I'm a Loser by The Beatles

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → 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

• D – Am7 (×2)
  V – ii7
• D – Am – F – D
  V – ii – bVII – V

Verse 1

• G – D – F (×4)
  I – V – bVII
• G
  I

Chorus 1

• Am7 – D (×2)
  ii7 – V
• G – Em – Am – F – D
  I – vi – ii – bVII – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• G – D – F (×2)
  I – V – bVII
• G
  I
• Am – D (×2)
  ii – V
• G – Em – Am – F – D7
  I – vi – ii – bVII – V7

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• G – D – F (×2)
  I – V – bVII
• G
  I
• Am – D6 (×2)
  ii – V6
• G – Em
  I – vi

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F (bVII) 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.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.