Standards

Come Rain Or Come Shine chords & key

Key: F major
Form: AB
Bars: 32
Groove: Medium swing
Time signature: 4/4

“Come Rain Or Come Shine” is a jazz standard by Harold Arlen. It is usually played in F major as a medium swing, and the 32-bar AB form has 2 sections. Harmonically it contains 1 major ii–V–I cadence and 6 minor ii–V–i, uses 22 different chords and moves between the key centres D minor, B♭ minor, A minor, G minor and F major. In this atlas it appears on 16 album tracks.

Chord changes

to key

Showing in: Concert (C) — F major

F^maj7

E^m7♭5A^7♭9

D^m7

G⁷

C⁷

F^maj7

C^m7F⁷

B♭^m7

F^m7

B♭^m7

G^m7C⁷

B^m7♭5E^7♭9

A^m7♭5D^7♭9

G^m7C⁷

F^maj7

E^m7♭5A^7♭9

D^m7

B^m7

E⁷

A⁷

D⁷

G⁷

B♭⁷A^7♭9

D^mB^m7♭5

E^m7♭5A^7♭9

D^m6

G^m7C⁷

Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.

Harmonic analysis

1Major ii–V–I

6Minor ii–V–i

12ii–V moves

1Tritone substitutions

4Dominant chains

22Different chords

Most used chords

A^7♭9×4
D^m7×4
C⁷×4
F^maj7×3
E^m7♭5×3
G^m7×3

Key centres reached by ii–V

D minor, B♭ minor, A minor, G minor and F major

Recorded on these albums

1955	Music for Torching Billie Holiday · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
1958	Lady in Satin Billie Holiday · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
1959	The Genius of Ray Charles Ray Charles · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
1959	Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Song Book Oscar Peterson · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
1960	Sings a String of Harold Arlen Tony Bennett · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
1961	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book Ella Fitzgerald · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
1962	Sinatra & Strings Frank Sinatra · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
1965	The Last Trane John Coltrane · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
1979	Wet Barbra Streisand · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
1993	Duets Frank Sinatra · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
2007	Live in Concert 2006 Barbra Streisand · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
2012	I Get a Kick out of You Frank Sinatra · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
2014	Partners Barbra Streisand · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
2019	The Platinum Collection Ray Charles · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
2020	Ray Charles - Optimum Ray Charles · “Come Rain or Come Shine”
2026	Too Marvelous For Words Peggy Lee · “Come Rain or Come Shine”

Historic 78 rpm recordings

COME RAIN OR COME SHINE ANN HATHAWAY · ELLIS LARKINS and his ORCHESTRA · Ellis Larkin ·… · 1946 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
If There Is Someone Lovelier 25%	Dietz-Schwartz	C major	ABC · 28	Ballad
Ballade 21%	Charlie Parker	F major	AABA · 32	Ballad
Let's Get Lost 20%	Jimmy McHugh	C major	ABB · 24	Medium swing
The Sweetest Sounds 20%	Richard Rodgers	F major	AB · 40	Medium-up swing
You Are Too Beautiful 20%	Richard Rodgers	C major	AABA · 32	Ballad

Frequently asked questions

What key is Come Rain Or Come Shine in?

Come Rain Or Come Shine is usually played in F major. For B♭ instruments that is G major, for E♭ instruments D major.

Who wrote Come Rain Or Come Shine?

Come Rain Or Come Shine was written by Harold Arlen.

What is the form of Come Rain Or Come Shine?

Come Rain Or Come Shine has 2 sections (AB) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is Come Rain Or Come Shine played?

The usual groove is Medium swing.

What are the chord changes to Come Rain Or Come Shine?

The opening bars are Fmaj7 | Em7b5 A7b9 | Dm7 | Dm7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.