Act Naturally by The Beatles

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Verse → Bridge → Verse → Break → Verse → Bridge → Verse → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). This page shows that transcription as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

Intro

• G5 – D – D7 – G
  I5 – V – V7 – I

Verse 1

• G – C – G – D – G – C – D – G
  I – IV – I – V – I – IV – V – I

Bridge 1

• D – G (×3)
  V – I
• A – D
  II – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Break

• D – G (×2)
  V – I

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Outro

• D – G
  V – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A acts as V/V: it resolves to D.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). Expert chord and structure annotation of the original recording (CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo).
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 2 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.