Standards
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To chords & key
- Key
- A minor
- Form
- ABAD
- Bars
- 32
- Groove
- Medium-up swing
- Time signature
- 4/4
“You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To” is a jazz standard by Cole Porter. Most bands play it in A minor, medium-up swing; the tune runs 32 bars in ABAD form. Harmonically it contains 2 major ii–V–I cadences and 4 minor ii–V–i, uses 15 different chords and moves between the key centres A minor and F major. In this atlas it appears on 24 album tracks and in 2 transcribed solos.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — A minor
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- Am7×9
- Bm7♭5×5
- E7♭9×5
- Fmaj7×4
- Gm7×2
- C7×2
Key centres reached by ii–V
A minor and F major
Recorded on these albums
| 1955 | Julian Cannonball Adderley Julian Cannonball Adderley · “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1955 | Helen Merrill Helen Merrill · “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1956 | Plectrist Billy Bauer · “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1957 | A Swingin’ Affair! Frank Sinatra · “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1957 | Bass on Top Paul Chambers · “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1957 | Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section Art Pepper |
| 1958 | Swing Softly Johnny Mathis · “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1958 | Soliloquy Erroll Garner · “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1958 | In a Minor Groove Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess · “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1959 | After Hours at the London House Sarah Vaughan · “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1959 | Chet Chet Baker · “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1959 | Coleman Hawkins encounters Ben Webster Ben Webster encounters Coleman Hawkins · “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1959 | Anita O’Day Swings Cole Porter With Billy May Anita O’Day with Billy May · “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1959 | You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me Ruby Braff · “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1960 | Darin at the Copa Bobby Darin · “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1960 | Julie… at Home Julie London · “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1961 | The Golden Eight Kenny Clarke with Francy Boland and Company · “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1961 | Motion Lee Konitz · “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1962 | Big Bags Milt Jackson · “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1962 | Sweet and Soulful Sounds Bobby Timmons · “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1963 | Hollywood – My Way Nancy Wilson · “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1963 | In Tokyo (1963) & Sings Folk (1963) Helen Merrill · “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1964 | Butterfly With Hiccups Gerry Mulligan · “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
| 1965 | By Myself Julie London · “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
Transcribed solos on You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
| Pepper Adams baritone saxophone | 89 BPM |
| Chet Baker trumpet | 225 BPM |
Standards with similar changes
Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.
Frequently asked questions
What key is You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To in?
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To is usually played in A minor. For B♭ instruments that is B minor, for E♭ instruments F♯ minor.
Who wrote You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To?
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To was written by Cole Porter.
What is the form of You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To?
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To has 4 sections (ABAD) with 32 bars in total.
How fast is You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To played?
The usual groove is Medium-up swing. Transcribed solos in our data were played at 89 BPM and 225 BPM.
What are the chord changes to You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To?
The opening bars are Am7 | Bm7b5 E7b9 | Am7 | Am7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.