I Got My Mind Set on You by George Harrison

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 13

Form: Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Verse → Instrumental → Chorus → Bridge → Verse → Chorus → Instrumental → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). 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

Chorus 1

• C♯m – G♯ – C♯m – E – B – E (×2)
  vi – III – vi – I – V – I

Verse 1

• E – A – B (×7)
  I – IV – V
• E – A (×3)
  I – IV
• E
  I

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 1

• E – A (×3)
  I – IV
• E – B
  I – V

Chorus 3

• C♯m – G♯ – C♯m – E – B – E (×2)
  vi – III – vi – I – V – I
• B
  V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Instrumental 1

• C♯m – G♯ – C♯m – E – B – E (×2)
  vi – III – vi – I – V – I

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 5

• C♯m – G♯ – C♯m – E – B – E
  vi – III – vi – I – V – I

Instrumental 2

• C♯m – G♯ – C♯m – E – B – E
  vi – III – vi – I – V – I

Outro

• C♯m – G♯ – C♯m – E – B – E (×4)
  vi – III – vi – I – V – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G♯ acts as V/vi: it resolves to C♯m.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0845, CC0), 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.