Standards
Love Me Or Leave Me chords & key
- Key
- A♭ major
- Form
- AABA
- Bars
- 32
- Groove
- Medium swing
- Time signature
- 4/4
“Love Me Or Leave Me” is a jazz standard by Walter Donaldson. It is usually played in A♭ major as a medium swing, and the 32-bar AABA form has 4 sections. Harmonically it contains 3 major ii–V–I cadences and 2 minor ii–V–i, uses 13 different chords and moves between the key centres A♭ major, F minor and B♭ minor. In this atlas it appears on 24 album tracks.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — A♭ major
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- Fm7×9
- B♭m7×7
- G7×6
- C7×6
- E♭7×5
- A♭6×4
Key centres reached by ii–V
A♭ major, F minor and B♭ minor
Characteristics
- AABA song form
Recorded on these albums
Historic 78 rpm recordings
- LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME EUNICE and her MEN OF NOTE · Lee Daniels · Norman Feather · Bill… archive.org ↗
- LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME BUCK CLAYTON'S QUINTET · Buck Clayton · Flip Phillips ·… · 1945 archive.org ↗
- Love Me or Leave Me Sarah Vaughan · Ted Dale · Gus Kahn · Walter Donaldson · 1948 archive.org ↗
Standards with similar changes
Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.
Frequently asked questions
What key is Love Me Or Leave Me in?
Love Me Or Leave Me is usually played in A♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is B♭ major, for E♭ instruments F major.
Who wrote Love Me Or Leave Me?
Love Me Or Leave Me was written by Walter Donaldson.
What is the form of Love Me Or Leave Me?
Love Me Or Leave Me has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.
How fast is Love Me Or Leave Me played?
The usual groove is Medium swing.
What are the chord changes to Love Me Or Leave Me?
The opening bars are Fm7 | G7 C7 | Fm7 | G7 C7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.