Sweet Sue Just You — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Sweet Sue Just You by Victor Young & Will J. Harris — key of G (swing), 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
Composed by Victor Young with lyrics by Will J. Harris in 1928 — the title honours actress Sue Carol — Sweet Sue, Just You became a much-recorded swing standard, picked up by Paul Whiteman, the Mills Brothers and countless jazz players.
The sound — G major running on a ii–V–I (Am–D7–G), spiced by a D7♯5 and a line of passing dominants (G7, G♭7, F7, E7) that keep pulling the ear forward; the Am7♭5 lends a bittersweet turn.
Practising it — drill the G major scale and your ii–V–I arpeggios, then chase the dominant chain by ear, resolving each 7th a half-step down. Take it at a relaxed swing before pushing the tempo.
Sweet Sue Just You chords — the grille
A : | Am | D7 | Am | D7 | G | G D7♯5 | G | G | Am | D7 | Am | D7 | G | G D7♯5 | G | G | G7 | F#7 | F7 | E7 | Am | Am | Aø | D7 | Am | D7 | Am | D7 | G | G D7♯5 | G | G |
Chords used
Am · D7 · G · D7♯5 · G7 · F#7 · F7 · E7 · Aø
Play along
Open the interactive grille for Sweet Sue Just You: 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.