All This Time by Sting

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 19 · Sections: 14

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Chorus → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). 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.

Key changes

• Verse 4 moves to A major.

Section by section

Intro

• G – Em11 – G/D – C (×3)
  I – vi11 – I⁶₄ – IV
• D – G/B (×2)
  V – I⁶

Verse 1

• G – Em – Gadd9/D – C (×7)
  I – vi – Iadd9 (bass D) – IV
• G – Em – D – C/D
  I – vi – V – IV (bass D)

Chorus 1

• Em – A7 – C
  vi – II7 – IV
• Dsus4 – D (×2)
  Vsus4 – V
• G – Em – Gadd9/D – C
  I – vi – Iadd9 (bass D) – IV

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

• Em – A7 – C
  vi – II7 – IV
• Dsus4 – D (×2)
  Vsus4 – V
• G – Em – G
  I – vi – I

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Chorus 5

• Em – A7 – C
  vi – II7 – IV
• Dsus4 – D (×2)
  Vsus4 – V

Interlude

• G – Em – G/D – C (×3)
  I – vi – I⁶₄ – IV
• D – G/B (×2)
  V – I⁶

Verse 4

• A – A/F♯ – A/E – A/D (×7)
  I – I (bass F♯) – I⁶₄ – I (bass D)
• A
  I

Chorus 6

• F♯m – B – D
  vi – II – IV
• Esus4 – E (×2)
  Vsus4 – V
• A – F♯m – A
  I – vi – I

Chorus 7

• F♯m – B – D
  vi – II – IV
• Esus4 – E (×2)
  Vsus4 – V

Outro

• A – A/F♯ – A/E – A/D (×11)
  I – I (bass F♯) – I⁶₄ – I (bass D)

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1012, CC0), 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.