Killing Me by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: A Mixolydian · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 10

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 (0:01)

• F♯m/A – Em/A – Dm/A – A – F♯m/A – Em/A
  vi⁶ – v (bass A) – iv⁶₄ – I – vi⁶ – v (bass A)

Part 2 (0:10)

• Dm/A – A – F♯m/A – Em/A (×2)
  iv⁶₄ – I – vi⁶ – v (bass A)
• Dm/A – A – Em – G – F♯m/A – Em/A
  iv⁶₄ – I – v – bVII – vi⁶ – v (bass A)

Part 3 (0:34)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:10).

Part 4 (0:57)

• Dm/A – A – Dm – G – C – Am – Dm – G – Esus4
  iv⁶₄ – I – iv – bVII – bIII – i – iv – bVII – Vsus4

Part 5 (1:21)

• E
  V
• F♯m/A – Em/A – Dm/A – A (×2)
  vi⁶ – v (bass A) – iv⁶₄ – I
• Em – G – F♯m/A – Em/A
  v – bVII – vi⁶ – v (bass A)

Part 6 (1:45)

• Dm/A – A – Am – G♯aug/B♯ – Am7 – Am6 – F – G – F/A
  iv⁶₄ – I – i – VII+⁶ – i7 – i6 – bVI – bVII – bVI⁶

Part 7 (2:09)

• G/B – E
  bVII⁶ – V
• F♯m/A – Em/A – Dm/A – A (×2)
  vi⁶ – v (bass A) – iv⁶₄ – I
• Em – G – F♯m/A – Em/A
  v – bVII – vi⁶ – v (bass A)

Part 8 (2:33)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:45).

Part 9 (2:57)

• G/B – E – Am – Am7 – D/A – A – Am – Am7 – D/A
  bVII⁶ – V – i – i7 – IV⁶₄ – I – i – i7 – IV⁶₄

Part 10 (3:21)

• A – Am – Am7 – D/A (×2)
  I – i – i7 – IV⁶₄
• A
  I

Chord vocabulary

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.