Chords + Lyrics | Come Away With Me
Intro
||: 3/4 C | Am7 :|| x4
Verse 1
| C | Am7 | C | Am7 |
Come away with me in the night.
| C | Am7 | Em7 | Fadd9 | C | G |
Come away with me and I will write you a song.
| C | Am7 | C | Am7 |
Come away with me on a bus.
| C | Am7 | Em7 | Fadd9 | C | C |
Come away where they can’t tempt us with their lies.
Bridge 1
| G | Fadd9 | C | C |
And I want to walk with you, on a cloudy day.
| G | Fadd9 | C | G |
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high. So won’t you try to come.
Verse 2
| C | Am7 | C | Am7 |
Come away with me and we’ll kiss, on a mountaintop.
| C | Am7 | Em7 | Fadd9 | C | G |
Come away with me, and I’ll never stop loving you.
Solo
| C | Am7 | C | Am7 |
| C | Am7 | Em7 | Fadd9 | C | G |
| C | Am7 | C | Am7 |
| C | Am7 | Em7 | Fadd9 | C | C |
Bridge 2
And I want to wake up with the rain, falling on a tin roof.
While I’m safe there in your arms, so all I ask is for you.
Verse 3
| C | Am7 | C | Am7 |
To come away with me in the night.
| C | G | C |
Come away with me
Come Away With Me Chords: Master the Jazz-Inspired Progressions
Entirely diatonic, Come Away With Me stays within the key without introducing any unexpected harmonic shifts. Its chord progressions are well-established, let’s break them down.
Verse
The verse begins with a minor fall, which ranks at #7 on my top 10 chord progressions. In the key of C, that looks like this:
||: C (I) | Am7 (VI) :||
After three repetitions, the progression moves as follows:
| Em7 (III) | Fadd9 (IV) | C (I) | G (V) |
Bridge
The bridge revolves around V, IV, and I chords. It repeats before resolving to V at the end:
| G (V) | Fadd9 (IV) | C (I) | C |
| G | Fadd9 | C | G |
Not only are these chords diatonic, but they also share a common tone—the open G string—which rings throughout. Another song that utilises this technique is Blackbird. When sustained deliberately, this is known as a drone or common tones.
If you want to explore how best to play the verse and bridge, there’s a TAB available that covers these sections in detail. Studying it will help you develop an improvised and varied approach to these chords.
Since the harmony is straightforward, it’s the rhythm that introduces an unpredictable, jazz-like feel. If you play Come Away With Me with a fixed, predictable rhythm, it won’t sound like jazz at all.
For a deeper dive into this, check out this part of the lesson: Come Away With Me – Guitar Lesson with TAB.
Once you’ve mastered the TAB and developed a more fluid rhythmic approach, you can easily improvise your part using a simple chord chart.
Come Away With Me Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro Download
Come Away With Me might just be the best beginner jazz tune of all time. Set in the familiar key of C, it features only diatonic chords in a straightforward arrangement.
This simplicity allows you to focus on what truly matters—bringing emotion into your playing!
If you’d like to download the chord chart, here’s a PDF: Come Away With Me chord chart PDF.
This chart was created using iReal Pro, and you can find the file here: Come Away With Me iReal Pro. With the iReal Pro app, you can even change the key.
For a real challenge, try taking Come Away With Me through all 12 keys. See if you can play the melody and improvise a solo in every key and across different fretboard positions.
Mastering this will take the song far beyond the beginner jazz level!
Come Away With Me TAB | Course Preview
In the course, you get complete TAB detailing how to play Come Away With Me, arranged to work as the sole accompaniment for a singer.
As a preview, here’s the first half of the verse.
Norah Jones’s Debut Single
Norah Jones’s breakthrough single, Come Away With Me, made her an instant worldwide success. While some critics initially dismissed the album, calling it the least jazz-like record ever released on Blue Note, the audience clearly thought otherwise.
As of 2016, the Come Away With Me album has sold a staggering 27 million copies, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. It does hold the title of the best-selling jazz album ever, proving those early critics wrong.
The album’s success earned Norah six Grammy Awards. With the title track became iconic, and one other single, Don’t Know Why, achieved similar chart success.
Norah’s debut album is a perfect example of what Nile Rodgers calls DHM—Deeper Hidden Meaning. Rather than spelling everything out, it hints at emotions and stories beneath the surface.
Just look at the lyrics of Come Away With Me and the way she delivers them—who wouldn’t want to escape to a mountaintop with Norah for a kiss and see where the moment leads?
Come Away With Me Chords: Continue Learning
Want to master this song? Check out the full TAB lesson here: Come Away With Me (Norah Jones) Guitar Lesson with TAB.
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