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 3 album tracks and in 2 transcribed solos.

Chord changes

to key

Showing in: Concert (C) — A minor

A^m7

B^m7♭5E^7♭9

A^m7

G^m7

C⁷

F^maj7

B^m7♭5

E^7♭9

A^m7

G♭^m7♭5

B^7♭9

B^m7♭5

E^7♭9

A^m7

B^m7♭5E^7♭9

A^m7

G^m7

C⁷

F^maj7

G♭^dim7

C⁶_/G

A♭^dim7

A^m7

D⁷A♭⁷

G⁷

C⁶

B^m7♭5E^7♭9

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

Harmonic analysis

2Major ii–V–I

4Minor ii–V–i

9ii–V moves

0Tritone substitutions

0Dominant chains

15Different chords

Most used chords

A^m7×9
B^m7♭5×5
E^7♭9×5
F^maj7×4
G^m7×2
C⁷×2

Key centres reached by ii–V

A minor and F major

Recorded on these albums

1957	A Swingin’ Affair! Frank Sinatra · “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To”
2026	Early Years - Selected Albums 1956-58 Johnny Mathis · “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to”
2026	Shine (Live at Teatro Estense, Ferrara, 1987) Chet Baker · “You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Live)”

Transcribed solos on You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Pepper Adams baritone saxophone	89 BPM	C-maj	1958-12-30
Chet Baker trumpet	225 BPM	G-min	1975-04-23

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
No Splice 36%	Lee Konitz	G minor	AB · 32	Medium-up swing
Bernie's Tune 28%	Bernie Miller	D minor	AABA · 32	Medium-up swing
Yesterdays 25%	Jerome Kern	D minor	A · 16	Medium-up swing
Dat Dere 23%	Bobby Timmons	C minor	AABA · 32	Slow swing
Red Clay 22%	Freddie Hubbard	C♯ minor	AABB · 16	Funk
Be-Bop 20%	Dizzy Gillespie	F minor	AABA · 32	Up-tempo swing

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.