TAKE YOUR TOMORROW - Free Jazz Leadsheet

"Take Your Tomorrow (I'll Take My Today)" was written by Jack Lawrence and published in 1945. The earliest well-documented recording was made that year by Frank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl’s orchestra in New York City, contributing to Sinatra's expanding catalog of postwar popular ballads.

The song later appeared in renditions by several crooners of the era, reflecting its gentle, reflective tone. Its lyrics portray a parting of ways in which the narrator chooses independence over a future that no longer fits, underscored by a sentimental melodic line. Structured in an even, flowing 32-bar format, the tune’s smooth harmonic motion made it well-suited for the lush orchestral arrangements common in mid-1940s popular music.