I'll See You in My Dreams — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
I'll See You in My Dreams by Isham Jones & Gus Kahn — key of F (manouche), form A. Below is the full chord grid; on Haute Gitanerie you can play along with a scrolling chord ribbon, transpose to any key, set the tempo, and switch on a rhythm backing (la pompe) to practise your solos over the changes.
About
Music by Isham Jones, lyrics by Gus Kahn, published in 1924. Jones' recording spent seven weeks at number one in 1925, and the song later titled a 1951 film biography of Kahn.
The sound — a mellow F major, famous for its long descending run of dominants (D7-G7-C7-F) and the plagal B♭-B♭m move that lends its gentle ache.
Practising it — great for chaining dominant arpeggios down the cycle: play D7, G7, C7 into F and connect them with guide tones. Then catch the B♭ to B♭m shift — that lowered note is the tune's sigh. Keep it easy and swinging.
I'll See You in My Dreams chords — the grille
A : | B♭ | B♭ | B♭m | B♭m | F | E7 | F | F | D7 | D7 | D7 | D7 | G7 | G7 | C7 | F7 | B♭ | B♭ | B♭m | B♭m | F | E7 | F | F | D7 | D7 | A7 | Dm | F | B♭ | F | F7 |
Chords used
B♭ · B♭m · F · E7 · D7 · G7 · C7 · F7 · A7 · Dm
Play along
Open the interactive grille for I'll See You in My Dreams: loop any section, transpose to any key, set the tempo, and play over a rhythm accompaniment — with a real recorded pompe on featured tunes. In the browser, free.