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You Keep Coming Back Like A Song chords & key

Irving Berlin

Key
E♭ major
Form
AB
Bars
32
Groove
Medium swing
Time signature
4/4

“You Keep Coming Back Like A Song” is a jazz standard by Irving Berlin. Most bands play it in E♭ major, medium swing; the tune runs 32 bars in AB form. Harmonically it contains 7 major ii–V–I cadences, uses 11 different chords. In this atlas it appears on 2 album tracks.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

A
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7Edim7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
E♭7
·
A♭maj7Adim7
E♭maj7Cm7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
Cm7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
B
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7Edim7
Fm7B♭7
G7
G7
A♭maj7Adim7
E♭maj7
E♭7
A♭maj7A♭m7
E♭maj7Cm7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
E♭maj7

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

Harmonic analysis

7Major ii–V–I
0Minor ii–V–i
9ii–V moves
0Tritone substitutions
1Dominant chains
11Different chords

Most used chords

  • E♭maj7×13
  • B♭7×10
  • Fm7×8
  • A♭maj7×3
  • Cm7×3
  • Edim7×2

Recorded on these albums

1946 Blue Skies
Bing Crosby · “You Keep Coming Back Like a Song”
1958 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald · “You Keep Coming Back Like a Song”

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
High Hopes 55% Jimmy Van-Heusen F major A · 28 Medium swing
I Don't Want To Miss Mississippi 46% Serger Ellis G major AAB · 48 Medium swing
La Vie En Rose 34% Guglielmi-Piaf-David C major ABC · 20 Ballad
Bye Bye Baby 33% Jule Styne B♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Big Nick 30% John Coltrane G major A · 8 Medium slow
Cotton Tail 29% Duke Ellington B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
L.O.V.E. 29% Gabler-Kaempfert G major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Solitude 29% Duke Ellington E♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad

Frequently asked questions

What key is You Keep Coming Back Like A Song in?

You Keep Coming Back Like A Song is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.

Who wrote You Keep Coming Back Like A Song?

You Keep Coming Back Like A Song was written by Irving Berlin.

What is the form of You Keep Coming Back Like A Song?

You Keep Coming Back Like A Song has 2 sections (AB) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is You Keep Coming Back Like A Song played?

The usual groove is Medium swing.

What are the chord changes to You Keep Coming Back Like A Song?

The opening bars are Ebmaj7 | Fm7 Bb7 | Ebmaj7 | Fm7 Bb7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.