Paul McCartney revealed there’s a secret chord in The Beatles‘ “I’ll Get You.” He and John Lennon wrote the song while still living in Liverpool. The songwriting partners didn’t know ...

The piece is in C major. Like so many great songs, ‘Imagine’ draws heavily on a I-IV-V harmonic structure (so the chords C, F and G). Lennon adds subtle harmonic touches that give the piece a ...