Good Day Sunshine by The Beatles

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus ×2 → 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

• E
  V

Chorus 1

• B – F♯ (×2)
  II – VI
• E7
  V7

Verse 1

• A – F♯7 – B7 – E7 (×2)
  I – VI7 – II7 – V7
• A
  I

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

• A – F♯7 – B7 – E7 – A – D – B7 – E7 – A7 – D
  I – VI7 – II7 – V7 – I – IV – II7 – V7 – I7 – IV

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• F7
  bVI7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B7 acts as V/V: it resolves to E7.
• 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.