You're Going to Lose That Girl by The Beatles

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 8

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Bridge → Solo → Bridge → Verse → 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

• B5 – E – C♯m – F♯m9 – B
  V5 – I – vi – ii9 – V

Verse 1

• E – G♯ – F♯m – B (×2)
  I – III – ii – V
• E – C♯m – F♯m9 – B
  I – vi – ii9 – V

Verse 2

• E – G♯ – F♯m – B (×2)
  I – III – ii – V
• E – C♯m – F♯m9 – B – F♯m – D
  I – vi – ii9 – V – ii – bVII

Bridge 1

• G – C (×2)
  bIII – bVI
• F
  bII

Solo

• E – G♯ – F♯m – B (×2)
  I – III – ii – V
• E – C♯m – F♯m9 – B – F♯m – D
  I – vi – ii9 – V – ii – bVII

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Outro

• F♯m – D – A – E
  ii – bVII – IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• G (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• C (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, E 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.
• 2 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.