A Place to Crash by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: D Mixolydian · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 19

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Robbie Williams chord annotations (Di Giorgi et al., Politecnico di Milano, 2013). 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

Part 1 (0:01)

• D
  I

Part 2 (0:02)

• C – G – D
  bVII – IV – I

Part 3 (0:17)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:02).

Part 4 (0:32)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:02).

Part 5 (0:47)

• C – G – D – C
  bVII – IV – I – bVII

Part 6 (1:01)

• G – D – C – G – D – Em
  IV – I – bVII – IV – I – ii

Part 7 (1:16)

• G – D – Em – G – D
  IV – I – ii – IV – I

Part 8 (1:31)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:02).

Part 9 (1:46)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:02).

Part 10 (2:01)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:02).

Part 11 (2:15)

Same chords as Part 5 (0:47).

Part 12 (2:30)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:01).

Part 13 (2:45)

• G – D – Em – G – D – B♭
  IV – I – ii – IV – I – bVI

Part 14 (2:59)

• A – C – G – B♭ – A – C – G – D
  V – bVII – IV – bVI – V – bVII – IV – I

Part 15 (3:14)

Same chords as Part 1 (0:01).

Part 16 (3:29)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:02).

Part 17 (3:44)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:02).

Part 18 (3:59)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:02).

Part 19 (4:13)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:02).

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Robbie Williams chord annotations (Di Giorgi et al., Politecnico di Milano, 2013). Chord annotation of the original recording (Intensive Care, 2005), time-stamped by researchers; CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo.
• Section names: this annotation doesn't name verses or choruses, so they aren't guessed. Instead, code used the chord timings to find the bars and cut the song into 8-bar parts. Each part is labelled with the time it starts in the annotated recording (Intensive Care, 2005), and a part with exactly the same chords as an earlier one says so.
• 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.