Because by The Beatles

Overview

Key: C♯ minor · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Bridge → Verse → Bridge → Verse → Part → Verse → Bridge → 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

• C♯m – D♯m7♭5 – G♯ – A – C♯m – A9 – A7(no5)
  i – iiø7 – V – bVI – i – bVI9 – bVI7(no5)

Bridge 1

• D – Ddim – C♯m – D♯m7♭5 – G♯
  bII – bii° – i – iiø7 – V

Verse 1

• A – C♯m – A9 – A13
  bVI – i – bVI9 – bVI13

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Part

• D – Ddim – F♯ – G♯7
  bII – bii° – IV – V7

Verse 3

• C♯m – D♯m7♭5 – G♯
  i – iiø7 – V

Bridge 3

• A – C♯m – A9 – A13
  bVI – i – bVI9 – bVI13

Outro

• D – Ddim7 – C♯m – D♯m7♭5 – G♯ – A – C♯m – A9 – A13 – D – Ddim7
  bII – bii°7 – i – iiø7 – V – bVI – i – bVI9 – bVI13 – bII – bii°7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F♯ (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, C♯ major.

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.