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Don't Blame Me

Don't Blame Me — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Don't Blame Me was composed by Jimmy McHugh. The lyrics are credited to Dorothy Fields. It dates from 1932. It is in C major, 32 bars long, and in AABA (8-8-8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

C major

Section A1

C6Fm7Bb7
Em7A7
Dm7G7
Cmaj7Am7
Dm7G7
Em7b5A7
Dm7G7
C6A7Dm7G7

Section A2

C6Fm7Bb7
Em7A7
Dm7G7
Cmaj7Am7
Dm7G7
Em7b5A7
Dm7G7
C6Gm7C7

Section B1

Fmaj7
E7
Am7
Am7
D7
D7
Dm7Ab7
G7

Section A3

C6Fm7Bb7
A7
Dm7G7
Cmaj7Am7
Dm7G7
Em7b5A7
Dm7G7
C6A7Dm7G7

Changes confidence: high. Source: Weimar Jazz Database (Jazzomat Research Project, HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0. Changes as annotated by the Jazzomat Research Project, licensed under the ODbL 1.0.

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Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

  • Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1992
  • Charlie Parker — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1996
  • Ben Webster Quintet — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1998
  • Lennie Tristano — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2001
  • Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hodges, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Ben Webster, Lionel Hampton, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2004
  • Miles Davis — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2005

Recording credits and years follow the entries in the dataset. Source: MusicBrainz.

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Charlie Parker (alto sax) — Boss Bird Disc 2
    Bebop · 64 bpm · swing feel
    2002

Solo, record, style, tempo and feel as catalogued by the Jazzomat Research Project (ODbL 1.0). Release year is the year of the catalogued issue, which can be a later reissue.

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