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Let's Get Away From It All chords & key

Dennis-Adair

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

“Let's Get Away From It All” is a jazz standard by Dennis-Adair. Most bands play it in E♭ major, medium-up swing; the tune runs 32 bars in AABA form. Harmonically it contains 4 major ii–V–I cadences and 5 minor ii–V–i, uses 18 different chords and moves between the key centres F minor, E♭ major and G minor. In this atlas it appears on 16 album tracks.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

A
E♭maj7B♭7♭9
E♭maj7E♭7
A♭maj7G♭dim7
Gm7C7
Fm7B♭7
D♭7C7
1.
F7
Fm7B♭7
2.
Fm7B♭7
E♭6E♭7
B
A♭maj7Am7♭5D7
Gm7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
B♭maj7Bdim7
Cm7F7
B♭7
Fm7B♭7
A
E♭maj7B♭7♭9
E♭maj7E♭7
A♭maj7G♭dim7
Gm7C7
Fm7B♭7
D♭7C7
Fm7E7
E♭6

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

Harmonic analysis

4Major ii–V–I
5Minor ii–V–i
13ii–V moves
1Tritone substitutions
2Dominant chains
18Different chords

Most used chords

  • Fm7×8
  • B♭7×8
  • E♭maj7×7
  • C7×7
  • E♭7×4
  • A♭maj7×4

Key centres reached by ii–V

F minor, E♭ major and G minor

Characteristics

  • AABA song form

Recorded on these albums

1955 Let’s Get Away From It All
André Previn · “Let’s Get Away From It All”
1955 Trombone for Two
J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding
1956 The Herbie Mann-Sam Most Quintet
Herbie Mann & Sam Most
1956 Al Cohn’s Tones
Al Cohn · “Let’s Get Away From It All”
1958 Come Fly With Me
Frank Sinatra with Billy May and His Orchestra
1960 Together
Louis Prima & Keely Smith · “Let’s Get Away From It All”
1960 Della
Della Reese
1965 Angel Eyes
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
1982 Old Songs for the New Depression
Ben Sidran
1989 Swing, Slow/Cha Cha Cha
Della Reese
1994 Still on the Road
Rosemary Clooney
1994 This Is Always
Morgana King
1994 The Progressive Al Cohn
Al Cohn
1995 Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
Marian McPartland with guest Dave McKenna
1999 Frank Sinatra Sings Sy Oliver Arrangements
Frank Sinatra
2000 Every Once in a While
Morgana King

Historic 78 rpm recordings

  • Let's Get Away From It All AL COHN QUARTET · Al Cohn · George Wallington · Tommy Potter · Tiny… archive.org ↗
  • Let's Get Away from It All Al Cohn Quartet · Al Cohn · George Wallington · Tommy Potter · Tiny… · 1950 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Thou Swell 24% Richard Rodgers E♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium-up swing
Line For Lyons 23% Gerry Mulligan G major AABA · 32 Medium swing
A Tisket A Tasket 21% Traditional E♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Our Love is Here to Stay 21% George Gershwin F major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Walkin' My Baby Back Home 21% Ahlert-Turk E♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm 20% Kahn-Kaper F major ABAC · 32 Medium-up swing
Let There Be You 20% Young-Cavanaugh C major AABA · 32 Slow swing
Scrapple From The Apple 20% Charlie Parker F major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is Let's Get Away From It All in?

Let's Get Away From It All is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.

Who wrote Let's Get Away From It All?

Let's Get Away From It All was written by Dennis-Adair.

What is the form of Let's Get Away From It All?

Let's Get Away From It All has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is Let's Get Away From It All played?

The usual groove is Medium-up swing.

What are the chord changes to Let's Get Away From It All?

The opening bars are Ebmaj7 Bb7b9 | Ebmaj7 Eb7 | Abmaj7 Gbdim7 | Gm7 C7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.