Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play Come Back To My Arms on piano
By Dinah Shore
- Bb major
- 2/2
- 100 BPM
- 1954
- Medium
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Learn Come Back To My Arms in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Bdim – Cm – F7 – Bb
How it goes
Come Back To My Arms sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bdim is B, D and F; Cm is C, Eb and G; F7 is F, A, C and Eb; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
Bdimbii°CmiiF7V7BbI- BdimB · D · F
- CmC · Eb · G
- F7F · A · C · Eb
- BbBb · D · F
- 2
Left hand: Rolling waves
How it goes
Rolls up to the high third and back down, like a wave on the shore. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10-5 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 545 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Wait-a-beat chords
How it goes
Silence on beat 1, then chords on 2, 3 and 4, leaving room for the bass. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 100 BPM
How it goes
Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.
- 5
Ending: Eb – F – Bb
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbFBb- EbEb · G · Bb
- FF · A · C
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Questions about Come Back To My Arms
What chords are in Come Back To My Arms?
The loop is Bdim – Cm – F7 – Bb (biio – ii – V7 – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Come Back To My Arms in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Come Back To My Arms?
Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Come Back To My Arms easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.