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When The Saints Go Marching In chords & key

Key
F major
Form
A
Bars
16
Groove
Medium swing
Time signature
4/4

“When The Saints Go Marching In” is a jazz standard. It is usually played in F major as a medium swing, and the 16-bar A form repeats as one section. In this atlas it appears on 1 album track.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — F major

A
F
F
F
F
F
F
C7
C7
F
F7
B♭
B♭m
F
G7C7
F
C7

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

Harmonic analysis

0Major ii–V–I
0Minor ii–V–i
0ii–V moves
0Tritone substitutions
1Dominant chains
6Different chords

Most used chords

  • F×9
  • C7×4
  • F7×1
  • B♭×1
  • B♭m×1
  • G7×1

Recorded on these albums

1966 Satchmo Sings Evergreens
Louis Armstrong · “When the Saint Go Marchin' In”

Historic 78 rpm recordings

  • When the Saints Go Marching In Sharkey Bonano and His Kings of Dixieland · Sharkey Bonano · Santo… archive.org ↗
  • "WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN" Celestin's Tuxedo Jazz Band · Oscar Celestin · Bill Matthews ·… archive.org ↗
  • WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN DIXIELAND RYTHM KINGS · Carl Halen · Chas. Sonnanstine · Jim… archive.org ↗
  • WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN BOB WILBER & HIS JAZZ BAND · Henry Goodwin · Bob Wilber · Jimmy… archive.org ↗
  • WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN CELESTIN's TUXEDO JAZZ BAND · Oscar "Papa" Celestin · Bill Matthews… archive.org ↗
  • WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN CELESTIN's TUXEDO JAZZ BAND · Oscar "Papa" Celestin · Bill Matthews… archive.org ↗
  • When the Saints Go Marching In BUNK JOHNSON'S BAND · 1944 archive.org ↗
  • When the Saints Go Marching in Bunk Johnson and His New Orleans Band · 1946 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Copenhagen 39% Davis-Melrose B♭ major AABA · 40 Medium swing
52nd Street Theme 33% Thelonious Monk C major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Across The Alley From The Alamo 33% Joe Greene F major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Down By The Riverside 31% Traditional F major AB · 32 Medium swing
A Tisket A Tasket 30% Traditional E♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
The Inch Worm 27% Frank Loesser F major ABAA · 22 Jazz waltz
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive 26% Harold Arlen F major AABA · 32 Medium swing
La Vie En Rose 26% Guglielmi-Piaf-David C major ABC · 20 Ballad

Frequently asked questions

What key is When The Saints Go Marching In in?

When The Saints Go Marching In is usually played in F major. For B♭ instruments that is G major, for E♭ instruments D major.

What is the form of When The Saints Go Marching In?

When The Saints Go Marching In has 1 sections (A) with 16 bars in total.

How fast is When The Saints Go Marching In played?

The usual groove is Medium swing.

What are the chord changes to When The Saints Go Marching In?

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