Standards

Will You Still Be Mine? chords & key

Key: E♭ major
Form: AAB
Bars: 40
Groove: Up-tempo swing
Time signature: 4/4

“Will You Still Be Mine?” is a jazz standard by Matt Dennis. Most bands play it in E♭ major, up-tempo swing; the tune runs 40 bars in AAB form. Harmonically it contains 3 major ii–V–I cadences and 1 minor ii–V–i, uses 17 different chords and moves between the key centres E♭ major, C minor and A♭ major. In this atlas it appears on 24 album tracks.

Chord changes

to key

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

E♭^maj7

E^dim7

F^m7

B♭⁷

E♭^maj7

D^m7♭5

G^7♭9

C^m7

F⁷

G♭^m7B⁷

B♭^7♯9

E♭^maj7C⁷

F^m7B♭⁷

G⁷

C^m7

F⁷

G♭^m7B⁷

B♭^7♯9

B♭^m7

E♭⁷

A♭^maj7

D♭^7♯11

E♭^maj7

G♭^m7B⁷

F^m7B♭⁷

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

Harmonic analysis

3Major ii–V–I

1Minor ii–V–i

11ii–V moves

0Tritone substitutions

0Dominant chains

17Different chords

Most used chords

E♭^maj7×7
C^m7×6
F^m7×4
B♭⁷×4
F⁷×4
G♭^m7×3

Key centres reached by ii–V

E♭ major, C minor and A♭ major

Recorded on these albums

1955	A Recital By Tal Farlow Tal Farlow · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1956	Erroll Garner Erroll Garner · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1957	Sammy Swings Sammy Davis Jr. · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1957	Bass Hit! Ray Brown
1957	Knight Music: George Wallington Plays 5 Originals and 6 Standards George Wallington · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1958	Freedom Suite Sonny Rollins
1958	Latin Kick Cal Tjader · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1959	The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal Ahmad Jamal · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1959	Winchester Special Lem Winchester & Benny Golson
1961	’Round Midnight Dakota Staton
1962	Shadow Waltz Sonny Rollins
1964	A New Kind Of Connie... Connie Francis · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1964	The New Boss Guitar of George Benson George Benson
1965	Angel Eyes The Dave Brubeck Quartet
1967	Live At The Sahara In Las Vegas Connie Francis · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1974	All Blues Ron Carter · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1978	I Left My Heart... Red Garland · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1980	Gozame! Pero Ya... Cal Tjader · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1980	Once in Every Life Johnny Hartman · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1981	With Love Rosemary Clooney · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1986	Simply Eloquent Morgana King
1989	The CBS Jazz Piano Collection - Ahmad Jamal, Volume 1: "The Three Strings" Ahmad Jamal · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1989	Poinciana Ahmad Jamal · “Will You Still Be Mine”
1990	On the Road Art Farmer

Historic 78 rpm recordings

Will You Still Be Mine Matt Dennis Trio · Matt Dennis · Gene Englund · Mark Barnett ·… · 1954 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
Why Do I Love You? 25%	Jerome Kern	A♭ major	AA · 32	Medium swing
If I Knew Then (What I Know Now) 24%	Jurgens-Howard	E♭ major	AB · 32	Medium swing
In Walked Bud 24%	Thelonious Monk	A♭ major	AABA · 32	Medium-up swing
Just Friends 24%	John Klenner	G major	ABAC · 32	Medium swing
Sometime Ago 24%	Sergio Mikanovich	C major	AA · 36	Jazz waltz
S'posin' 23%	Paul Denniker	B♭ major	ABAC · 32	Medium swing
Strike Up The Band 23%	George Gershwin	E♭ major	ABCD · 32	Up-tempo swing
A Weaver Of Dreams 22%	Victor Young	C major	ABAC · 32	Medium swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is Will You Still Be Mine? in?

Will You Still Be Mine? is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.

Who wrote Will You Still Be Mine??

Will You Still Be Mine? was written by Matt Dennis.

What is the form of Will You Still Be Mine??

Will You Still Be Mine? has 3 sections (AAB) with 40 bars in total.

How fast is Will You Still Be Mine? played?

The usual groove is Up-tempo swing.

What are the chord changes to Will You Still Be Mine??

The opening bars are Ebmaj7 | Edim7 | Fm7 | Bb7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.