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She's Funny That Way chords & key

Charles Daniels

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

“She's Funny That Way” is a jazz standard by Charles Daniels. It is usually played in E♭ major as a ballad, and the 32-bar AABA form has 4 sections. Harmonically it contains 2 major ii–V–I cadences, uses 14 different chords. In this atlas it appears on 11 album tracks.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

A
E♭maj7B♭7♯5
E♭maj7B♭7♯5
E♭maj7D7♯5
Gm7♭5C7
F7
D♭7
1.
Cm7F7
Fm7B♭7
2.
E♭6B♭7
E♭6E♭7
B
A♭m6
D♭7
E♭6B♭7
E♭maj7E♭7
A♭m6D♭7
Gm7C7
Cm7F7
Fm7B♭7
A
E♭maj7B♭7♯5
E♭maj7B♭7♯5
E♭maj7D7♯5
Gm7♭5C7
F7
D♭7
E♭6B♭7
E♭6

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

Harmonic analysis

2Major ii–V–I
0Minor ii–V–i
10ii–V moves
1Tritone substitutions
3Dominant chains
14Different chords

Most used chords

  • E♭maj7×10
  • B♭7♯5×6
  • F7×5
  • D♭7×5
  • B♭7×5
  • E♭6×5

Characteristics

  • AABA song form

Recorded on these albums

1947 Songs by Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
1947 Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
1953 An Evening With Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday · “He's Funny That Way”
1953 Dizzy Gillespie Plays in Paris
Dizzy Gillespie
1953 Horn of Plenty
Dizzy Gillespie
1955 The Voice
Frank Sinatra · “(I Got a Woman Crazy for Me) She’s Funny That Way”
1959 Welcome to the Club
Nat King Cole
1960 Nice ’n’ Easy
Frank Sinatra · “She’s Funny That Way”
1962 Ella Swings Gently With Nelson
Ella Fitzgerald · “She’s Funny That Way”
1967 Invites You to Listen
Ray Charles · “She’s Funny That Way (I Got a Woman Crazy for Me)”
1967 Tony Makes It Happen!
Tony Bennett · “She’s Funny That Way”

Historic 78 rpm recordings

  • SHE'S FUNNY THAT WAY GREGG JONES · Whiting · Moret archive.org ↗
  • She's Funny That Way Bill Harris Septet · Joe "Flip" Phillips · Bill Harris · Pete… · 1945 archive.org ↗
  • She's Funny That Way Bill Harris Septet · Joe "Flip" Phillips · Bill Harris · Joe… · 1945 archive.org ↗
  • She's Funny That Way Bill Harris Septet · Joe "Flip" Phillips · Bill Harris · Joe… · 1945 archive.org ↗
  • She's Funny That Way Eddy Howard And His Orchestra · Eddy Howard · Morel · Whiting · 1946 archive.org ↗
  • She's Funny That Way The Charlie Shavers Quintet · Charlie Shavers · Richard A. Whiting ·… · 1946 archive.org ↗
  • She's Funny That Way Eddy Howard and His Orchestra · Eddy Howard · Moret · Whiting · 1946 archive.org ↗
  • She's Funny That Way Illinois Jacquet And His All Stars · Illinois Jacquet · Ray Perry ·… · 1946 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Walkin' My Baby Back Home 25% Ahlert-Turk E♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
I Got The Sun In The Morning 21% Irving Berlin F major AABA · 36 Medium swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is She's Funny That Way in?

She's Funny That Way is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.

Who wrote She's Funny That Way?

She's Funny That Way was written by Charles Daniels.

What is the form of She's Funny That Way?

She's Funny That Way has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is She's Funny That Way played?

The usual groove is Ballad.

What are the chord changes to She's Funny That Way?

The opening bars are Ebmaj7 Bb7#5 | Ebmaj7 Bb7#5 | Ebmaj7 D7#5 | Gm7b5 C7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.