She's Leaving Home by The Beatles

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 15 · Sections: 10

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

• E
  I

Verse 1

• E – Bm – A/C♯ – A – C♯m/G♯ – C♯m – F♯
  I – v – IV⁶ – IV – vi⁶₄ – vi – II
• A/B – B (×2)
  IV (bass B) – V

Verse 2

• E – Bm – F♯m – F♯m/C♯ – C♯m/G♯ – F♯
  I – v – ii – ii⁶₄ – vi⁶₄ – II
• A/B – B (×2)
  IV (bass B) – V

Chorus 1

• E – Bm/D
  I – v⁶
• C♯m – F♯9 (×2)
  vi – II9

Verse 3

• E – Bm/D – F♯m – F♯m/A – C♯m – F♯
  I – v⁶ – ii – ii⁶ – vi – II
• A/B – B (×2)
  IV (bass B) – V

Verse 4

• E – Bm/D – F♯m – C♯m – F♯9
  I – v⁶ – ii – vi – II9
• A/B – B (×2)
  IV (bass B) – V

Chorus 2

• E – Bm/D – C♯m – F♯9 – C♯m – F♯add9
  I – v⁶ – vi – II9 – vi – IIadd9

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 2.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• C♯m – F♯ – A – E
  vi – II – IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Bm (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• Bm/D (v⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.

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.