Standards

Too Close For Comfort chords & key

Key: C major
Form: AABAD
Bars: 40
Groove: Medium swing
Time signature: 4/4

“Too Close For Comfort” is a jazz standard by Bock-Weiss-Holofcener. It is usually played in C major as a medium swing, and the 40-bar AABAD form has 5 sections. Harmonically it contains 2 major ii–V–I cadences and 6 minor ii–V–i, uses 17 different chords and moves between the key centres D minor, C minor and C major. In this atlas it appears on 24 album tracks.

Chord changes

to key

Showing in: Concert (C) — C major

C^maj7

B^7♯5

E^m7♭5

A⁷

D^m7♭5

G⁷

C^maj7

D^m7G⁷

C^maj7

G^m7C⁷

F⁷

G♭^dim7

C⁶_/G

G^m7C⁷

F⁷

G♭^dim7

A♭⁷

D^m7G⁷

C^maj7

B^7♯5

E^m7♭5

A^7♭13

D^m7♭5

G⁷

C^maj7

G^m7C⁷

F⁷

G♭^dim7

A^m7♭5

D^7♭9

A♭⁷

G⁷

C⁶

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

Harmonic analysis

2Major ii–V–I

6Minor ii–V–i

12ii–V moves

0Tritone substitutions

3Dominant chains

17Different chords

Most used chords

C^maj7×6
G⁷×6
B^7♯5×3
E^m7♭5×3
D^m7♭5×3
G^m7×3

Key centres reached by ii–V

D minor, C minor and C major

Recorded on these albums

1957	Wonderful! Wonderful! Johnny Mathis · “Too Close for Comfort”
1957	Zoot Sims Goes to Jazzville Zoot Sims · “Too Close for Comfort”
1957	With Zoot Sims Jutta Hipp · “Too Close for Comfort”
1958	Warne Marsh Warne Marsh · “Too Close for Comfort”
1958	Dynamic! Dakota Staton Dakota Staton · “Too Close for Comfort”
1959	Come Dance With Me! Frank Sinatra with Billy May and His Orchestra · “Too Close for Comfort”
1959	Swing Around Rosie Rosemary Clooney with The Buddy Cole Trio · “To Close for Comfort”
1959	Mal/4 Trio Mal Waldron · “Too Close for Comfort”
1960	Pretty Eyes Peggy Lee · “Too Close for Comfort”
1960	Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra · “Too Close for Comfort”
1960	Marriage in Modern Jazz Rita Reys & Pim Jacobs Trio · “Too Close for Comfort”
1962	What Kind of Fool Am I: And Other Show‐Stoppers Sammy Davis Jr. · “Too Close for Comfort”
1962	From Paris With Love Sacha Distel · “Too Close for Comfort”
1963	Intensity Art Pepper · “Too Close for Comfort”
1967	That’s All! Sammy Davis Jr.
1968	"Live" & Wailing Carmen McRae · “Too Close for Confort”
1970	The Blue World Art van Damme · “Too Close for Comfort”
1973	Light, Airy & Swinging George Shearing
1981	Omega Alpha Art Pepper
1989	In Concert Tokyo Mel Tormé and The Marty Paich Dek‐Tette · “Too Close for Comfort”
1990	The Art of Pepper, Volume 3 Art Pepper · “Too Close for Comfort”
1991	Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi‐Fi Stan Getz & Gerry Mulligan · “Too Close for Comfort”
1992	The American Songbook, Volume 2 Rita Reys · “Too Close for Comfort”
1993	Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings Count Basie & Joe Williams · “Too Close for Comfort (take 1)”

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
Just One More Chance 21%	Johnston-Coslow	G major	AB · 32	Medium swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is Too Close For Comfort in?

Too Close For Comfort is usually played in C major. For B♭ instruments that is D major, for E♭ instruments A major.

Who wrote Too Close For Comfort?

Too Close For Comfort was written by Bock-Weiss-Holofcener.

What is the form of Too Close For Comfort?

Too Close For Comfort has 5 sections (AABAD) with 40 bars in total.

How fast is Too Close For Comfort played?

The usual groove is Medium swing.

What are the chord changes to Too Close For Comfort?

The opening bars are Cmaj7 | B7#5 | Em7b5 | A7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.