All the Things You Are by Jerome Kern

Overview

Key: A♭ major · Chords used: 26 · Sections: 9

Form: A Section → A Section → B Section → C Section → D Section → A Section → B Section → C Section → D Section

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

A Section 1

• D♭7♯9 – C7♯9 (×2)
  IV7#9 – III7#9

A Section 2

• Fm7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭maj7 – D♭maj7 – Dm7♭5 – G7 – Cmaj7 – C6
  vi7 – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – #ivø7 – VII7 – IIImaj7 – III6

B Section 1

• Cm7 – Fm7 – B♭7 – E♭maj7 – A♭maj7 – Am7♭5 – D7 – Gmaj7
  iii7 – vi7 – II7 – Vmaj7 – Imaj7 – #iø7 – #IV7 – VIImaj7

C Section 1

• Am7 – D7 – Gmaj7 – F♯m7♭5 – F7♭5 – Emaj7 – C7
  #i7 – #IV7 – VIImaj7 – #viø7 – VI7♭5 – #Vmaj7 – III7

D Section 1

• Fm7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭maj7 – D♭maj7 – D♭mmaj7 – Cm7 – Bdim7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭maj7 – Gm7♭5 – C7♭9
  vi7 – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – ivmaj7 – iii7 – #ii°7 – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7 – viiø7 – III7b9

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 2.

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 2

Same chords as C Section 1.

D Section 2

Same chords as D Section 1.

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
D♭7♯9	IV7#9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
C7♯9	III7#9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Fm7	vi7	In the key	A Section, B Section, D Section
B♭m7	ii7	In the key	A Section, D Section
E♭7	V7	In the key	A Section, D Section
A♭maj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, B Section, D Section
D♭maj7	IVmaj7	In the key	A Section, D Section
Dm7♭5	#ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
G7	VII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Cmaj7	IIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
C6	III6	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Cm7	iii7	In the key	B Section, D Section
B♭7	II7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
E♭maj7	Vmaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Am7♭5	#iø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
D7	#IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section, C Section
Gmaj7	VIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section, C Section
Am7	#i7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
F♯m7♭5	#viø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
F7♭5	VI7♭5	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Emaj7	#Vmaj7	Borrowed from A♭ minor	C Section
C7	III7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
D♭mmaj7	ivmaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
Bdim7	#ii°7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
Gm7♭5	viiø7	In the key	D Section
C7♭9	III7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section

Harmonic highlights

• Emaj7 (#Vmaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “All The Things You Are (upper structure color-scher)” (credited “Kern Jerome”, style Medium Up Swing) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.
• Section names: from the chart's own markings: section names written on the chart (Intro, Verse, Chorus…) are kept, and rehearsal letters are shown as “A Section”, “B Section” and so on (the B of an AABA song is called the Bridge).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “All The Things You Are” (credited “Kern Jerome”, style Medium Up Swing) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 84%).
• Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• Verified: two community charts of this song, posted in different forum threads, agree on its harmony. They're still charts, not transcriptions checked against the recording.
• 1 chord was simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.