My Funny Valentine

"My Funny Valentine" is a 1937 song written by Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers for the musical Babes in Arms. The original performer of the song was Mitzi Green and the song was performed in the film by Judy Garland.

Structure

The basic structure of the song is as follows:

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• 8 bars of A
• 8 bars of A'
• 8 bars of B
• 12 bars of A

This simple and classic structure makes it easy to adapt to other genres, and for jazz musicians to improvise over the established chords.

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