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I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) was composed by Duke Ellington. The lyrics are credited to Paul Francis Webster. It dates from 1941. It is in G major, 32 bars long, and in AABA (8-8-8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

G major

Section A1

Dbmaj7
Fm7Bb7
Eb7
Eb7
Ebm7
F7Bb7Eb7Ab7
Db6Bbm7
Ebm7Ab7

Section A2

Dbmaj7
Bbm7
Eb7
Eb7
Ebm7
F7Bb7Eb7Ab7
Db6
G7#11

Section B1

Gbmaj7
F#maj7
Gbm6
B7
Dbmaj7B7
Fm7Bb7
Ebm7
Ab7

Section A3

Dbmaj7
Bbm7
Eb7
Eb7
Ebm7
F7Bb7Eb7Ab7
Db6
Ebm7Ab7

Section B2

Gbmaj7
Gbmaj7
Gbm6
B7
Dbmaj7B7
Fm7Bb7
Ebm7
Ab7

Section A4

Dbmaj7
Bbm7
Eb7
Eb7
Ebm7
F7Bb7Eb7Ab7
Ebm7Ab7
Dbmaj7
Dbmaj7
Dbmaj7

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)

  • Tom Talbert — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1994
  • Dave Frishberg — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1994
  • Cyrus Chestnut Trio — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1996
  • Ernie Andrews — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1998
  • The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus & Nell Carter — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1999
  • 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

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

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Benny Carter (alto sax) — Battle of Saxes Volume 2
    Swing · 68 bpm · swing feel
    2004

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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