Jazz Standards: 253 Tunes With 10 Shell Chords

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Published Nov 1, 2026 · Updated Nov 1, 2026 · 9 min read

Jazz standards are the shared songbook of jazz, the tunes every player is expected to know. This list gathers 253 jazz standards that you can play with just ten “shell” chords, so you don’t need a whole book of chord shapes. No full barre chords and no big stretches. Instead, you learn ten small shapes once, then slide them around the neck to play ballads, swing, bebop, and bossa nova.

Why Shell Chords Make Jazz Standards Playable

A shell is a three-note chord: the root, the 3rd and the 7th (or the 6th). Even so, those three notes tell your ear what kind of chord it is. (The exceptions are m7b5 and diminished 7 chords, covered below.) As a result, shells sound like real jazz while staying easy on the fretting hand.

Shells also have a long history. They’re how swing guitarists like Freddie Green drove the rhythm in big bands, and they’re still a go-to comping sound with a rhythm section.

What a Shell Chord Leaves Out

A full jazz chord can have five or six notes, and many of them are hard to reach. A shell, however, keeps only the notes that define the chord. The 5th is left out, because it sounds the same in most chords. The fancy color notes, such as 9ths and 13ths, are left out too.

Still, that’s not a shortcut that sounds thin. That’s because in a band, the bass and piano fill in the rest. Meanwhile, the guitar’s three notes cut through cleanly, so the whole band sounds clearer.

What’s in This List of 253 Jazz Standards

The list covers ballads, swing, bebop, bossa nova and modal jazz. You’ll find tunes by Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and Cole Porter, as well as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Herbie Hancock.

In fact, medium swing tunes make up the biggest group, with 90 songs. The collection also includes 55 ballads, 42 up-tempo swing tunes, and 16 bossa novas. Most of the tunes are in F, C, E-flat, or B-flat, the keys horn players favor.

Why Learn Jazz Standards?

Standards are the common language of jazz. At a jam session, players call a tune by name and simply start playing, because everyone already knows the changes.

Learning them also pays off quickly. Most jazz standards reuse the same few chord progressions, so every tune you learn makes the next one easier. In other words, by your tenth tune you’ll start recognizing whole sections before you read them.

Who This List of Jazz Standards Is For

If you already know some jazz but you’re new to shell voicings, this is a great place to start. Every chord symbol you’ll meet in these tunes has a matching shell, so what you play fits what’s on the chart.

If you’re coming from rock, blues or folk, the list works for you too. You only need to know where the notes are on the two thickest strings, because that’s where every root sits.

The 10 Shell Chords

Read each shape from the low E string (left) to the high E string (right). A number is the fret, and “x” means don’t play that string. Mute those strings by letting your fretting fingers touch them lightly, so they don’t ring. In the chord diagrams, the red dot is the root

Five Shells With the Root on the 6th String

These are shown with a G root at the 3rd fret.

Major 7: 3 x 4 4 x x.
Major 6: 3 x 2 4 x x.
Minor 7: 3 x 3 3 x x.
Minor 6 / Diminished 7: 3 x 2 3 x x.
Dominant 7: 3 x 3 4 x x.

Five Shells With the Root on the 5th String

These are shown with a C root at the 3rd fret.

Major 7: x 3 2 4 x x.
Major 6: x 3 2 2 x x.
Minor 7: x 3 1 3 x x.
Minor 6 / Diminished 7: x 3 1 2 x x.
Dominant 7: x 3 2 3 x x.

Three Shortcuts That Make the Shells Easy

These shapes are easier to learn than they look.

The 6 shapes are the 7 shapes with one note moved. For a major 6, start from the major 7 shape and move its 7th down two frets. For a minor 6, start from the minor 7 shape and move its 7th down one fret.
One shape covers two chords. That’s because the minor 6 shape and the diminished 7 shape use the same three notes.
The next chord is usually close. Slide a shape until the lowest note is on the right fret. Because each shape has a 6th-string and a 5th-string version, the next chord is almost always within a fret or two.

For fingerings and practice tips, see our full guide to shell voicings. To hear why the 6 chords matter so much, read our guide to the G6 chord.

What Each Column Means

SONG and COMPOSER: The tune and who wrote the music.
STYLE: The feel of the tune, such as swing (slow, medium, medium-up or up-tempo), ballad, bossa nova or waltz.
KEY: The key most jazz players use. It matches most fake books and the iReal Pro app. An “m” means a minor key.
SHELLS USED: Which kinds of shells the tune needs. So fewer shells means an easier tune to start with.
FAMOUS RECORDING: A classic version to listen to. The recording isn’t always in the listed key, since singers often change keys. So play along with a chart in the listed key, or move your shapes to match the record.

Which Shell Goes With Which Chord Symbol

Fake books use lots of chord symbols. Here’s which shell each one gets.

Major 7 shell: maj7, maj9 and maj7#11.
Major 6 shell: 6 and 6/9.
Minor 7 shell: m7, m9, m11 and m7b5 (half-diminished). The shell leaves out the 5th, which is the only note that’s different in a m7b5. In a band, the bass, piano or melody usually supplies it.
Minor 6 shell: m6 and m6/9.
Dominant 7 shell: 7, 9, 13 and the “altered” dominants, such as 7b9 and 7#9.
Diminished 7 shell: dim7, also written °7. It’s the minor 6 shape, and it repeats every three frets.
A plain chord (just “C” or “Cm”): use the major 6 or major 7 shell (for Cm, the minor 6 or minor 7), whichever sounds right. Never use the dominant 7 for a plain chord. Older swing tunes usually sound best with the 6.

Getting Started With Jazz Standards

You don’t need to learn all 253 tunes at once. Instead, follow these four steps.

Step 1: Learn the Shells

Start with the major 7, minor 7 and dominant 7 shapes on both strings. Then add the 6 shapes by moving one note.

Step 2: Learn the ii-V-I

The ii-V-I is the most important chord move in jazz, and most jazz standards contain it. Practice it both ways, so you can play it anywhere on the neck.

Starting on the 5th string: Dm7 (x 5 3 5 x x) to G7 (3 x 3 4 x x) to Cmaj7 (x 3 2 4 x x).
Starting on the 6th string: Am7 (5 x 5 5 x x) to D7 (x 5 4 5 x x) to Gmaj7 (3 x 4 4 x x).
The minor version: Dm7b5 (x 5 3 5 x x) to G7 (3 x 3 4 x x) to Cm6 (x 3 1 2 x x). That’s the sound of Autumn Leaves and Blue Bossa.

Our guide to jazz chord progressions covers this move and five more. And for a whole tune built from it, try the Autumn Leaves chords.

Step 3: Start With One- and Two-Shell Tunes

Some tunes use only one or two kinds of shells, so they’re the easiest place to begin.

Blues heads with just the dominant shell: C Jam Blues, Blue Monk, Straight No Chaser, Watermelon Man and All Blues.
Modal tunes with just the minor 7 shell: So What, Impressions and Milestones.
Minor 7 and dominant 7 only: Cantaloupe Island, Footprints, Mr. P.C. and Work Song.

Step 4: Comp Like Freddie Green

To begin with, strum four even, light strokes per bar. Then let each one stop short by easing off the fretting hand right after you strum. The result is a soft “chunk, chunk, chunk, chunk” that locks in with the bass and drums. For bossa novas, play a lighter, syncopated pattern instead.

Tips for Learning Jazz Standards

Get the chart. Use a fake book or the iReal Pro app for each tune’s chords. Also, the KEY column matches most charts.
Hear the difference between 6 and 7. Play Cmaj7, then C6. Then play Cm7, then Cm6. The 6 chords have a warmer, older sound that’s all over swing-era tunes like Ain’t Misbehavin’.
Graduate with All of Me. It uses all six chord types the shells cover, so it’s a great test. Our guide to the All of Me chords then walks you through it.
Practice on ballads. The chords go by slowly, so ballads are a great place to practice changing shells cleanly.

Scroll inside the table to see all 253 tunes. On a phone, swipe sideways to see every column.

SONG	COMPOSER	STYLE	KEY	SHELLS USED	FAMOUS RECORDING
A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing	Billy Strayhorn	Ballad	Db	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Vince Guaraldi Trio (A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing, 1957)
A Foggy Day	George Gershwin	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959)
Afro Blue	Mongo Santamaria	Waltz	Fm	6 – m7 – 7	John Coltrane (Live at Birdland, 1964)
Ain’t Misbehavin’	Fats Waller & Harry Brooks	Medium Swing	C	6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Louis Armstrong (1929)
Airegin	Sonny Rollins	Up-Tempo Swing	Fm	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Miles Davis (Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins, 1954)
All Blues	Miles Davis	Waltz	G	7	Miles Davis (Kind of Blue, 1959)
All of Me	Gerald Marks & Seymour Simons	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Johnny Hartman (All of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman, 1957)
All of You	Cole Porter	Medium Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Miles Davis (‘Round About Midnight, 1957)
Alone Together	Arthur Schwartz	Medium Swing	Dm	Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7	Jim Hall & Ron Carter (Alone Together, 1972)
Always	Irving Berlin	Waltz	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Frank Sinatra (Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session!!!, 1961)
Angel Eyes	Matt Dennis	Ballad	Cm	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Frank Sinatra (Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, 1958)
Anthropology	Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie	Up-Tempo Swing	Bb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Charlie Parker (1945)
As Long As I Live	Harold Arlen	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Anita O’Day (This Is Anita, 1956)
As Time Goes By	Herman Hupfeld	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Dooley Wilson (Casablanca, 1942)
At Last	Harry Warren	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Etta James (At Last!, 1960)
Au Privave	Charlie Parker	Up-Tempo Swing	F	m7 – 7 – dim7	Charlie Parker (1951)
Autumn in New York	Vernon Duke	Ballad	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Tal Farlow (Autumn in New York, 1954)
Autumn Leaves	Joseph Kosma	Medium Swing	Gm	Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7	Cannonball Adderley (Somethin’ Else, 1958)
Bags’ Groove	Milt Jackson	Medium Swing	F	m7 – 7	Miles Davis (Bags’ Groove, 1957)
Beautiful Love	Victor Young, Wayne King & Egbert Van Alstyne	Medium Swing	Dm	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Bill Evans (Explorations, 1961)
Bemsha Swing	Thelonious Monk & Denzil Best	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 7	Thelonious Monk (Brilliant Corners, 1957)
Bernie’s Tune	Bernie Miller	Medium-Up Swing	Dm	6 – m7 – 7	Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1952)
Bewitched	Richard Rodgers	Ballad	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book, 1956)
Beyond the Sea	Charles Trenet	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Bobby Darin (That’s All, 1959)
Billie’s Bounce	Charlie Parker	Medium-Up Swing	F	m7 – 7 – dim7	Charlie Parker’s Re-Boppers (1945)
Blue and Sentimental	Count Basie	Ballad	Eb	6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ike Quebec (Blue & Sentimental, 1962)
Blue Bossa	Kenny Dorham	Bossa Nova	Cm	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Joe Henderson (Page One, 1963)
Blue in Green	Miles Davis & Bill Evans	Ballad	Dm	Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7	Miles Davis (Kind of Blue, 1959)
Blue Monk	Thelonious Monk	Medium Swing	Bb	7	Thelonious Monk Trio (Thelonious Monk Trio, 1954)
Blue Moon	Richard Rodgers	Medium Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Mel Torme (1949)
Blues for Alice	Charlie Parker	Medium-Up Swing	F	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Charlie Parker (Swedish Schnapps, 1951)
Bluesette	Toots Thielemans	Waltz	Bb	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Toots Thielemans (Bluesette, 1962)
Body and Soul	Johnny Green	Ballad	Db	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Coleman Hawkins (1939)
Born to Be Blue	Mel Tormé & Robert Wells	Ballad	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Wes Montgomery (Full House, 1962)
Broadway	Wilbur Bird, Teddy McRae & Henri Woode	Medium-Up Swing	Bb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Dexter Gordon (Our Man in Paris, 1963)
But Not for Me	George Gershwin	Medium-Up Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Ahmad Jamal (At the Pershing: But Not for Me, 1958)
Bye Bye Blackbird	Ray Henderson	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Miles Davis (‘Round About Midnight, 1957)
Bésame Mucho	Consuelo Velazquez	Bossa Nova	Dm	m7 – m6 – 7	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1944)
C Jam Blues	Duke Ellington	Medium Swing	C	7	Oscar Peterson Trio (Night Train, 1962)
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man	Jerome Kern	Slow Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book, 1963)
Cantaloupe Island	Herbie Hancock	Straight 8ths	Fm	m7 – 7	Herbie Hancock (Empyrean Isles, 1964)
Caravan	Juan Tizol & Duke Ellington	Latin	Fm	6 – m7 – 7	Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Caravan, 1962)
Chameleon	Herbie Hancock, Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson & Harvey Mason	Funk	Bbm	m7 – 7	Herbie Hancock (Head Hunters, 1973)
Cheek to Cheek	Irving Berlin	Medium-Up Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Ella and Louis, 1956)
Cherokee	Ray Noble	Up-Tempo Swing	Bb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Clifford Brown & Max Roach (Study in Brown, 1955)
Come Rain or Come Shine	Harold Arlen	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7	Bill Evans Trio (Portrait in Jazz, 1960)
Con Alma	Dizzy Gillespie	Afro	C	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Dizzy Gillespie (Afro, 1954)
Confirmation	Charlie Parker	Up-Tempo Swing	F	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Charlie Parker (Now’s the Time, 1956)
Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)	Antonio Carlos Jobim	Bossa Nova	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Stan Getz & João Gilberto (Getz/Gilberto, 1964)
Cotton Tail	Duke Ellington	Up-Tempo Swing	Bb	6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1940)
Darn That Dream	Jimmy Van Heusen	Ballad	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Billie Holiday (Body and Soul, 1957)
Days of Wine and Roses	Henry Mancini	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Wes Montgomery (Boss Guitar, 1963)
Deed I Do	Fred Rose	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie (Ella and Basie!, 1963)
Desafinado	Antonio Carlos Jobim	Bossa Nova	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd (Jazz Samba, 1962)
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me	Duke Ellington	Medium Swing	Bb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, 1957)
Don’t Blame Me	Jimmy McHugh	Ballad	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross, 1963)
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore	Duke Ellington	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, 1957)
Donna Lee	Charlie Parker	Up-Tempo Swing	Ab	Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Charlie Parker Quintet (1947)
Doxy	Sonny Rollins	Medium Swing	Bb	7 – dim7	Miles Davis (Bags’ Groove, 1957)
Dream a Little Dream of Me	Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt	Ballad	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (1950)
Early Autumn	Ralph Burns & Woody Herman	Ballad	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Woody Herman and His Orchestra (1947)
Easy Living	Ralph Rainger	Ballad	F	Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Teddy Wilson featuring Billie Holiday and Lester Young (1937)
Embraceable You	George Gershwin	Ballad	G	Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959)
Epistrophy	Thelonious Monk & Kenny Clarke	Medium Swing	Db	m6 – 7	Thelonious Monk (1948)
Equinox	John Coltrane	Slow Swing	C#m	m7 – 7	John Coltrane (Coltrane’s Sound, 1964)
Exactly Like You	Jimmy McHugh	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Dizzy Gillespie & Stan Getz (Diz and Getz, 1953)
Fascinating Rhythm	George Gershwin	Medium-Up Swing	F	6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959)
Fever	Eddie Cooley & Otis Blackwell	Medium Swing	Am	m7 – 7	Peggy Lee (1958)
Fine and Dandy	Kay Swift	Medium-Up Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Anita O’Day (This Is Anita, 1956)
Fly Me to the Moon	Bart Howard	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Frank Sinatra with Count Basie (It Might as Well Be Swing, 1964)
Footprints	Wayne Shorter	Waltz	Cm	m7 – 7	Miles Davis Quintet (Miles Smiles, 1967)
Four	Miles Davis	Up-Tempo Swing	Eb	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Miles Davis (‘Four’ & More, 1966)
Freddie Freeloader	Miles Davis	Medium Swing	Bb	7	Miles Davis (Kind of Blue, 1959)
From This Moment On	Cole Porter	Up-Tempo Swing	Fm	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book, 1956)
Georgia on My Mind	Hoagy Carmichael	Slow Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Ray Charles (The Genius Hits the Road, 1960)
Get Happy	Harold Arlen	Medium-Up Swing	F	6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Judy Garland (Summer Stock, 1950)
Giant Steps	John Coltrane	Up-Tempo Swing	Eb	Maj7 – m7 – 7	John Coltrane (Giant Steps, 1960)
Groovin’ High	Dizzy Gillespie	Up-Tempo Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Dizzy Gillespie (1945)
Half Nelson	Miles Davis	Up-Tempo Swing	C	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Miles Davis Quintet (Workin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, 1960)
Have You Met Miss Jones?	Richard Rodgers	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book, 1956)
Honeysuckle Rose	Fats Waller	Up-Tempo Swing	F	6 – m7 – 7	Louis Armstrong (Satch Plays Fats, 1955)
How Deep Is the Ocean?	Irving Berlin	Medium Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book, 1958)
How High the Moon	Morgan Lewis	Medium Swing	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife, 1960)
How Insensitive	Antonio Carlos Jobim	Bossa Nova	Dm	Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, 1967)
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love	Jimmy McHugh	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Louis Armstrong (1929)
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was	Richard Rodgers	Medium Swing	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book, 1956)
(I Don’t Stand a) Ghost of a Chance	Victor Young	Ballad	C	Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Billie Holiday with Ben Webster (Music for Torching, 1955)
I Get a Kick Out of You	Cole Porter	Medium Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Frank Sinatra (1953)
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)	Duke Ellington	Ballad	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1941)
I Got Rhythm	George Gershwin	Up-Tempo Swing	Bb	6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959)
I Remember You	Victor Schertzinger	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book, 1964)
I Should Care	Axel Stordahl & Paul Weston	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Bill Evans Trio (How My Heart Sings!, 1962)
I Surrender Dear	Harry Barris	Ballad	C	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Thelonious Monk (Brilliant Corners, 1957)
I Wish I Knew	Harry Warren	Ballad	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	John Coltrane (Ballads, 1963)
I’ll Remember April	Gene de Paul	Medium Swing	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Clifford Brown & Max Roach (At Basin Street, 1956)
I’m Glad There Is You	Jimmy Dorsey & Paul Madeira	Ballad	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (Sarah Vaughan, 1955)
I’m in the Mood for Love	Jimmy McHugh	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Louis Armstrong (1935)
I’m Just a Lucky So and So	Duke Ellington	Medium Swing	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington (Together for the First Time, 1961)
I’ve Found a New Baby	Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams	Medium Swing	Eb	6 – m7 – 7	Benny Goodman Sextet (1940)
I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Frederick Loewe	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Chet Baker (Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe, 1959)
If I Had You	Ted Shapiro, Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly	Slow Swing	Bb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Etta Jones (Don’t Go to Strangers, 1960)
Impressions	John Coltrane	Up-Tempo Swing	Dm	m7	John Coltrane (Impressions, 1963)
In a Mellow Tone	Duke Ellington	Medium Swing	Ab	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1940)
Indiana	James F. Hanley	Up-Tempo Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1917)
Isn’t It Romantic	Richard Rodgers	Medium Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Tal Farlow (Tal, 1956)
It Could Happen to You	Jimmy Van Heusen	Medium Swing	Eb	Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Miles Davis Quintet (Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, 1958)
It Don’t Mean a Thing	Duke Ellington	Medium-Up Swing	Bb	6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Ivie Anderson (1932)
It Had to Be You	Isham Jones	Medium Swing	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ray Charles (The Genius of Ray Charles, 1959)
It’s Only a Paper Moon	Harold Arlen	Medium Swing	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald (1945)
It’s You or No One	Jule Styne	Up-Tempo Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Dexter Gordon (It’s You or No One, 1983)
Jeepers Creepers	Harry Warren	Medium Swing	Bb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Louis Armstrong (1938)
Jordu	Duke Jordan	Up-Tempo Swing	Cm	Maj7 – m6 – 7	Clifford Brown & Max Roach (Brown and Roach Incorporated, 1954)
Joy Spring	Clifford Brown	Up-Tempo Swing	F	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Clifford Brown & Max Roach (Clifford Brown & Max Roach, 1954)
Just Friends	John Klenner	Medium Swing	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Charlie Parker (Charlie Parker with Strings, 1950)
Just in Time	Jule Styne	Up-Tempo Swing	Bb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Frank Sinatra (Come Dance with Me!, 1959)
Just One of Those Things	Cole Porter	Up-Tempo Swing	F	6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Nat King Cole (Just One of Those Things, 1957)
Just You, Just Me	Jesse Greer	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Swings Lightly, 1958)
La Vie en Rose	Louiguy	Ballad	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Louis Armstrong (1950)
Lady Bird	Tadd Dameron	Up-Tempo Swing	C	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Tadd Dameron with Fats Navarro (1948)
Like Someone in Love	Jimmy Van Heusen	Medium Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Chet Baker (Chet Baker Sings, 1956)
Little Boat (O Barquinho)	Roberto Menescal	Bossa Nova	Bb	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Lorez Alexandria (More of the Great Lorez Alexandria, 1964)
Love for Sale	Cole Porter	Medium-Up Swing	Bbm	Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7	Cannonball Adderley (Somethin’ Else, 1958)
Love Is Here to Stay	George Gershwin	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Ella and Louis Again, 1957)
Lover	Richard Rodgers	Up-Tempo Swing	Eb	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Peggy Lee (Lover, 1952)
Lover Come Back to Me	Sigmund Romberg	Medium-Up Swing	Eb	6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	John Coltrane (Black Pearls, 1964)
Lullaby of Birdland	George Shearing	Medium Swing	Ab	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (Sarah Vaughan, 1955)
Lush Life	Billy Strayhorn	Ballad	Db	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, 1963)
Mack the Knife	Kurt Weill	Medium Swing	Bb	6 – m7 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Mack the Knife: Ella in Berlin, 1960)
Manhã de Carnaval (Black Orpheus)	Luiz Bonfa	Bossa Nova	Am	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Stan Getz (Big Band Bossa Nova, 1962)
Mean to Me	Fred E. Ahlert	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson and Lester Young (1937)
Midnight Sun	Lionel Hampton & Sonny Burke	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Like Someone in Love, 1957)
Milestones	Miles Davis	Up-Tempo Swing	Gm	m7	Miles Davis (Milestones, 1958)
Misty	Erroll Garner	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Erroll Garner (Contrasts, 1954)
Moment’s Notice	John Coltrane	Up-Tempo Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	John Coltrane (Blue Train, 1958)
Mona Lisa	Jay Livingston	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Nat King Cole (1950)
Mood Indigo	Duke Ellington & Barney Bigard	Ballad	Ab	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1930)
Moon River	Henry Mancini	Waltz	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Henry Mancini & Orchestra (Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Music from the Motion Picture, 1961)
Moondance	Van Morrison	Medium Swing	Am	6 – m7 – 7	Van Morrison (Moondance, 1970)
Moonglow	Will Hudson & Irving Mills	Ballad	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Benny Goodman Quartet (1936)
Moose the Mooche	Charlie Parker	Up-Tempo Swing	Bb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Charlie Parker Septet (1946)
More Than You Know	Vincent Youmans	Ballad	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Like Someone in Love, 1957)
Mr. P.C.	John Coltrane	Up-Tempo Swing	Cm	m7 – 7	John Coltrane (Giant Steps, 1960)
My Favorite Things	Richard Rodgers	Waltz	Em	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	John Coltrane (My Favorite Things, 1961)
My Funny Valentine	Richard Rodgers	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker (1953)
My Ideal	Richard A. Whiting & Newell Chase	Ballad	Eb	6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Chet Baker (Chet Baker Sings, 1956)
My Romance	Richard Rodgers	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Bill Evans Trio (Waltz for Debby, 1962)
My Shining Hour	Harold Arlen	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	John Coltrane (Coltrane Jazz, 1961)
Naima	John Coltrane	Ballad	Ab	Maj7 – m7 – 7	John Coltrane (Giant Steps, 1960)
Nardis	Miles Davis	Medium Swing	Em	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Bill Evans Trio (Explorations, 1961)
Night and Day	Cole Porter	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Bill Evans (Everybody Digs Bill Evans, 1959)
Now’s the Time	Charlie Parker	Medium Swing	F	m7 – 7 – dim7	Charlie Parker’s Re-Boppers (1945)
Nuages	Django Reinhardt	Slow Swing	G	6 – m6 – 7	Django Reinhardt and the Quintette du Hot Club de France (1940)
Oh, Lady Be Good!	George Gershwin	Medium-Up Swing	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959)
Oleo	Sonny Rollins	Up-Tempo Swing	Bb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Miles Davis Quintet (Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, 1958)
On Green Dolphin Street	Bronislau Kaper	Up-Tempo Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Miles Davis Sextet (Jazz Track, 1958)
On the Sunny Side of the Street	Jimmy McHugh	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins (Sonny Side Up, 1959)
Once I Loved	Antonio Carlos Jobim	Bossa Nova	Dm	Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, 1967)
One Note Samba	Antonio Carlos Jobim	Bossa Nova	Bb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd (Jazz Samba, 1962)
Ornithology	Charlie Parker & Benny Harris	Up-Tempo Swing	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Charlie Parker Septet (Dial single, 1946)
Out of Nowhere	Johnny Green	Medium Swing	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Dave Brubeck Quartet (Jazz Goes to College, 1954)
Pennies from Heaven	Arthur Johnston	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Frank Sinatra (Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!, 1956)
Perdido	Juan Tizol	Latin	Bb	6 – m7 – 7	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1942)
Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Jimmy Van Heusen	Ballad	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Wes Montgomery (The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery, 1960)
Prelude to a Kiss	Duke Ellington	Ballad	C	Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1938)
Recorda Me	Joe Henderson	Bossa Nova	Am	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Joe Henderson (Page One, 1963)
Remember	Irving Berlin	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Hank Mobley (Soul Station, 1960)
Rhythm-a-Ning	Thelonious Monk	Medium-Up Swing	Bb	6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1958)
‘S Wonderful!	George Gershwin	Medium-Up Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959)
Salt Peanuts	Dizzy Gillespie & Kenny Clarke	Up-Tempo Swing	Bb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Dizzy Gillespie (1945)
Satin Doll	Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1953)
Scrapple from the Apple	Charlie Parker	Up-Tempo Swing	F	Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Dexter Gordon (Our Man in Paris, 1963)
Skylark	Hoagy Carmichael	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Stan Getz & Jimmy Rowles (The Peacocks, 1975)
Smile	Charlie Chaplin	Ballad	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Nat King Cole (1954)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Jerome Kern	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	The Platters (1958)
So Nice (Summer Samba)	Marcos Valle	Bossa Nova	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Walter Wanderley (Rain Forest, 1966)
So What	Miles Davis	Up-Tempo Swing	Dm	m7	Miles Davis (Kind of Blue, 1959)
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise	Sigmund Romberg	Medium Swing	Cm	Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Sonny Rollins (A Night at the Village Vanguard, 1958)
Solar	Miles Davis & Chuck Wayne	Medium Swing	Cm	Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7	Bill Evans Trio (Sunday at the Village Vanguard, 1961)
Solitude	Duke Ellington	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Billie Holiday (Solitude, 1956)
Someday My Prince Will Come	Frank Churchill	Waltz	Bb	Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Miles Davis (Someday My Prince Will Come, 1961)
Someone to Watch Over Me	George Gershwin	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Lee Wiley (1939)
Sonnymoon for Two	Sonny Rollins	Medium-Up Swing	Bb	m7 – 7	Sonny Rollins (A Night at the Village Vanguard, 1958)
Soon	George Gershwin	Medium Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959)
Sophisticated Lady	Duke Ellington	Ballad	Ab	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1933)
Speak Low	Kurt Weill	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Chico Hamilton Quintet (The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached, 1958)
Speak No Evil	Wayne Shorter	Medium Swing	Cm	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Wayne Shorter (Speak No Evil, 1966)
St. Louis Blues	W.C. Handy	Medium Swing	G	7	Bessie Smith with Louis Armstrong (1925)
St. Thomas	Sonny Rollins	Latin	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Sonny Rollins (Saxophone Colossus, 1956)
Stella by Starlight	Victor Young	Medium Swing	Bb	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Miles Davis Sextet (Jazz Track, 1958)
Stolen Moments	Oliver Nelson	Medium Swing	Cm	Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Oliver Nelson (The Blues and the Abstract Truth, 1961)
Stompin’ at the Savoy	Edgar Sampson	Medium Swing	Db	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934)
Stormy Weather	Harold Arlen	Ballad	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Lena Horne (Stormy Weather, 1957)
Straight No Chaser	Thelonious Monk	Medium-Up Swing	Bb	7	Miles Davis (Milestones, 1958)
Street of Dreams	Victor Young	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Grant Green (Street of Dreams, 1967)
Strike Up the Band	George Gershwin	Up-Tempo Swing	Eb	Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959)
Summertime	George Gershwin	Slow Swing	Am	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Porgy and Bess, 1959)
Sunny	Bobby Hebb	Straight 8ths	Am	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Bobby Hebb (Sunny, 1966)
Sweet Georgia Brown	Ben Bernie & Maceo Pinkard	Up-Tempo Swing	Ab	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Brother Bones and His Shadows (1949)
Sweet Lorraine	Cliff Burwell	Medium Swing	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Nat King Cole Trio (After Midnight, 1957)
Só Danço Samba	Antonio Carlos Jobim	Bossa Nova	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto (Getz/Gilberto, 1964)
Take Five	Paul Desmond	Medium-Up Swing	Ebm	Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7	The Dave Brubeck Quartet (Time Out, 1959)
Take the “A” Train	Billy Strayhorn	Medium-Up Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1941)
Tangerine	Victor Schertzinger	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1942)
Tea for Two	Vincent Youmans	Medium Swing	Ab	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Art Tatum (1939)
Tenderly	Walter Gross	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Ella and Louis, 1956)
Tenor Madness	Sonny Rollins	Medium-Up Swing	Bb	m7 – 7	Sonny Rollins (Tenor Madness, 1956)
The End of a Love Affair	Edward Redding	Ballad	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Billie Holiday (Lady in Satin, 1958)
The Girl from Ipanema	Antonio Carlos Jobim	Bossa Nova	F	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto featuring Astrud Gilberto (Getz/Gilberto, 1964)
The Lady Is a Tramp	Richard Rodgers	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book, 1956)
The Man I Love	George Gershwin	Ballad	Eb	6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants, 1959)
The Nearness of You	Hoagy Carmichael	Ballad	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Ella and Louis, 1956)
The Sidewinder	Lee Morgan	Funk	Eb	7	Lee Morgan (The Sidewinder, 1964)
The Song Is You	Jerome Kern	Up-Tempo Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Charlie Parker (Now’s the Time, 1956)
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top	Richard Rodgers	Medium Swing	Bb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Miles Davis Quintet (Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, 1961)
The Way You Look Tonight	Jerome Kern	Up-Tempo Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book, 1963)
There Is No Greater Love	Isham Jones	Medium Swing	Bb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Sonny Rollins (Way Out West, 1957)
There Will Never Be Another You	Harry Warren	Medium-Up Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Chet Baker (Chet Baker Sings, 1954)
These Foolish Things	Jack Strachey & Harry Link	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Teddy Wilson with Billie Holiday (1936)
They Say It’s Wonderful	Irving Berlin	Medium Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, 1963)
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be	Mercer Ellington	Medium Swing	Db	m7 – 7	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1942)
Too Close for Comfort	Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener & George David Weiss	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Frank Sinatra (Come Dance with Me!, 1959)
Too Marvelous for Words	Richard Whiting	Medium Swing	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Frank Sinatra (Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!, 1956)
Topsy	Edgar Battle & Eddie Durham	Medium Swing	Dm	m7 – 7	Cozy Cole (1958)
Triste	Antonio Carlos Jobim	Bossa Nova	A	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Antonio Carlos Jobim (Wave, 1967)
Tune Up	Miles Davis	Up-Tempo Swing	Bb	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Miles Davis Quintet (Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, 1957)
Undecided	Charlie Shavers	Medium-Up Swing	C	6 – m7 – 7	Chick Webb and His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald (1939)
Unforgettable	Irving Gordon	Ballad	G	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Nat King Cole (Unforgettable, 1952)
Walkin’	Richard Carpenter	Up-Tempo Swing	F	m7 – 7 – dim7	Miles Davis (Walkin’, 1957)
Watch What Happens	Michel Legrand	Bossa Nova	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Wes Montgomery (A Day in the Life, 1967)
Watermelon Man	Herbie Hancock	Straight 8ths	F	7	Herbie Hancock (Takin’ Off, 1962)
Wave	Antonio Carlos Jobim	Bossa Nova	D	Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7	Antonio Carlos Jobim (Wave, 1967)
Well, You Needn’t	Thelonious Monk	Medium Swing	F	6 – 7	Thelonious Monk with Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane (Monk’s Music, 1957)
What a Difference a Day Made	Maria Grever	Ballad	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Dinah Washington (What a Diff’rence a Day Makes!, 1959)
What a Wonderful World	George David Weiss & Bob Thiele	Ballad	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Louis Armstrong (What a Wonderful World, 1967)
What Is This Thing Called Love?	Cole Porter	Up-Tempo Swing	C	Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7	Clifford Brown & Max Roach (At Basin Street, 1956)
What’s New?	Bob Haggart	Ballad	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	John Coltrane (Ballads, 1963)
When I Fall in Love	Victor Young	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Nat King Cole (Love Is the Thing, 1957)
When Lights Are Low	Benny Carter	Medium Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Miles Davis (Blue Haze, 1956)
When You Wish Upon a Star	Leigh Harline	Ballad	C	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Cliff Edwards (Pinocchio, 1940)
Whisper Not	Benny Golson	Medium Swing	Cm	m7 – 7	Benny Golson (Benny Golson’s New York Scene, 1957)
Will You Still Be Mine	Matt Dennis	Up-Tempo Swing	Eb	Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Red Garland Trio (Groovy, 1957)
Willow Weep for Me	Ann Ronell	Slow Swing	G	6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Frank Sinatra (Only the Lonely, 1958)
Without a Song	Vincent Youmans	Up-Tempo Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Sonny Rollins (The Bridge, 1962)
Work Song	Nat Adderley	Medium-Up Swing	Fm	m7 – 7	Nat Adderley (Work Song, 1960)
Yardbird Suite	Charlie Parker	Medium-Up Swing	C	6 – m7 – 7	Charlie Parker Septet (1946)
You Can Depend on Me	Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap & Earl Hines	Medium-Up Swing	F	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Louis Armstrong (1931)
You Don’t Know What Love Is	Gene de Paul	Ballad	Fm	Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7	Sonny Rollins (Saxophone Colossus, 1956)
You Go to My Head	J. Fred Coots	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Billie Holiday (1938)
You Stepped Out of a Dream	Nacio Herb Brown	Medium Swing	C	Maj7 – m7 – 7	Sonny Rollins (Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2, 1957)
You Took Advantage of Me	Richard Rodgers	Medium Swing	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book, 1956)
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home to	Cole Porter	Medium-Up Swing	Am	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7	Helen Merrill with Clifford Brown (Helen Merrill, 1954)
You’re My Thrill	Jay Gorney & Sidney Clare	Medium Swing	A	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7	Peggy Lee (Black Coffee, 1956)
You’ve Changed	Carl Fischer	Ballad	Eb	Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7	Billie Holiday (Lady in Satin, 1958)

How We Built This List

These rules decided which tunes made the list.

Ten shells. Every tune can be played with the ten shapes above. We also tested every chord in every tune.
Every chord gets its own shell. A 6 chord is played as a 6, and a 7 chord as a 7. Extra color notes are left out, which is how rhythm guitarists usually comp with a band.
What’s left out. Tunes that need a sus chord, a minor-major 7th or an augmented triad (like C+) need extra shapes, so they’re not here. That’s why favorites like All the Things You Are, ‘Round Midnight and Maiden Voyage are missing.
One set of charts. The chords come from the iReal Pro charts most jazz players use, spot-checked against other published charts. Charts vary a little, so if yours shows a different passing chord, go with the chart you’re reading.
The best-known tunes, one entry each. Most tunes come from the most-recorded jazz standards, plus well-known bebop, modal and bossa nova classics.

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For full five- and six-note jazz chords, see our free 10 Jazz Guitar Chords chart and the 80 Guitar Chords You MUST Know course. If you’d like a gentler start, our beginner’s guide to learning jazz guitar songs is a good first step.

And once the shells feel natural, our jazz rhythm guitar guide shows how to add color and movement to your comping.

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