Roll Over Beethoven by The Beatles

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse ×2 → Bridge → Solo → Verse ×2 → Chorus

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

• A
  V
• D – G (×2)
  I – IV
• A – D – D/A
  V – I – I⁶₄

Verse 1

• D – G (×3)
  I – IV
• A – D
  V – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge

• D – G (×2)
  I – IV
• A – D
  V – I

Solo

• D – G (×3)
  I – IV
• A – D
  V – I

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus

• D – G – D – A – D/F♯ – G – A – D
  I – IV – I – V – I⁶ – IV – V – 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.