[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:im-an-old-cowhand":3},"title: I'm an Old Cowhand\ncomposer: Johnny Mercer\nstyle: Medium\nkey: Eb\nform: ABAB\nrecording: Sonny Rollins; Way Out West; Contemporary; 1957\nyoutube: C6Oma0WOALU\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; Eb\n# recording: recorded 1957-03-07, Contemporary's studio, Los Angeles, with Ray Brown, Shelly Manne, Contemporary C3530, the album's opener; the jazz reference for the Mercer song (jazzdisco, Wikipedia); video: Sonny Rollins's official channel (Craft Recordings), Way Out West, the same take (the 5:40 master, not the 10:06 alternate on the CD)\n\n# bar | chord | scale\n\nsection: A1\n1  | Fm7     # ii of the ii–V to Eb\n2  | Bb7     # V7 of Eb: natural tensions\n3  | EbMaj7  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3  | Ab7     # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Gm7\n4  | Gm7     # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n4  | C7#9    # V7\u002Fii in Eb: the b13 is in the key, b9, #9 and #11 from the symbol\n5  | Fm7     # ii of the ii–V to Eb\n6  | Bb7     # V7 of Eb: natural tensions\n7  | EbMaj7  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n8  | Dm7b5   # iiø7 of C minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n8  | G7alt   # from the symbol: altered\n\nsection: B1\n1  | Cm7     # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n2  | Gm7     # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n3  | Cm7     # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n4  | Gm7     # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n5  | Cm7     # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n6  | Gm7     # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n6  | C7#9    # V7\u002Fii in Eb: the b13 is in the key, b9, #9 and #11 from the symbol\n7  | Fm7     # ii of the ii–V to Eb\n7  | Bb7     # V7 of Eb: natural tensions\n8  | EbMaj7  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n8  | C7#9    # V7\u002Fii in Eb: the b13 is in the key, b9, #9 and #11 from the symbol\n9  | Fm7     # ii of the ii–V to Eb\n9  | Bb7     # V7 of Eb: natural tensions\n10 | EbMaj7  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n\nsection: A2\ncopy: A1\n\nsection: B2\ncopy: B1\n",1793484800313]