Her Majesty by The Beatles

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 2

Form: Intro → 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.

Section by section

Intro

• D
  I

Verse

• D – D/C♯ – D/B – D/A – E9 – A (×2)
  I – I (bass C♯) – I (bass B) – I⁶₄ – II9 – V
• Bm – Bsus2 – D7 – G – Edim/G
  vi – VIsus2 – I7 – IV – ii°⁶
• D – B – E7 – A (×2)
  I – VI – II7 – V
• D
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Edim/G (ii°⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• E9 acts as V/V: it resolves to A.
• D7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to G.
• E7 acts as V/V: it resolves to A.

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.