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There's A Small Hotel chords & key

Richard Rodgers

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

“There's A Small Hotel” is a jazz standard by Richard Rodgers. It is usually played in G major as a medium swing, and the 32-bar AABA form has 4 sections. Harmonically it contains 6 major ii–V–I cadences and 2 minor ii–V–i, uses 15 different chords and moves between the key centres G major, C major, A minor and G minor. In this atlas it appears on 5 album tracks.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — G major

A
Gmaj7
Gmaj7
Gmaj7C7
Bm7A♯dim7
Am7G♯dim7
Am7D7
Gmaj7Em7
1.
Am7D7
2.
Dm7G7
B
Cmaj7
Dm7G7
Cmaj7
Bm7E7♭9
Am7
Bm7E7♭9
F7E7
Am7♭5D7
A
Gmaj7
Gmaj7
Gmaj7C7
Bm7A♯dim7
Am7G♯dim7
Am7D7
Gmaj7
Am7D7

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

Harmonic analysis

6Major ii–V–I
2Minor ii–V–i
10ii–V moves
3Tritone substitutions
0Dominant chains
15Different chords

Most used chords

  • Gmaj7×12
  • Am7×9
  • D7×6
  • Bm7×5
  • C7×3
  • A♯dim7×3

Key centres reached by ii–V

G major, C major, A minor and G minor

Characteristics

  • AABA song form

Recorded on these albums

1952 Plays Pretty
Oscar Peterson · “Small Hotel”
1956 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald · “There’s a Small Hotel”
1977 Tony Bennett Sings... More Great Rodgers & Hart
Tony Bennett · “There’s a Small Hotel”
1994 WWII Radio Broadcast: March 9, 1944 and June 29, 1944
Bing Crosby · “There’s a Small Hotel”
1996 How High the Moon
Ella Fitzgerald · “There’s a Small Hotel”

Historic 78 rpm recordings

  • THERE'S A SMALL HOTEL RALPH SHARON SEXTET · Ralph Sharon · Pete Chilver · Jimmy Skidmore ·… · 1950 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
I'm In The Mood For Love 26% Jimmy McHugh C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Let There Be Love 26% Rand-Grant E♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Del Sasser 25% Sam Jones E♭ major AAB · 48 Medium-up swing
At Long Last Love 24% Cole Porter C major AB · 32 Medium swing
The Blue Room 23% Richard Rodgers F major AABC · 32 Medium swing
I've Never Been In Love Before 23% Frank Loesser B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Where Are You? 23% Jimmy McHugh G major AABA · 32 Ballad
Without A Song 22% Vincent Youmans E♭ major AAB · 44 Up-tempo swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is There's A Small Hotel in?

There's A Small Hotel is usually played in G major. For B♭ instruments that is A major, for E♭ instruments E major.

Who wrote There's A Small Hotel?

There's A Small Hotel was written by Richard Rodgers.

What is the form of There's A Small Hotel?

There's A Small Hotel has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is There's A Small Hotel played?

The usual groove is Medium swing.

What are the chord changes to There's A Small Hotel?

The opening bars are Gmaj7 | Gmaj7 | Gmaj7 C7 | Bm7 A#dim7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.