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I Only Have Eyes For You chords & key

Harry Warren

Key
C major
Form
AABC
Bars
36
Groove
Ballad
Time signature
4/4

“I Only Have Eyes For You” is a jazz standard by Harry Warren. It is usually played in C major as a ballad, and the 36-bar AABC form has 4 sections. Harmonically it contains 4 major ii–V–I cadences, uses 14 different chords. In this atlas it appears on 12 album tracks.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — C major

A
Dm7
G7
Dm7
G7
Cmaj7
1.
Cmaj7F7
Em7
E♭m7A♭7
2.
Cmaj7E7♯5
A7
A7
B
Dm7
G7G7/F
Em7
A7
Dm7♭5
G7
Em7
E♭m7A♭7
C
Dm7
G7
Dm7
G7
Cmaj7
F7
B♭7♯11
A7♭9
Dm7
G7
C6
Em7A7♭9

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

Harmonic analysis

4Major ii–V–I
0Minor ii–V–i
13ii–V moves
1Tritone substitutions
2Dominant chains
14Different chords

Most used chords

  • G7×9
  • Dm7×8
  • Cmaj7×5
  • Em7×4
  • A7×3
  • F7×2

Recorded on these albums

1952 Billie Holiday Sings
Billie Holiday · “I Only Have Eyes for You”
1952 Solitude
Billie Holiday · “I Only Have Eyes for You”
1956 In a Romantic Mood
Oscar Peterson · “I Only Have Eyes for You”
1958 Louis Under the Stars
Louis Armstrong · “I Only Have Eyes for You”
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays the Harry Warren and Vincent Youmans Song Books
Oscar Peterson · “I Only Have Eyes for You”
1962 Star Collection - Frank Sinatra With Count Basie
Frank Sinatra and Count Basie and his Orchestra · “I Only Have Eyes for You”
1962 Lovely & Alive
Lena Horne · “I Only Have Eyes for You”
1966 Satchmo Sings Evergreens
Louis Armstrong · “I Only Have Eyes for You”
1968 Yesterday I Heard the Rain
Tony Bennett · “I Only Have Eyes for You”
1987 Hello Young Lovers
Frank Sinatra · “I Only Have Eyes for You”
1993 Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson
Ella Fitzgerald · “I Only Have Eyes for You”
2018 Pops Is Tops: The Verve Studio Albums
Louis Armstrong

Historic 78 rpm recordings

  • I only have eyes for you Putte Wickmans trio · P. Wickman · R. Svensson · G. Oddner · Harry… archive.org ↗
  • I Only Have Eyes for You Coleman Hawkins and his Quintet · Teddy Wilson · Coleman Hawkins ·… · 1944 archive.org ↗
  • I Only Have Eyes for You Coleman Hawkins and his Quintet · Teddy Wilson · Dubin · Warren ·… · 1944 archive.org ↗
  • I Only Have Eyes For You STAN GETZ QUARTET · Stan Getz · Bengt Hallberg · Gunnar Johnson ·… · 1951 archive.org ↗
  • I Only Have Eyes for You Eddie Davis · Dubin · Warren · 1954 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
The Lamp Is Low 33% DeRose-Shefter C major AABC · 34 Medium swing
Little Peace In C For You 27% Michel Petrucciani C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Let There Be Love 26% Rand-Grant E♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
I've Got The World On A String 25% Harold Arlen F major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Perdido 25% Juan Tizol B♭ major AABA · 32 Latin
The Cool One 24% Benny Golson G major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Dearly Beloved 23% Jerome Kern C major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
It's You Or No One 23% Jule Styne F major ABAC · 32 Up-tempo swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is I Only Have Eyes For You in?

I Only Have Eyes For You is usually played in C major. For B♭ instruments that is D major, for E♭ instruments A major.

Who wrote I Only Have Eyes For You?

I Only Have Eyes For You was written by Harry Warren.

What is the form of I Only Have Eyes For You?

I Only Have Eyes For You has 4 sections (AABC) with 36 bars in total.

How fast is I Only Have Eyes For You played?

The usual groove is Ballad.

What are the chord changes to I Only Have Eyes For You?

The opening bars are Dm7 | G7 | Dm7 | G7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.