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Love Is Just Around The Corner chords & key

Lewis Gensler

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

“Love Is Just Around The Corner” is a jazz standard by Lewis Gensler. It is usually played in F major as a medium swing, and the 32-bar AABA form has 4 sections. Harmonically it contains no major ii–V–I cadences and 2 minor ii–V–i, uses 10 different chords. In this atlas it appears on 19 album tracks.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — F major

A
G7C7
Fmaj7D7
G7C7
Fmaj7D7
G7C7
Am7D7
G7C7
1.
F6D7
2.
F6
B
Em7A7
Dm7
Em7A7
Dm7
G7Gdim7
G7Gdim7
G7
C7
A
G7C7
Fmaj7D7
G7C7
Fmaj7D7
G7C7
Am7D7
G7C7
F6D7

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

Harmonic analysis

0Major ii–V–I
2Minor ii–V–i
6ii–V moves
0Tritone substitutions
23Dominant chains
10Different chords

Most used chords

  • G7×15
  • C7×13
  • D7×11
  • Fmaj7×6
  • Am7×3
  • F6×3

Characteristics

  • AABA song form

Recorded on these albums

1954 Classics In Jazz
Benny Goodman
1954 Buck Clayton Meets Ruby Braff
Buck Clayton, Ruby Braff · “Love Is Just Around the Corner”
1955 George Wein Presents
Serge Chaloff and Boots Mussulli featuring Russ Freeman · “Love Is Just Around the Corner”
1958 Imagination
Billy Eckstine · “Love Is Just Around the Corner”
1959 Four!
Hampton Hawes with Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Red Mitchell · “Love Is Just Around the Corner”
1962 Sinatra and Swingin’ Brass
Frank Sinatra · “Love Is Just Around the Corner”
1970 The Ruby Braff Special
Ruby Braff · “Love Is Around the Corner”
1972 The Spirit of '67
Pee Wee Russell And Oliver Nelson and His Orchestra · “Love Is Just Around the Corner”
1981 Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
Seventy Five Seven featuring Greetje Kauffeld · “Love Is Just Around the Corner”
1983 An Evening at Charlie's
George Shearing & Mel Tormé · “Love Is Just Around the Corner”
1984 Music for Swinging Dancers, Vol.2 - I Won't Dance
Peter Herbolzheimer Orchestra · “Love Is Just Around the Corner”
1990 What a Wonderful World
Bobby Hackett · “Love Is Just Around the Corner”
1991 Up In Duke's Workshop
Duke Ellington
1995 Such Sweet Sorrow
Michael Feinstein · “Love Is Just Around the Corner”
2013 Mel Torme at the Red Hill
Mel Torme · “Love Is Just Around the Corner”
2017 I’ll See You in My Dreams
Cliff Edwards · “Love Is Just Around the Corner”
2019 Caravan
Jo Jones
2020 Live Broadcasts From the Hangover Club
Earl Hines · “Love Is Just Around the Corner”
2022 This is Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman

Historic 78 rpm recordings

  • LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER ANDRE PREVIN · Bob Bain · Lloyd Pratt · Ralph Collier archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Cheetah 24% Kenny Burrell B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
I Don't Know Enough About You 23% Peggy Lee C major AABA · 32 Medium swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is Love Is Just Around The Corner in?

Love Is Just Around The Corner is usually played in F major. For B♭ instruments that is G major, for E♭ instruments D major.

Who wrote Love Is Just Around The Corner?

Love Is Just Around The Corner was written by Lewis Gensler.

What is the form of Love Is Just Around The Corner?

Love Is Just Around The Corner has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is Love Is Just Around The Corner played?

The usual groove is Medium swing.

What are the chord changes to Love Is Just Around The Corner?

The opening bars are G7 C7 | Fmaj7 D7 | G7 C7 | Fmaj7 D7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.