Golden Slumbers by The Beatles

Overview

Key: A minor · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 4

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → 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.

Key changes

• Chorus moves to C major.
• Verse 2 moves to A minor.

Section by section

Intro

• Am7
  i7

Verse 1

• Am7 – Dm – G7 – C – E – Am – Dm9 – G7 – C
  i7 – iv – bVII7 – bIII – V – i – iv9 – bVII7 – bIII

Chorus

• C – Fmaj7 (×2)
  I – IVmaj7
• C – E/B – Am – Dm9 – G7 – C
  I – III⁶₄ – vi – ii9 – V7 – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E/B acts as V/vi: it resolves to Am.

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.