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I've Found A New Baby chords & key

Palmer-Williams

Key
E♭ major
Form
AABA
Bars
32
Groove
Medium swing
Time signature
4/4

“I've Found A New Baby” is a jazz standard by Palmer-Williams. Most bands play it in E♭ major, medium swing; the tune runs 32 bars in AABA form. The bridge uses the cycle of dominants known from Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm” — so-called rhythm changes. In this atlas it appears on 4 album tracks.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

A
Cm7
A♭7G7
Cm7
C7
F7
B♭7
1.
E♭6
A♭7G7
2.
E♭6
E♭6
B
G7
G7
Cm7
Cm7
F7
F7
B♭7
G7
A
Cm7
A♭7G7
Cm7
C7
F7
B♭7
E♭6
A♭7G7

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

Harmonic analysis

0Major ii–V–I
0Minor ii–V–i
1ii–V moves
0Tritone substitutions
7Dominant chains
7Different chords

Most used chords

  • Cm7×8
  • G7×8
  • A♭7×5
  • F7×5
  • B♭7×4
  • E♭6×4

Characteristics

  • Rhythm changes
  • AABA song form

Recorded on these albums

1955 Roy & Diz
Dizzy Gillespie • Roy Eldridge · “I've Found a New Baby”
1962 Lovely & Alive
Lena Horne · “I Found a New Baby”
1966 Soul Mates
Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Eldridge · “I Found A New Baby”
1974 Meets The Master Saxes - Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet
Nat Cole · “I Found a New Baby”

Historic 78 rpm recordings

  • I've Found A New Baby Thompson's Thumpers archive.org ↗
  • I'VE FOUND A NEW BABY JIMMY ZITO His Trumpet and his Orchestra · Palmer · Williams archive.org ↗
  • I'VE FOUND A NEW BABY BUD FREEMAN and his Summa Cum Laude Orchestra · Palmer & Williams archive.org ↗
  • I'VE FOUND A NEW BABY DIXIELAND RYTHM KINGS · Carl Halen · Chas. Sonnanstine · Jim… archive.org ↗
  • I'VE FOUND A NEW BABY DICKY WELLS and his ORCHESTRA · DICKY WELLS · BILL DILLARD · "SHAD"… · 1937 archive.org ↗
  • I'VE FOUND A NEW BABY Will Bradley · Yank Lawson All Stars · Yank Lawson · Ray Ekstrand ·… · 1947 archive.org ↗
  • I'VE FOUND A NEW BABY WILL BRADLEY - YANK LAWSON ALL STARS · Yank Lawson · Will Bradley ·… · 1947 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
It Don't Mean A Thing 28% Duke Ellington B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is I've Found A New Baby in?

I've Found A New Baby is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.

Who wrote I've Found A New Baby?

I've Found A New Baby was written by Palmer-Williams.

What is the form of I've Found A New Baby?

I've Found A New Baby has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is I've Found A New Baby played?

The usual groove is Medium swing.

What are the chord changes to I've Found A New Baby?

The opening bars are Cm7 | Ab7 G7 | Cm7 | C7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.