Mean Mr Mustard by The Beatles

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 3

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse

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

• E6
  I6

Verse 1

• E – B – C – C♯ – D – C♯
  I – V – bVI – VI – bVII – VI
• C – B – E (×2)
  bVI – V – I
• C – B
  bVI – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• D (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E 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.