The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill by The Beatles

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 10

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

• Emadd9
  iiiadd9

Chorus 1

• C – G
  I – V
• C – Fm (×2)
  I – iv
• G – A – E
  V – VI – III
• A – Dm (×2)
  VI – ii
• E
  III

Verse 1

• Am – C – F – G (×2)
  vi – I – IV – V
• E – G – Am – Fm
  III – V – vi – iv

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

• C – G
  I – V
• C – Fm (×2)
  I – iv
• G – A – E
  V – VI – III
• A – Dm (×2)
  VI – ii
• E – E/D – E/C – E/B
  III – III (bass D) – III (bass C) – III⁶₄

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• C – G
  I – V
• C – Fm (×2)
  I – iv
• G – A – E
  V – VI – III
• A – Dm (×2)
  VI – ii
• E – C – G
  III – I – V
• C – Fm (×2)
  I – iv
• G – A – E
  V – VI – III
• A – Dm (×2)
  VI – ii
• E – C – G
  III – I – V
• C – Fm (×2)
  I – iv
• G – A – E
  V – VI – III
• A – Dm (×2)
  VI – ii

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Fm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• A acts as V/ii: it resolves to Dm.

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.