Angels by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 11

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)

• E – A
  I – IV

Part 2 (0:16)

• B – E – A – B – F♯m – A – C♯m
  V – I – IV – V – ii – IV – vi

Part 3 (0:41)

• A
  IV
• D – A – E (×2)
  bVII – IV – I
• B – C♯m
  V – vi

Part 4 (1:07)

• A – E – B – C♯m – A – E/G♯ – F♯m – D – A
  IV – I – V – vi – IV – I⁶ – ii – bVII – IV

Part 5 (1:33)

• E – A – B – E – A
  I – IV – V – I – IV

Part 6 (1:58)

• B
  V
• D – A – E (×2)
  bVII – IV – I
• B – C♯m
  V – vi

Part 7 (2:24)

Same chords as Part 4 (1:07).

Part 8 (2:49)

• E – Bm – F♯m (×2)
  I – v – ii
• E
  I

Part 9 (3:15)

• Bm – F♯m – E – Bm – F♯m – E/G♯
  v – ii – I – v – ii – I⁶

Part 10 (3:41)

• B – C♯m – A – E – B – C♯m – A – E/G♯
  V – vi – IV – I – V – vi – IV – I⁶

Part 11 (4:06)

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

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• Bm (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Robbie Williams chord annotations (Di Giorgi et al., Politecnico di Milano, 2013). Chord annotation of the original recording (Life Thru a Lens, 1997), 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 (Life Thru a Lens, 1997), 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.