Doctor Robert by The Beatles

Overview

Key: B major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → 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

• A
  bVII

Verse 1

• A – F♯ – E – F♯ – B
  bVII – V – IV – V – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 1

• B – E/B (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• A – F♯ – B – E/B – B
  bVII – V – I – IV⁶₄ – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, B 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.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.