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 24 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
| 1969 | The Happy Ending Michel Legrand · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” |
| 1970 | Brian's Song Michel Legrand · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life” |
| 1970 | Bridge Over Troubled Water Peggy Lee · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” |
| 1970 | The Other Side of Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” |
| 1970 | Close To You Sacha Distel |
| 1971 | Love Story Johnny Mathis · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life” |
| 1971 | Jack Jones Sings Michel Legrand Jack Jones · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life” |
| 1971 | Tjader Cal Tjader · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life” |
| 1971 | Joe Albany at Home Joe Albany · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life” |
| 1972 | The Visit! Pat Martino · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” |
| 1972 | Green Guitar Blues Bucky Pizzarelli · “What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life” |
| 1972 | Sketches Chris Connor · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” |
| 1972 | Rita Reys Sings Michel Legrand Rita Reys · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life” |
| 1972 | Marlena Marlena Shaw · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life” |
| 1972 | Free Again Gene Ammons · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life” |
| 1973 | Some of My Favorite Things Acker Bilk · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” |
| 1973 | Sunflower Milt Jackson · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” |
| 1973 | Sophisticated Lou Lou Donaldson · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” |
| 1973 | Lincolnshire poacher Peter Appleyard |
| 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?” |
| 1974 | Come Out Swingin' Airmen of Note, Sarah Vaughn · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life” |
| 1974 | Thundering Herd Woody Herman · “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life” |
| 1975 | Jazz Jamboree 75 Sarah Vaughan · “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.