Good Night by The Beatles

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 9

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

• Gmaj7 – C/G (×4)
  Imaj7 – IV⁶₄
• G – Bm7 – Am7 – Dsus4 – D
  I – iii7 – ii7 – Vsus4 – V

Verse 1

• G – Bm7 – Am7 – C/G – Bm – Am – C/G – D/F♯ – G – Bm7 – Am7 – Bm – Am – C – D
  I – iii7 – ii7 – IV⁶₄ – iii – ii – IV⁶₄ – V⁶ – I – iii7 – ii7 – iii – ii – IV – V

Bridge 1

• Gmaj7 – C/G (×2)
  Imaj7 – IV⁶₄
• G – C/G (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄

Verse 2

• G – Bm7 – Am7 – C/G – Bm – Am – C/G – D/F♯ – G – Bm7 – Am7 – Bm – Am – C/G – D/F♯
  I – iii7 – ii7 – IV⁶₄ – iii – ii – IV⁶₄ – V⁶ – I – iii7 – ii7 – iii – ii – IV⁶₄ – V⁶

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Solo

• G – Am – A – Dm – G – C/G – D/F♯ – C – D
  I – ii – II – v – I – IV⁶₄ – V⁶ – IV – V

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 2.

Bridge 3

• Gmaj7 – C/G (×4)
  Imaj7 – IV⁶₄

Outro

• G – Bm7 – Am7 – C/G – G – Bm7 – Am7 – Dsus4 – D – G
  I – iii7 – ii7 – IV⁶₄ – I – iii7 – ii7 – Vsus4 – V – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Dm (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, G 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.
• 6 chords were 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.