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All Of Me chords by Real Book

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All Of Me | Chords + Lyrics

Verse 1 (A-section)

| Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 | E7 | E7 |
All of me, why not take all of me?
| A7 | A7 | Dm | Dm |
Can’t you see, I’m no good without you.
| E7 | E7 | Am | Am |
Take my lips, I wanna lose them.
| D7 | D7 | Dm7 | G7 |
Take my arms, I’ll never use them.

Verse 2 (B-section)

| Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 | E7 | E7 |
Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry.
| A7 | A7 | Dm | Dm |
How can I, get along without you.
| F | Fm | Cmaj7 Em7 | A7 |
You took the part that once was my heart.
| Dm7 | G7 | C6 Ebdim7 | Dm7 G7 |
So why, why not take all of me?

Solo 1 (A-section)

| Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 | E7 | E7 |
| A7 | A7 | Dm | Dm |
| E7 | E7 | Am | Am |
| D7 | D7 | Dm7 | G7 |

Solo 2 (B-section)

| Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 | E7 | E7 |
| A7 | A7 | Dm | Dm |
| F | Fm | Cmaj7 Em7 | A7 |
| Dm7 | G7 | C6 Ebdim7 | Dm7 G7 |

Verse 3 (A-section)

All of me, come on, get all of me.
Can’t you see, I’m just a mess without you.
Take my lips, I wanna lose them.
Get a piece of these arms, I’ll never use them.

Verse 4 (B-section)

Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry.
How can I, ever make it without you.
You know, you got the part, used to be my heart.
So why, why not take all of me?

All Of Me Chords: Learn the progressions

The funny thing about Jazz standards is that the “standards” all ended up in an illegal book called The Real Book which became the reference, rather than a particular version/recording by an artist.

There are an endless amount of recordings of All Of Me, but picking one is less useful than going for the Real Book version since that’s what all musicians use, or at least are familiar with.

With that in mind, let’s use this and consider the way musicians have been practising using jazz standards as our game plan!

We start with comping the chords using the concept of the “closest possible shape”, here’s the A section (verses 1 and 3) with Roman Numerals.

A-section

| Cmaj7 (I) | Cmaj7 | E7 (IIIx) | E7 |
| A7 (VIx) | A7 | Dm (II) | Dm |
| E7 (IIIx) | E7 | Am (VI) | Am |
| D7 (IIx) | D7 | Dm7 (II) | G7 (V) |

As you can see, there are some classic variations here as we make the III, VI, and II chords major. This is great for your improvisation practice.

Here’s the B section using Roman Numerals, it starts in the same way.

B-section

In the B section, we get a IVm, a III without being major and a turnaround using a dim7 chord. All these are great to practice your jazz language over.

However, playing All Of Me’s chords well is only the first step. It is without a doubt in your best interest to not move on to walking bass, melody and improvisation until you can comp it with ease.

Use the TAB lesson to get you going but then from here, stick with this chord chart.

All Of Me Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro

Should you want to download this chart, here’s a PDF: All Of Me Chord Chart PDF.

This chord chart was created using iReal Pro, here’s a link to that file: All Of Me iReal Pro.

Using this and the iRealPro app, you can change the key. if you play All Of Me’s chords in all 12 keys (comping, walking the bass, playing the melody and improvising), you are on your way to becoming a jazz musician.

Learn how to play guitar by studying jazz standards such as All Of Me!

The best thing about jazz standards and learning to play guitar through studying them is that it’s all there.

You’ve got the chords which can be played using the concept of the closest possible shape.

Simply pick a starting point and then move to the closest possible shape. Next time, pick a new starting point. This will improve your ability to play chords anywhere on the neck.

You’ve got the walking bass line which is great arpeggio practice in the lower area. When you can do this, you’ve taken the first step to playing through changes when improvising, in fact, you’re already doing it by playing the walking bass!

I would recommend you start with recording your comping on a loop pedal, then add the walking bass.

Next, you’ve got the melody, which if you think of it as intervals in relation to the chords will teach you to read, phrase, and improvise even improvise as you can start your improvisation by developing the melody which would be the next step.

Finally, you improvise. It’s incredibly important that you comp, walk the bass, play the melody, and develop the melody before you solo!

If you go through this process for every jazz standard you learn, you will learn to play the guitar in a musical way.

The next step would be to take the tune through all 12 keys. This is the formula Jazz Saxophone players such as Charlie Parker use and why they are so good.

Since All Of Me’s chords are in the key of C and use several classic movements, it is one of the best jazz standards to practice, especially if you’re new to this.

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