Mother Nature's Son by The Beatles

Overview

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

Form: Intro → Verse → Part → Verse → Bridge → Verse → Bridge → 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

• Bm – D/A – G♯m7♭5 – E9 – D – Dsus4 – Dadd9 – D
  vi – I⁶₄ – #ivø7 – II9 – I – Isus4 – Iadd9 – I

Verse 1

• D – G/D – D – Bm – D/A – G♯m7♭5 – E9
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – vi – I⁶₄ – #ivø7 – II9
• A – D/A (×4)
  V – I⁶₄
• D – F/D – G/D – D
  I – bIII (bass D) – IV⁶₄ – I

Part

• D – F/D – G/D – D
  I – bIII (bass D) – IV⁶₄ – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge 1

• D – Dsus4 – G/D (×2)
  I – Isus4 – IV⁶₄
• D – Dmaj7 – D7 – G/D – Gm/D – D
  I – Imaj7 – I7 – IV⁶₄ – iv⁶₄ – I

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Verse 4

• D – G/D – D – Bm – D/A – G♯m7♭5 – E9
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – vi – I⁶₄ – #ivø7 – II9
• A – D/A (×4)
  V – I⁶₄
• D – F/D – G/D
  I – bIII (bass D) – IV⁶₄

Outro

• D – F/D – G/D – D7
  I – bIII (bass D) – IV⁶₄ – I7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F/D (bIII (bass D)) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Gm/D (iv⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• E9 acts as V/V: it resolves to A.
• D7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to G/D.

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.
• 4 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.