♭5×3
- C7♭9×3
- Gm7×3
- Amaj7×3
Key centres reached by ii–V
F minor, F major, A major and G minor
History
"I Love You" is a song written by Cole Porter in 1944 for his stage musical Mexican Hayride.
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Recorded on these albums
Transcribed solos on I Love You
| Don Ellis trumpet | 147 BPM |
Standards with similar changes
Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.
| Title | Key |
|---|---|
| Parisian Thoroughfare 28% | F major |
| I Could Have Danced All Night 26% | C major |
| If I Were A Bell 26% | F major |
| Try A Little Tenderness 24% | E♭ major |
| Bye Bye Blackbird 21% | F major |
| Gone With The Wind 21% | E♭ major |
| April In Paris 20% | C major |
Frequently asked questions
What key is I Love You in?
I Love You is usually played in F major. For B♭ instruments that is G major, for E♭ instruments D major.
Who wrote I Love You?
I Love You was written by Cole Porter (1944).
What is the form of I Love You?
I Love You has 2 sections (AB) with 32 bars in total.
How fast is I Love You played?
The usual groove is Medium-up swing. Transcribed solos in our data were played at 147 BPM.
What are the chord changes to I Love You?
The opening bars are Gm7b5 | C7b9 | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.