Think for Yourself by The Beatles

Overview

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

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

• G – G♯
  I – #I

Verse 1

• Am – Dm – B♭ – C – G (×2)
  ii – v – bIII – IV – I
• Am
  ii

Chorus 1

• C – G – E♭/B♭ – D – G
  IV – I – bVI⁶₄ – V – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

• C – G – E♭/B♭ – D – C7 – G
  IV – I – bVI⁶₄ – V – IV7 – I

Outro

• E♭/B♭ – D – C7 – G
  bVI⁶₄ – V – IV7 – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Dm (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• B♭ (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• E♭/B♭ (bVI⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, G 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.