Advertising Space by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 17

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 (0:00)

• C – Em
  I – iii

Part 2 (0:06)

• C – Em (×2)
  I – iii

Part 3 (0:23)

• C – G – F – C
  I – V – IV – I

Part 4 (0:41)

• G – C – G – F – C
  V – I – V – IV – I

Part 5 (0:58)

• G – Am – Em – Dm – F
  V – vi – iii – ii – IV

Part 6 (1:15)

• C – Em – Am – G – F
  I – iii – vi – V – IV

Part 7 (1:32)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:15).

Part 8 (1:49)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:23).

Part 9 (2:06)

Same chords as Part 4 (0:41).

Part 10 (2:23)

Same chords as Part 5 (0:58).

Part 11 (2:41)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:15).

Part 12 (2:58)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:15).

Part 13 (3:15)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:06).

Part 14 (3:32)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:15).

Part 15 (3:49)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:15).

Part 16 (4:06)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:15).

Part 17 (4:23)

• F
  IV

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.