Standards
One For My Baby chords & key
“One For My Baby” is a jazz standard by Harold Arlen. It is usually played in E♭ major as a ballad, and the 47-bar ABC form has 3 sections. Harmonically it contains 4 major ii–V–I cadences and 1 minor ii–V–i, uses 37 different chords and moves between the key centres G major, A♭ major, G minor and C major. In this atlas it appears on 6 album tracks.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- E♭maj7×8
- Gmaj7×8
- Fm7/B♭×6
- Gm7×6
- Am7/D×6
- C7×5
Key centres reached by ii–V
G major, A♭ major, G minor and C major
Recorded on these albums
| 1949 | Frankly Sentimental Frank Sinatra · “One for My Baby” |
| 1958 | Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely Frank Sinatra, orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle · “One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)” |
| 1958 | Songs for Distingué Lovers Billie Holiday · “One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)” |
| 1960 | Let No Man Write My Epitaph Ella Fitzgerald · “One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)” |
| 1961 | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book Ella Fitzgerald · “One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)” |
| 1962 | At Carnegie Hall Recorded Live June 9, 1962 Tony Bennett with Ralph Sharon and His Orchestra · “One for My Baby” |
Historic 78 rpm recordings
- ONE FOR MY BABY MEL TORMÉ · Ray Linn and his Orchestra · Mercer · Arlen · 1947 archive.org ↗
Frequently asked questions
What key is One For My Baby in?
One For My Baby is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.
Who wrote One For My Baby?
One For My Baby was written by Harold Arlen.
What is the form of One For My Baby?
One For My Baby has 3 sections (ABC) with 47 bars in total.
How fast is One For My Baby played?
The usual groove is Ballad.
What are the chord changes to One For My Baby?
The opening bars are Ebmaj7 Fm7/Bb | Ebmaj7 Fm7/Bb | Ebmaj7 Fm7/Bb | Ebmaj7 Fm7/Bb. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.