I'm So Tired by The Beatles

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 6

Form: Verse → Verse → Chorus → 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

Verse 1

• A – G♯ – D – E – A – F♯m – D – E – A – Eaug – F♯m – Dm
  I – VII – IV – V – I – vi – IV – V – I – V+ – vi – iv

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 1

• A – E – D – A
  I – V – IV – I

Verse 3

• A – G♯ – D – E – A – F♯m – D – E – A – Eaug – F♯m – Dm7 – Dm
  I – VII – IV – V – I – vi – IV – V – I – V+ – vi – iv7 – iv

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• D – A (×2)
  IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Eaug (V+) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Dm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Dm7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, A 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.