Chords + Lyrics | Come Together
Intro
||: Dm7 :|| x4
Verse 1
| Dm7 | Dm7 |
Here come old flat top, he come grooving up slowly.
| Dm7 | Dm7 |
He got joo joo eyeball, he one holy roller.
| A5 (A6) | A5 (A6) |
He got hair down to his knee.
| G5 | N.C |
Got to be a joker he just do what he please.
Instrumental 1
||: Dm7 :|| x4
Verse 2
He wear no shoe shine, he got toe jam football.
He got monkey finger, he shoot Coca-Cola.
He say I know you, you know me.
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free.
Chorus 1
| B5 A5 | G5 A5 N.C |
Come together, right now, over me
Instrumental 2
||: Dm7 :|| x4
Verse 3
He bag production, he got walrus gumboot.
He got Ono sideboard, he one spinal cracker.
He got feet down below his knee.
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease
Chorus 2
| B5 A5 | G5 A5 N.C |
Come together, right now, over me
Instrumental 3
||: Dm7 :||
Right!
Solo
| Dm7 | Dm7 | Dm7 | Dm7 |
||: A5 (A6) | A5 (A6) :||
| Dm7 | Dm7 |
Verse 4
He roller coaster, he got early warning.
He got muddy water, he one mojo filter.
He say, “one and one and one is three”.
Got to be good-looking ’cause he’s so hard to see.
Chorus 3
Come together, right now, over me.
Instrumental 4
||: Dm7 :|| x4
Oh!
Outro
||: Dm7 :||
||: Come together, yeah :|| x7
Come together, yeah.
Come together, yeah.
Come Together Backing Tracks | Chord Analysis
Above, you’ll find backing tracks to use when learning Come Together. I’ve used stem separation to extract the guitar while keeping the drums, bass, keys, and vocals intact.
After studying the chords and TAB, use my backing tracks to prepare for playing this tune with a band.
Chord Progressions – What’s Going On?
The verse of Come Together follows an 8-bar blues structure in D minor. The A5 (or A6 for a honky-tonk feel) and G5 chords are played without a clear major or minor quality, adding ambiguity to the harmony:
| Dm7 | Dm7 | Dm7 | Dm7 |
| A5 (A6) | A5 (A6) | G5 | N.C |
Compare this to Ain’t No Sunshine, which also follows an 8-bar minor blues format but in A minor.
To play the verse properly, you’ll need the TAB, especially if you drop the low E string to D and incorporate the signature bass line. Find this TAB furtehr down this guitar lesson.
Chorus
The chorus introduces modal interchange, shifting from D minor to a B5 chord. This implies a D major tonality (as the relative minor), despite B5 not being a minor chord. A stroke of genius!
| B5 A5 | G5 A5 N.C |
It’s the F# in the B5 chord that suggests the D minor should actually be D major—a clever harmonic twist. This is a similar trick to what we find in I Heard It Through the Grapevine, do compare.
This interplay between the riff and chords is what makes Come Together so compelling.
Once you’ve worked through the TAB, all you need is a simple chord chart to recall The Beatles Come Together on a gig. Here’s one I made for you.
Come Together Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro Download
Should you want to download this chart, here’s a PDF: Come Together chord chart PDF.
This chord chart was created using iReal Pro, here’s a link to that file: Come Together iReal Pro.
Using the app, you can change the key although that’s the drop D concept out the window…
Come Together | TAB
Tune your low E string down to a D and you can play this iconic tune on just one acoustic guitar (use my online guitar tuner).
Since the intro is identical to the verse riff, let’s go straight to the verse—it’s surprisingly simple!
Notice how the A chord’s honky-tonk feel is cut short on the A6. I could have indicated this with a staccato mark (a dot above the stem) while keeping all notes as 8th notes, but I felt this way was clearer.
Here’s the chorus in TAB:
On the original recording, they play the 5 chords more evenly. I’ve chosen to break it up a little, as you can see above—feel free to go with whatever suits you.
During the solo, the band honky-tonks on the D and drops the bass line hammer-on riff.
Personally, I thought combining that riff with a minor honky-tonk feel sounded great, so I arranged it for you—give it a go!
Having completed this acoustic idea, can you come up with something for a sole guitar in a band situation using the backing tracks above?
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- Ain’t No Sunshine
- Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
- I Can’t Stand The Rain
- I Heard It Through The Grapevine
- Take Me To The River
