Savoy Truffle by The Beatles

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 13

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Intro → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Solo → Chorus → Bridge → Verse → Chorus → 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 1

• E7
  VI7

Verse 1

• E – F♯ – A – G – B
  VI – VII – II – I – III

Chorus 1

• Em – C/E – C♯dim/E – C/E – Cmaj7 – G
  vi – IV⁶ – #iv°⁶ – IV⁶ – IVmaj7 – I

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 1

• Em – A – Asus4 – A – G – B (×2)
  vi – II – IIsus4 – II – I – III

Solo

• E – F♯ – A – G – B
  VI – VII – II – I – III

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 2

• Em – A – Asus4 – A – G – B – Em – A – Esus4 – E – G – B
  vi – II – IIsus4 – II – I – III – vi – II – VIsus4 – VI – I – III

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• Em – C/E – C♯dim/E – C/E – Cmaj7 – G
  vi – IV⁶ – #iv°⁶ – IV⁶ – IVmaj7 – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B acts as V/vi: it resolves to Em.

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.