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With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair chords & key

Clare Edwards

Key
E♭ major
Form
AB
Bars
32
Groove
Medium swing
Time signature
4/4

“With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair” is a jazz standard by Clare Edwards. Most bands play it in E♭ major, medium swing; the tune runs 32 bars in AB form. Harmonically it contains 1 major ii–V–I cadence and 4 minor ii–V–i, uses 18 different chords and moves between the key centres G minor, E♭ major and C minor. In this atlas it appears on 7 album tracks.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

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E♭maj7G7♭9/D
Cm7Cm7/B♭
Am7♭5D7♭9
Gm7E♭7
A♭maj7
D♭7
1.
E♭maj7C7
Fm7B♭7
2.
E♭6
E♭6
A
E♭dim7
E♭dim7
E♭maj7Fm7
Gm7G7♭9
Cm7
F7
Fm7
B♭7
B
Dm7♭5G7♭9
Cm7Cm7/B♭
Am7♭5D7♭9
Gm7E♭7
A♭maj7
D♭7
E♭6
Fm7B♭7

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

Harmonic analysis

1Major ii–V–I
4Minor ii–V–i
8ii–V moves
0Tritone substitutions
0Dominant chains
18Different chords

Most used chords

  • E♭maj7×4
  • Cm7×4
  • Gm7×4
  • Fm7×4
  • Cm7/B♭×3
  • Am7♭5×3

Key centres reached by ii–V

G minor, E♭ major and C minor

Recorded on these albums

1954 The Tal Farlow Album
Tal Farlow · “With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair”
1955 Pacific Jazz Records 1213
Bud Shank · “With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair”
1977 Drop Me Off In Harlem
Richie Kamuca
1978 Tal Farlow ’78
Tal Farlow · “With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair”
1987 Oslo
The Bob Brookmeyer Quartet · “With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair”
1988 Stan Getz Plays
Stan Getz · “With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair”
1994 Out of Nowhere
Stan Kenton · “With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair”

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Why Do I Love You? 28% Jerome Kern A♭ major AA · 32 Medium swing
The Good Life 25% Sacha Distel A♭ major AB · 32 Ballad
My Baby Just Cares For Me 25% Walter Donaldson A major ABCD · 32 Medium swing
How Deep Is The Ocean 24% Irving Berlin E♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
S'posin' 23% Paul Denniker B♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
While We're Young 23% Wilder-Palitz E♭ major ABAC · 64 Jazz waltz
The Lady is a Tramp 22% Richard Rodgers C major AABC · 48 Medium swing
The Masquerade Is Over 22% Allie Wrubel E♭ major AAB · 44 Ballad

Frequently asked questions

What key is With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair in?

With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.

Who wrote With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair?

With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair was written by Clare Edwards.

What is the form of With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair?

With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair has 2 sections (AB) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair played?

The usual groove is Medium swing.

What are the chord changes to With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair?

The opening bars are Ebmaj7 G7b9/D | Cm7 Cm7/Bb | Am7b5 D7b9 | Gm7 Eb7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.