Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now - Chord

Key C major – A minor Chords F, G, C, Am, Em, Dm, G7 Easy key G (capo 5)

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C                          F
There were nights when the wind was so cold 
         Dm            Am  
That my body froze in bed 
             C
If I just listened to it 
  G7                F     G
Right outside the window 
            C                         F
There were days when the sun was so cruel 
              Dm              Am
That all the tears turned to dust 
             C
And I just knew my eyes were 
  G7          F        G
Drying up forever, forever 
     Em      F              G              C  
I finished crying in the instant that you left
       Em              F               G 
And I can't remember where or when or how 
        Em             F             G          F    G
And I banished every memory you and I had ever made 

               C
But when you touch me like this 
          G 
And you hold me like that 
         F
I just have to admit 
           G
That it's all coming back to me 
         C
When I touch you like this 
       G
And I hold you like that 
         F
It's so hard to believe but 
      G
It's all coming back to me 
      C                                F
It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now 
             Em        F
There were moments of gold 
                 Am        F
And there were flashes of light 
             Em                  F
There were things I'd never do again 
                  Am            F
But then they'd always seemed right 
            Am                 Dm
There were nights of endless pleasure 
        Am            F     Dm
It was more than any laws allow 
  G
Baby Baby 
C  
If I kiss you like this 
              G
And if you whisper like that
        F   
It was lost long ago 
          G
But it's all coming back to me 
        C
If you want me like this 
            G 
And if you need me like that 
        F
It was dead long ago 
         G
But it's all coming back to me 
         F
It's so hard to resist 
          G
And it's all coming back to me 
        F
I can barely recall 
          G                     C   G F G 
But it's all coming back to me now 
 C                         G F G
But it's all coming back 
                   C                       F
There were those empty threats and hollow lies 
       Dm                  Am
And whenever you tried to hurt me 
        C             G7
I just hurt you even worse 
              F      G
And so much deeper 
             C                          F
There were hours that just went on for days 
      Dm                 Am                C
When alone at last we'd count up all the chances 
           G7           F        G
That were lost to us forever, forever 
Em              F                G              C    
But you were history with the slamming of the door 
       Em              F               G 
And I made myself so strong again somehow 
       Em           F         Dm      G          F   G
And I never wasted any of my time on you since then 
           C
But if I touch you like this 
            G
And if you kiss me like that 
        F
It was so long ago 
          G
But it's all coming back to me 
         C
If you touch me like this 
          G
And if I kiss you like that 
        F
It was gone with the wind 
         G  
But it's all coming back to me 
      C                                F
It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now 
            Em         F
There were moments of gold 
                 Am         F
And there were flashes of light 
             Em                  F
There were things we'd never do again 
                  Am           F
But then they'd always seemed right 
             Am                Dm
There were nights of endless pleasure 
        Am                 F      Dm 
It was more than all your laws allow 
 G
Baby, Baby, Baby 
          C
When you touch me like this 
              G  
And when you hold me like that 
         F
It was gone with the wind 
          G
But it's all coming back to me 
          C
When you see me like this 
            G
And when I see you like that 
         F  
Then we see what we want to see 
 G
All coming back to me 
      F 
The flesh and the fantasies 
 G
All coming back to me 
        F
I can barely recall 
          G                     C
But it's all coming back to me now 
G C G C G F G

          C
If you forgive me all this 
        G
If I forgive you all that 
     F
We forgive and forget 
          G
And it's all coming back to me 
          C
When you see me like this 
            G
And when I see you like that 
        F
We see just what we want to see 
G
All coming back to me 
      F 
The flesh and the fantasies 
G
All coming back to me 
        F                     G                     C
I can barely recall but it's all coming back to me now 
                  F

              C
And when you kiss me like this 
                  F
 
             C
And when I touch you like that 
                  F
 
        C            
If you do it like this
                  F  
 
        C
And if we

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Harmony analysis

Celine Dion – It's All Coming Back To Me Now: key and chord analysis

The song opens on C and ends on C. Its chords belong to both C major and Am, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

C major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

7 = B (leading tone, pulls home)
4 = F (the note that leans on the 3rd)

Minor view

A minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = F (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = G (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the C major side because it both starts and finishes on C and C is heard 32 times against 12 for Am. That is an interpretation, not a rule — hearing the same chords from A minor is just as valid and teaches you something different.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to C or to Am; comparing both readings is a practice of its own.

Every chord of the key, listed 1 to 7 separately for each key. Chords played in the song show how often they appear; chords from outside the scale sit next to their own degree.

Seen from C major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	C	Tonic — home	C · E · G	32×
ii	Dm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	D · F · A	9×
iii	Em	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	E · G · B	10×
V/vi	E	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Amsecondary dominant	E · G# · B	—
IV	F	Subdominant — moves away from home	F · A · C	51×
V	G	Dominant — strongest pull home	G · B · D	48×
V7	G7	Dominant — strongest pull home	G · B · D · F	4×
vi	Am	Relative minor — the melancholy side	A · C · E	12×
vii°	Bdim	Leading-tone chord — tension	B · D · F	—

Seen from A minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Am	Tonic — home	A · C · E	12×
ii°	Bdim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	B · D · F	—
III	C	Relative major — the bright side	C · E · G	32×
iv	Dm	Subdominant — moves away from home	D · F · A	9×
v	Em	Minor dominant — soft pull	E · G · B	10×
V	E	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	E · G# · B	—
VI	F	Submediant — warm colour	F · A · C	51×
VII	G	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	G · B · D	48×
VII7	G7	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	G · B · D · F	4×

Analysis

The key pair is C major and its relative A minor (no sharps or flats). 7 different chords appear 166 times in total; 7 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. Everything stays inside one scale, which is why the song is easy to follow by ear.

Chord movement

F G CIV → VIV → V AmVI → VIIVI → VII ×30
G C CV → Iauthentic cadence AmVII → III ×23
Dm Am Cii → vi Amiv → iminor plagal ×6
F Am CIV → vi AmVI → iVI → i ×6
F C CIV → Iplagal cadence AmVI → III ×4
Dm G Cii → Vii → V Amiv → VII ×3

The move to watch is F → G, heard 30 times. From the C side it reads IV → V (IV → V: the lift that builds tension before home); from the Am side it is VI → VII (VI → VII: the rising step that heads for the tonic). Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

C major pentatonic and A minor pentatonic are the same five notes (C – D – E – G – A): start from C for a brighter phrase, from A for a bluesier one.
Over F, land on F, A, C — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over G, land on G, B, D — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over C, land on C, E, G — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.

The song on the circle of fifths

Played in the song — chord of the key
Played — the minor's harmonic V or a secondary dominant
Played — borrowed or outside chord
Home region: IV–I–V and ii–vi–iii

Empty slices are chords the song doesn't use.

Capo and easier keys

With C major shapes

No capo — open C shapes
Capo 3 + A shapes
Capo 5 + G shapes

With A minor shapes

No capo — open Am shapes
Capo 5 + Em shapes
Capo 7 + Dm shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

5 semitones down · capo 5 keeps the original pitch
2 semitones up

The song's harmonic story

The opening C lays a solid floor for everything that follows. The backbone is F, G, C, Am — IV–V–I–vi from the C side, VI–VII–III–i from the Am side. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on F → G (IV → V in C, VI → VII in Am): IV → V — the lift that builds tension before home. Ending on C, the song seals C as home.

This analysis is generated from the song's chords by akorculuk's harmony engine using consistent rules. When you change key, the degrees stay the same; only the chord names change.