{"id":17700,"date":"2025-10-28T17:42:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/?p=17700"},"modified":"2026-02-15T21:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:42:15","slug":"baby-im-a-fool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/baby-im-a-fool\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby I’m a Fool (Melody Gardot) – Jazz Guitar Chords"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baby I\u2019m a Fool is a song by Melody Gardot, released in 2009 on her second album My One and Only Thrill. In this mini-lesson, we look at the chord progression played by Melody. The chords (except one), rhythm, and tempo are relatively easy, so this one is suitable for beginners.<\/p>\n

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The song is in the key of Ab major and opens with a 4-bar intro built on chromatic movement of the same major 6th voicing:<\/p>\n

F#6 \u2192 G6 \u2192 Ab6<\/strong><\/p>\n

In bar 6, the harmony goes to a rather unusual voicing, a Dbm(maj9) with Ab in the bass.<\/p>\n

This chord’s functionality is not uncommon, but it’s voiced in a way you don’t see often.<\/p>\n

It is a borrowed chord from the parallel minor scale (Ab minor), called the iv minor, and comes back in bars 16 and 18 with a more common voicing (Dbm6).<\/p>\n

The iv minor in a major key is a borrowed iv chord taken from the parallel minor scale and used in place of IV major. This is called modal interchange.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other jazz standards with a iv minor include All The Things You Are<\/a>, All of Me<\/a>, There Will Never Be Another You<\/a>, Stella By Starlight<\/a>, among many others.<\/p>\n

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Here is Melody Gardot’s original recording:<\/p>\n

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