Rock and Roll Music by The Beatles

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 10

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

• E7
  V7

Chorus 1

• A – D
  I – IV
• A – E (×2)
  I – V
• A
  I

Verse 1

• E – A – D – E
  V – I – IV – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 4

• E – A – D – E – E7
  V – I – IV – V – V7

Outro

• A – D
  I – IV
• A – E (×2)
  I – V
• A
  I

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.