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You Go To My Head chords & key

Fred Coots

Key
E♭ major
Form
AABAC
Bars
40
Groove
Ballad
Time signature
4/4

“You Go To My Head” is a jazz standard by Fred Coots. It is usually played in E♭ major as a ballad, and the 40-bar AABAC form has 5 sections. Harmonically it contains 8 major ii–V–I cadences and 9 minor ii–V–i, uses 27 different chords and moves between the key centres E♭ minor, F♯ major, E♭ major, A♭ major, A minor and G major. In this atlas it appears on 14 album tracks.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

A
E♭maj7Gm7
A♭m7D♭7
G♭maj7
Fm7♭5B♭7♭13
E♭m7Cm7♭5
Fm7♭5B♭7♭13
1.
E♭maj7Cm7
Fm7B♭7
2.
E♭maj7
B♭m7E♭7
B
A♭maj7
Adim7
E♭6/B♭
E♭6
Am7D7
Bm7E7♭9
Am7D7
Gmaj7B♭7
A
E♭maj7Gm7
A♭m7D♭7
G♭maj7
Fm7♭5B♭7♭13
E♭m7Cm7♭5
Fm7♭5B♭7♭13
E♭maj7
B♭m7E♭7
C
A♭maj7
D♭7
E♭maj7B♭6/D
Cm7Cm7/B♭Am7♭5D7
Gm7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7Cm7
Fm7B♭7

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

Harmonic analysis

8Major ii–V–I
9Minor ii–V–i
19ii–V moves
0Tritone substitutions
0Dominant chains
27Different chords

Most used chords

  • E♭maj7×8
  • Fm7♭5×6
  • B♭7♭13×6
  • Gm7×4
  • D♭7×4
  • B♭7×4

Key centres reached by ii–V

E♭ minor, F♯ major, E♭ major, A♭ major, A minor and G major

Recorded on these albums

1946 The Voice of Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra · “You Go to My Head”
1952 Billie Holiday Sings
Billie Holiday · “You Go to My Head”
1952 Solitude
Billie Holiday · “You Go to My Head”
1952 Plays Pretty
Oscar Peterson · “You Go to My Head”
1957 Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson
Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson · “You Go to My Head”
1960 Hello Love
Ella Fitzgerald · “You Go to My Head”
1974 Take Love Easy
Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass · “You Go to My Head”
1975 Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison
Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison · “You Go to My Head”
1976 1975: The Duets
Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond · “You Go to My Head”
1995 On The Sentimental Side
Billie Holiday
1999 The Legendary Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby · “You Go to My Head”
2004 The Love Songs
Billie Holiday · “You Go to My Head”
2017 Love in Triplicate - Sinatra Sings Great American Songbook
Frank Sinatra · “YOU GO TO MY HEAD (1945)”
2018 Pops Is Tops: The Verve Studio Albums
Louis Armstrong · “You Go to My Head”

Historic 78 rpm recordings

  • You Go To My Head Lena Horne archive.org ↗
  • You Go to My Head Ernie Andrews · Wilbert Baranco Trio · Coots · Gillespie · 1945 archive.org ↗
  • You Go to My Head Lena Horne · Phil Moore · Haven · Gillespie · Coots · 1946 archive.org ↗
  • YOU GO TO MY HEAD KENNY CLARKE AND HIS CLIQUE · MILTON JACKSON · Gillespie · Coots · 1949 archive.org ↗
  • You Go to My Head Stan Getz · Gillespie · Coots · 1953 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Again 24% Lionel Newman G major AABC · 32 Ballad
You Are Too Beautiful 23% Richard Rodgers C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Oh, Lady Be Good 22% George Gershwin G major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
What's New 22% Bob Haggard C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Haunted Heart 21% Arthur Schwartz E♭ major ABAC · 36 Ballad
Deed I Do 20% Hirsch-Rose C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
I Want To Be Happy 20% Vincent Youmans C major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Once Upon A Summertime (La Valse Des Lilas) 20% Legrand-Barclay-Marnay-Mercer F minor ABCD · 34 Jazz waltz

Frequently asked questions

What key is You Go To My Head in?

You Go To My Head is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.

Who wrote You Go To My Head?

You Go To My Head was written by Fred Coots.

What is the form of You Go To My Head?

You Go To My Head has 5 sections (AABAC) with 40 bars in total.

How fast is You Go To My Head played?

The usual groove is Ballad.

What are the chord changes to You Go To My Head?

The opening bars are Ebmaj7 Gm7 | Abm7 Db7 | Gbmaj7 | Fm7b5 Bb7b13. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.