Kids by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: E Mixolydian · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 14

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 – G – A – B
  I – bIII – IV – V
• E – A (×2)
  I – IV

Part 2 (0:21)

• E – A (×4)
  I – IV

Part 3 (0:41)

• E – A (×2)
  I – IV
• E – G – D – A – B
  I – bIII – bVII – IV – V

Part 4 (1:02)

• G – F♯ – C – D – B
  bIII – II – bVI – bVII – V
• E – A (×2)
  I – IV

Part 5 (1:23)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:21).

Part 6 (1:44)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:41).

Part 7 (2:05)

• G – F♯ – C – D – B
  bIII – II – bVI – bVII – V
• E – D (×2)
  I – bVII

Part 8 (2:25)

• E – D (×2)
  I – bVII
• E – A (×2)
  I – IV

Part 9 (2:46)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:41).

Part 10 (3:07)

• G – F♯ – C – D – B – E – G – D – A – B
  bIII – II – bVI – bVII – V – I – bIII – bVII – IV – V

Part 11 (3:28)

Same chords as Part 4 (1:02).

Part 12 (3:49)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:21).

Part 13 (4:09)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:21).

Part 14 (4:30)

• E – A (×3)
  I – 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 (Sing When You're Winning, 2000), 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 (Sing When You're Winning, 2000), 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.