Baby's in Black by The Beatles

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Bridge → Chorus → Solo → Bridge → Chorus → Verse → Chorus

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

• A – E – A
  I – V – I

Chorus 1

• A – E – D7 – E – A – D – A – E
  I – V – IV7 – V – I – IV – I – V

Verse 1

• A – A7/C♯ – D – A – E – A
  I – I⁶₅ – IV – I – V – I

Chorus 2

• A – E – D7 – E – A – D – A
  I – V – IV7 – V – I – IV – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge 1

• F♯m7 – B – D – E
  vi7 – II – IV – V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Solo

• A – E – D7 – E – A – D – A
  I – V – IV7 – V – I – IV – I

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Verse 3

• A – A7 – D – A – E – A
  I – I7 – IV – I – V – I

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A7/C♯ acts as V/IV: it resolves to D.
• A7 acts as V/IV: 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.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.