She Loves You by The Beatles

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Verse → Tag → Verse → Tag → Bridge → Verse → Tag → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. 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

• Em – A – C – G
  vi – II – IV – I

Verse 1

• G – Em – Bm – D (×2)
  I – vi – iii – V

Tag 1

• G – Em – Cm – D
  I – vi – iv – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Tag 2

Same chords as Tag 1.

Bridge

• Em – A – Cm – D – G
  vi – II – iv – V – I

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Tag 3

Same chords as Tag 1.

Outro

• Em – A
  vi – II
• Cm – D – G – Em (×3)
  iv – V – I – vi
• C – G
  IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Cm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. Expert by-ear harmonic analysis of the original recording, shown on this page.
• Cross-check: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by David Temperley. Independent by-ear analysis of the same recording. The two analysts agree on the chord (root and major/minor) for 88% of the song.
• Not verified: the two RS 200 analysts differ in places (see their agreement above).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.