Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles

Overview

Key: A minor · Chords used: 16 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Solo → 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 – D – E (×2)
  I – IV – V

Chorus 1

• A – D – B – A – D6 – Aadd9/C♯ – Bm – A – E7sus4 – E7
  I – IV – II – I – IV6 – Iadd9 (bass C♯) – ii – I – V7sus4 – V7

Verse 1

• A – D – E (×2)
  I – IV – V

Chorus 2

• A – D – B – A – D6 – Aadd9/C♯ – Bm – A – E7sus4 – E7 – A – E
  I – IV – II – I – IV6 – Iadd9 (bass C♯) – ii – I – V7sus4 – V7 – I – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Solo

• C – G – D/F♯ – D – A – E (×6)
  bIII – bVII – IV⁶ – IV – I – V
• Esus4 – E – E7
  Vsus4 – V – V7

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• A – D – B
  I – IV – II
• A – D6 – Aadd9/C♯ – Bm – A – E7sus4 – E7 (×2)
  I – IV6 – Iadd9 (bass C♯) – ii – I – V7sus4 – V7
• Am7 – G/A – D/A – D – A
  i7 – bVII (bass A) – IV⁶₄ – IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A (I) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.
• D (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.
• D6 (IV6) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.
• Aadd9/C♯ (Iadd9 (bass C♯)) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.
• Bm (ii) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.
• D/F♯ (IV⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.
• D/A (IV⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.

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.