Long Long Long by The Beatles

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Bridge → Chorus → Verse → 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

• Gm – Gmadd11(no5)/Bb – Gm – F – C
  ii – iiadd11(no5) (bass B♭) – ii – I – V

Chorus 1

• B♭ – Am – Gm – C7sus2 – F – B♭ – F
  IV – iii – ii – V7sus2 – I – IV – I

Verse 1

• C – C/G
  V – V⁶₄
• Gm – Gm/D – F – C (×2)
  ii – ii⁶₄ – I – V
• C7
  V7

Chorus 2

• B♭ – Am – Gmadd11 – F – B♭ – F
  IV – iii – iiadd11 – I – IV – I

Verse 2

• C – C/G
  V – V⁶₄
• Gm – Gm/D – F – C (×2)
  ii – ii⁶₄ – I – V

Bridge

• B♭ – F – C – Gm (×2)
  IV – I – V – ii
• B♭ – C
  IV – V

Chorus 3

• B♭ – Am – Gm – F – B♭ – F – C – Gm – Gm/D – F – C
  IV – iii – ii – I – IV – I – V – ii – ii⁶₄ – I – V

Verse 3

• Gm – Gm/D – F – C (×3)
  ii – ii⁶₄ – I – V
• Gm – Gm/D – F
  ii – ii⁶₄ – I

Outro

• C – C5 – Csus4
  V – V5 – Vsus4

Chord vocabulary

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.