Take Love Easy by Duke Ellington Orchestra

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 15 · Sections: 3

Form: A Section → B Section → A 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

• A7 – D7 – G7 – C7 – Fmaj7 – A7 – Am7 – D7 – G7 – C7 – F7 – E7 – E♭7
  III7 – VI7 – II7 – V7 – Imaj7 – III7 – iii7 – VI7 – II7 – V7 – I7 – VII7 – bVII7
• D7 – G7 – C7 – Fmaj7 – A7 (×2)
  VI7 – II7 – V7 – Imaj7 – III7
• Am7 – D7 – G7 – C7 – F7 – E7 – E♭7 – D7 – G7 – C7 – Fmaj7
  iii7 – VI7 – II7 – V7 – I7 – VII7 – bVII7 – VI7 – II7 – V7 – Imaj7

B Section

• Cm7 – F7 (×2)
  v7 – I7
• B♭maj7 – Cm7 – F7 – B♭maj7 – B♭dim7
  IVmaj7 – v7 – I7 – IVmaj7 – iv°7
• Dm7 – G7 (×2)
  vi7 – II7
• Gm7 – C7♯11
  ii7 – V7#11

A Section 2

• A7 – D7 – G7 – C7 – Fmaj7 – A7 – Am7 – D7 – G7 – C7 – F7 – E7 – E♭7 – D7 – G7 – C7 – Fmaj7
  III7 – VI7 – II7 – V7 – Imaj7 – III7 – iii7 – VI7 – II7 – V7 – I7 – VII7 – bVII7 – VI7 – II7 – V7 – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• Cm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• G7 acts as V/V: it resolves to C7.
• F7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to B♭maj7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Take Love Easy” (credited “Ellington Duke”, style Medium 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: Wikifonia chord annotations (via ChoCo). Chord-symbol comparison with the community sheet "Take Love Easy", credited to Duke Ellington. CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Song identity matched against Wikidata Q139502351 using title, page artist and sheet composer. In each chart's own key, root/major-minor vocabulary overlap is 100%, transition overlap 95%, and ordered chord-symbol agreement 98% (including extensions and bass notes, ignoring durations). This is not a recording check; shared original authorship cannot be ruled out, so this comparison does not change verification status.
• 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.
• Not verified: a community sheet in another archive agrees closely, but shared original authorship cannot be ruled out. This is not independent verification or a check against the recording.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.