Standards

Someday You'll Be Sorry chords & key

Key: E♭ major
Form: ABB
Bars: 24
Groove: Medium swing
Time signature: 4/4

“Someday You'll Be Sorry” is a jazz standard by Louis Armstrong. It is usually played in E♭ major as a medium swing, and the 24-bar ABB form has 3 sections. Harmonically it contains 2 major ii–V–I cadences, uses 10 different chords. In this atlas it appears on 14 album tracks.

Chord changes

to key

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

E♭

D⁷

E♭

C⁷

F^m

B♭⁷

E♭

C^m

F⁷

B♭⁷

B♭⁷B♭^7♯5

A♭

A♭^m

E♭

C⁷

F^m

B♭⁷

E♭

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

Harmonic analysis

2Major ii–V–I

0Minor ii–V–i

3ii–V moves

0Tritone substitutions

1Dominant chains

10Different chords

Most used chords

E♭×8
B♭⁷×4
C⁷×3
D⁷×2
F^m×2
F⁷×2

Recorded on these albums

1959	Easy Now Ruby Braff
1964	Hello Louis! - Plays the Music of Louis Armstrong Bobby Hackett
1970	The Definitive Album by Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong · “Someday You’ll Be Sorry”
1970	Ruby Braff Plays Louis Armstrong Ruby Braff
1971	My Tribute To Louis: Piano Solos By Earl Hines Earl Hines · “Some Day You'll Be Sorry”
1992	Presents Volume 1 ...A Concord Jam Woody Herman
1994	Elegy in Blue Benny Carter · “Someday, You'll Be Sorry”
1994	Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Marian McPartland with guest Red Richards
1998	Earl Hines in New Orleans Earl Hines with Wallace Davenport & Orange Kellin · “Someday You'll Be Sorry (Armstrong)”
2000	Soft Lights / In a Mellow Mood Bobby Hackett
2002	Bixieland / Treasury of Jazz Eddie Condon
2004	Bourbon St. Parade Louis Armstrong & The Dukes of Dixieland
2007	Connick on Piano, Volume 3: Chanson Du Vieux Carré Harry Connick, Jr.
2007	Wein, Women And Song And More - George Wein Plays And Sings George Wein

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
Two Not One 37%	Lennie Tristano	A♭ major	AABA · 32	Up-tempo swing
Struttin' With Some Barbecue 27%	Lillian Armstrong	F major	AB · 32	Medium swing
My Secret Love 24%	Roger Vogel	E♭ major	AABC · 48	Medium swing
In Walked Bud 23%	Thelonious Monk	A♭ major	AABA · 32	Medium-up swing
Big Nick 21%	John Coltrane	G major	A · 8	Medium slow
I Don't Want To Miss Mississippi 21%	Serger Ellis	G major	AAB · 48	Medium swing
New York, New York 20%	John Kander	F major	AABA · 42	Medium swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is Someday You'll Be Sorry in?

Someday You'll Be Sorry is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.

Who wrote Someday You'll Be Sorry?

Someday You'll Be Sorry was written by Louis Armstrong.

What is the form of Someday You'll Be Sorry?

Someday You'll Be Sorry has 3 sections (ABB) with 24 bars in total.

How fast is Someday You'll Be Sorry played?

The usual groove is Medium swing.

What are the chord changes to Someday You'll Be Sorry?

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