Karma Killer by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: B minor · Chords used: 18 · 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 (0:04)

• Bm – G/B – Bdim (×2)
  i – bVI⁶ – i°
• Bm
  i

Part 2 (0:18)

• D/A – E/G♯ – A – E/G♯ – Em/G – F♯
  bIII⁶₄ – IV⁶ – bVII – IV⁶ – iv⁶ – V

Part 3 (0:32)

• Bm – D – G – F♯ – D – F♯
  i – bIII – bVI – V – bIII – V

Part 4 (0:45)

• Bm – D – C♯ – F♯ – Bm – G/B – C♯/B – F♯/B
  i – bIII – II – V – i – bVI⁶ – II (bass B) – V (bass B)

Part 5 (0:59)

• Bm – G/B – C♯/B – F♯ – Bm – D/A – E/G♯
  i – bVI⁶ – II (bass B) – V – i – bIII⁶₄ – IV⁶

Part 6 (1:13)

• A – E/G♯ – Em/G – F♯7 – Bm – D – G – F♯
  bVII – IV⁶ – iv⁶ – V7 – i – bIII – bVI – V

Part 7 (1:27)

• D – F♯ – Bm – D – G – Gm
  bIII – V – i – bIII – bVI – bvi

Part 8 (1:41)

• D – F♯ – Bm – D – C♯ – F♯
  bIII – V – i – bIII – II – V

Part 9 (1:54)

• G – Edim/G (×2)
  bVI – iv°⁶

Part 10 (2:08)

• Bm – D/A – E/G♯ – A – C♯m/G♯ – Em/G – F♯
  i – bIII⁶₄ – IV⁶ – bVII – ii⁶₄ – iv⁶ – V

Part 11 (2:22)

• Bm – D/A – G – F♯ – D – F♯m – G
  i – bIII⁶₄ – bVI – V – bIII – v – bVI

Part 12 (2:36)

• D – F♯m – G – D – F♯m
  bIII – v – bVI – bIII – v

Part 13 (2:49)

• G – D – F♯m – F♯ – Bm – G/B – C♯/B
  bVI – bIII – v – V – i – bVI⁶ – II (bass B)

Part 14 (3:02)

• F♯/B – Bm – G/B – C♯/B (×2)
  V (bass B) – i – bVI⁶ – II (bass B)

Part 15 (3:16)

Same chords as Part 14 (3:02).

Part 16 (3:29)

Same chords as Part 14 (3:02).

Part 17 (3:43)

• F♯/B – Bm – G/B – C♯/B (×2)
  V (bass B) – i – bVI⁶ – II (bass B)
• F♯/B – Bm
  V (bass B) – i

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E/G♯ (IV⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, B major.
• C♯m/G♯ (ii⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, B major.
• C♯ acts as V/V: it resolves to F♯.
• C♯/B acts as V/V: it resolves to F♯/B.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Robbie Williams chord annotations (Di Giorgi et al., Politecnico di Milano, 2013). Chord annotation of the original recording (I've Been Expecting You, 1998), 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 (I've Been Expecting You, 1998), 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.