Standards
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? chords & key
“What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?” is a jazz standard by Michel Legrand. Most bands play it in A minor, ballad; the tune runs 40 bars in AABA form. Harmonically it contains 4 major ii–V–I cadences and 3 minor ii–V–i, uses 21 different chords and moves between the key centres A minor, A major, F♯ major and F major. In this atlas it appears on 3 album tracks.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — A minor
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- Fmaj7×9
- Am×4
- Bm7×4
- E7♭13×4
- Bm7♭5×4
- Amaj7×4
Key centres reached by ii–V
A minor, A major, F♯ major and F major
Characteristics
- AABA song form
Recorded on these albums
| 1974 | Some Nice Things I’ve Missed Frank Sinatra · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life” |
| 1974 | The Way We Were Barbra Streisand · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” |
| 2007 | Live in Concert 2006 Barbra Streisand · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” |
Standards with similar changes
Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.
| Title | Key |
|---|---|
| How High The Moon 21% | G major |
| What's New 20% | C major |
Frequently asked questions
What key is What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? in?
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? is usually played in A minor. For B♭ instruments that is B minor, for E♭ instruments F♯ minor.
Who wrote What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life??
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? was written by Michel Legrand.
What is the form of What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life??
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? has 4 sections (AABA) with 40 bars in total.
How fast is What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? played?
The usual groove is Ballad.
What are the chord changes to What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life??
The opening bars are Am Am/Ab | Am7/G Gbm7b5 | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.