All I've Got to Do by The Beatles

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 6

Form: Verse → Verse → Bridge → Verse → Bridge → Verse

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

Verse 1

• Eadd11(no5) – C♯m – E – C♯m – F♯m – Am – E
  Iadd11(no5) – vi – I – vi – ii – iv – I

Verse 2

• C♯m – E – C♯m – F♯m – Am – E
  vi – I – vi – ii – iv – I

Bridge 1

• A
  IV
• C♯m – A – E (×2)
  vi – IV – I
• E/B – E
  I⁶₄ – I

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 2.

Bridge 2

• A
  IV
• C♯m – A – E (×2)
  vi – IV – I
• E/B – A – E – E/B – E
  I⁶₄ – IV – I – I⁶₄ – I

Verse 4

• C♯m – E – C♯m
  vi – I – vi

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Am (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.

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.
• 1 chord was 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.