The End by The Beatles

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 3

Form: Intro → Part → Part

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 – D – B – E – A – D♯dim/A (×2)
  I – IV – II – V – I – #iv°⁶₄
• A
  I

Part 1

• A7 – D7 (×14)
  I7 – IV7

Part 2

• A – G/A – F/A – C6/G – Dm7/F – Am/E – Dm – G – C – D/C – E♭/C – F/C – C
  I – bVII (bass A) – bVI⁶ – bIII6 (bass G) – iv⁶₅ – i⁶₄ – iv – bVII – bIII – IV (bass C) – bV (bass C) – bVI⁶₄ – bIII

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G/A (bVII (bass A)) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• F/A (bVI⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• C6/G (bIII6 (bass G)) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Dm7/F (iv⁶₅) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Am/E (i⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Dm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• G (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• C (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• F/C (bVI⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• B acts as V/V: it resolves to E.

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.