This Song by George Harrison

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 14

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Solo → Solo → Solo → Verse → Chorus → Instrumental → Solo → Chorus → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). 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 – A – B9sus4
  I – IV – V9sus4

Verse 1

• E – D – A – B7 – F♯m7 – A – D – F♯m7 – C♯m7 – F♯7 – B9sus4
  I – bVII – IV – V7 – ii7 – IV – bVII – ii7 – vi7 – II7 – V9sus4

Chorus 1

• E – D – G♯m7 – C♯7 – F♯m7 – E – A – B9sus4
  I – bVII – iii7 – VI7 – ii7 – I – IV – V9sus4

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo 1

• E – D – A – B7 – F♯m7 – A – D – F♯m7 – C♯m7 – F♯7 – B9sus4
  I – bVII – IV – V7 – ii7 – IV – bVII – ii7 – vi7 – II7 – V9sus4

Solo 2

• E – D – G♯m7 – C♯7 – F♯m7
  I – bVII – iii7 – VI7 – ii7

Solo 3

• E – A – B9sus4
  I – IV – V9sus4

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

• E – D – G♯m7 – C♯7 – F♯m7
  I – bVII – iii7 – VI7 – ii7

Instrumental

• E – A – B9sus4
  I – IV – V9sus4

Solo 4

Same chords as Solo 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 3.

Outro

• E
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• F♯7 acts as V/V: it resolves to B9sus4.
• C♯7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to F♯m7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0361, CC0), 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.