Words of Love by The Beatles

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 3 · Sections: 7

Form: Verse → Verse → Solo → Solo → Verse ×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

Verse 1

• A – D – E (×4)
  I – IV – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Solo 1

• A – D – E (×4)
  I – IV – V

Solo 2

Same chords as Solo 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Outro

• A – D – E (×4)
  I – IV – V
• A
  I

Chord vocabulary

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.