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Patti Austin - Baby Come To Me Chords

ChordsAm, D7, D, G, F, Bb, G#, G7, Cm, Fm, Bb7, Gm, Eb, Dm7, C, Bbm7, Bbm, Fm7, C#
Strumming↓-↓↓↑

Before you play, tune your guitar and use the tools below to set up your view and flow.

AmD7AmD
AmThinkingbackinDtime
WhenlovewasAmonlyinmyDmind
I GrealizeFG
AmAingtnosecondDchance
You’vegottoAmholdontoDromance
Don’tletitGslideFG
There’saBbspecialkindofmagicintheAmair
WhenyouG#findanotherheartthatneedstoG7share
Baby,Cmcometome
LetmeFmputmyarms Bb7aroundyou
ThiswasGmmeanttobe
AndI’m,Ebohsoglad,IG7foundyou
NeedyouCmevertday
GottaFmhaveyourlove Bb7aroundme
Baby,Gmalwaysstay
‘CauseIDm7can’tgobacktoG7livingwithoutCmyouEb
AmSpendingevertDdime
TokeepyouAmtalkingontheDline
That’showitGwasFG
AndAmallthosewalks Dtogether
OutinAmanykindofDweather
Just GbecauseFG
There’saBbbrandnewway
OflookingatyourAmlife
WhenyouG#knowthatGlove
IsstandingbyyourG7side
Baby,Cmcometome
LetmeFmputmyarms Bb7aroundyou
ThiswasGmmeanttobe
AndI’m,Ebohsoglad,IG7foundyou
NeedyouCmevertday
GottaFmhaveyourlove Bb7aroundme
Baby,Gmalwaysstay
‘CauseIDm7can’tgobacktoG7livingwithoutCmyouC
TheG#nightscanbeCmcold
There’saBbm7chilltoevertevening
Whenyou’reEballalone
BbmDon’ttalk Fm7anymore
‘CauseyouC#knowthatI’llbehere
TokeepyouG7warm
(Oh,darlingkeepmeG7warm)
Baby,Cmcometome
LetmeFmputmyarms Bb7aroundyou
ThiswasGmmeanttobe
AndI’m,Ebohsoglad,G7Ifoundyou
NeedyouCmevertday
GottaFmhaveyourlove Bb7aroundme
Baby,Gmalwaysstay
‘CauseIDm7can’tgobacktoG7livingwithoutCmyouC
AlbumEvery Home Should Have One
GenresJazz, Pop
Year1981
KeyAm
DifficultyAdvanced

How to play Baby Come To Me on Guitar (Step-by-step)

Patti Austin - Baby Come To Me on guitar requires 19 chords and 30 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.

Baby Come To Me uses these transitions most often: Am → D (9), G7 → Cm (9), and Bb7 → Gm (6). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with Am - D7 chord transition.

1. Am → D7 chord transition

To move from Am to D7:

  1. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse.

Am to D7

2. Am → D chord transition

Switching from Am to D:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to E string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 9 times.

Am to D

3. D → G chord transition

Switching from D to G:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

D to G

4. G → F chord transition

To move from G to F:

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

G to F

5. G → Am chord transition

Switching from G to Am:

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

6. G → Bb chord transition

To move from G to Bb:

  1. Slide your index finger on A string from fret 2 to fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on B string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

7. Bb → Am chord transition

Here's how to move from Bb to Am:

  1. While playing Bb, lift your pinky from B string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger on D string from fret 3 to fret 2.
  4. Slide your ring finger on G string from fret 3 to fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

8. Am → G# chord transition

Switching from Am to G#:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to A string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

9. G# → G7 chord transition

Switching from G# to G7:

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 3 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 4 and place it on E string fret 1.

This transition appears in the verse.

10. G7 → Cm chord transition

Here's how to move from G7 to Cm:

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 1.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 9 times.

11. Cm → Fm chord transition

Switching from Cm to Fm:

  1. While playing Cm, lift your middle finger from D string fret 1.
  2. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  3. Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from E string fret 3 to D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 6 times.

12. Fm → Bb7 chord transition

To move from Fm to Bb7:

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 1.
  2. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to D string fret 3.
  3. Lift your pinky from D string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 6 times.

13. Bb7 → Gm chord transition

Here's how to move from Bb7 to Gm:

  1. Keep index finger on A string fret 1.
  2. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 3.
  3. Slide your pinky from B string fret 3 to E string fret 3.
  4. Place middle finger on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 6 times.

14. Gm → Eb chord transition

Here's how to move from Gm to Eb:

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from E string fret 3 to B string fret 4.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 3 times.

15. Eb → G7 chord transition

Here's how to move from Eb to G7:

  1. While playing Eb, lift your pinky from B string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to E string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 1.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 3 times.

16. Gm → Dm7 chord transition

Here's how to move from Gm to Dm7:

  1. While playing Gm, first lift your ring finger and pinky.
  2. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to G string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 3 times.

17. Dm7 → G7 chord transition

Here's how to move from Dm7 to G7:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Place ring finger on E string fret 1.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 3 times.

18. Cm → Eb chord transition

Switching from Cm to Eb:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 1 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from E string fret 3 to B string fret 4.

This transition appears in the chorus.

19. Eb → Am chord transition

Here's how to move from Eb to Am:

  1. While playing Eb, lift your pinky from B string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
  4. Slide your ring finger on G string from fret 3 to fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse.

20. G# → G chord transition

Here's how to move from G# to G:

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 3 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 4 and place it on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse.

21. G → G7 chord transition

Switching from G to G7:

  1. Keep index finger on A string fret 2.
  2. Keep middle finger on E string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger on E string from fret 3 to fret 1.

This transition appears in the verse.

22. Cm → C chord transition

Here's how to move from Cm to C:

  1. While playing Cm, lift your pinky from E string fret 3.
  2. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger on D string from fret 1 to fret 2.
  4. Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

23. C → G# chord transition

Switching from C to G#:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to A string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse.

24. G# → Cm chord transition

To move from G# to Cm:

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 3 to D string fret 1.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 4 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse.

25. Cm → Bbm7 chord transition

Switching from Cm to Bbm7:

  1. Slide your index finger on B string from fret 1 to fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger on D string from fret 1 to fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky on E string from fret 3 to fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse.

26. Bbm7 → Eb chord transition

Switching from Bbm7 to Eb:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 3 to E string fret 3.
  3. Keep ring finger on G string fret 3.
  4. Lift your pinky from E string fret 4 and place it on B string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse.

27. Eb → Bbm chord transition

To move from Eb to Bbm:

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to B string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from B string fret 4 to G string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse.

28. Bbm → Fm7 chord transition

Switching from Bbm to Fm7:

  1. While playing Bbm, first lift your index finger and pinky.
  2. Lift your middle finger from B string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 1.
  3. Slide your ring finger on D string from fret 3 to fret 1.

This transition appears in the verse.

29. Fm7 → C# chord transition

Switching from Fm7 to C#:

  1. Lift your middle finger from E string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 2.
  2. Slide your ring finger on D string from fret 1 to fret 3.
  3. Place index finger on G string fret 1.
  4. Place pinky on A string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse.

30. C# → G7 chord transition

To move from C# to G7:

  1. While playing C#, lift your pinky from A string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 1.

This transition appears in the verse.

A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Baby Come To Me.

  • Baby Come To Me includes 90 chord transitions, 30 of them unique.
  • These transitions represent 0.02% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
  • Baby Come To Me contains 3 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
  • These transition patterns show how Baby Come To Me connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.
    After Am, the most likely next chords across Chordier are F (26%), G (21%), and C (16%).
    • Am → D: 7%
    • Am → D7: 2%
    After G7, the most likely next chords across Chordier are C (69%), C7 (5%), and F (5%).
    • G7 → Cm: 0%