'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do in E

Porter Grainger / Everett Robbins(1922)swing
Do Re MiC D E
A
Baug7
Baug7

Chord Diagrams — 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do in E (Guitar)

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'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do in E

Key of E

E major is arguably guitar's most powerful key. The open low E and high E strings ring sympathetically as the root, while the open B provides the fifth. This triple reinforcement gives E-based riffs and chords unmatched depth and volume. E is a beginner-level key on guitar because both the low E and high E strings ring as the root, and the open B is the fifth — three open strings reinforce the tonic chord. Beginners will find this key approachable since most chords use open voicings with minimal stretching.

Voice Leading

The bass line moves through E to G# (ascending major third), G# to C# (ascending perfect fourth), C# to E (ascending minor third), E to A (ascending perfect fourth), A to A# (ascending half step), A# to B (ascending half step), B to C# (ascending whole step), C# to F# (ascending perfect fourth), F# to B (ascending perfect fourth), B to A (descending whole step), A to F# (descending minor third), F# to G (ascending half step), G to E (descending minor third), E to D (descending whole step). A half-step bass movement creates a strong leading-tone pull that demands resolution. The root motion by larger intervals (fourths and fifths) gives each chord change a strong, decisive character. When the progression loops, the bass returns from D to E by whole step.

Scales for Improvisation

E major pentatonic works because every note is either a chord tone or a safe passing tone — there are no avoid notes. For soloing, this means you can play freely without clashing. Over dominant seventh chords, E Mixolydian adds the flat seventh for an authentic blues-rock edge.

swing4/4 · 32 bars · Form: A

Chords: E6, G♯7, C♯m, E7, A7, A♯dim, B7, C♯7, F♯7, Baug7, A, F♯m7, Gdim, E, D7.

Scales for Improvisation E bebop, E bebop major.

Diatonic chords: See all chords in the key of E