Make Me Pure by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 19

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)

• A
  I

Part 2 (0:02)

Same chords as Part 1 (0:00).

Part 3 (0:17)

• D – A – D
  IV – I – IV

Part 4 (0:33)

• A – E – G – D – A
  I – V – bVII – IV – I

Part 5 (0:48)

• D
  IV

Part 6 (1:03)

• A – D – A – E
  I – IV – I – V

Part 7 (1:18)

• G – D – A
  bVII – IV – I

Part 8 (1:33)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:17).

Part 9 (1:49)

Same chords as Part 4 (0:33).

Part 10 (2:04)

Same chords as Part 5 (0:48).

Part 11 (2:19)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:03).

Part 12 (2:34)

• G – D – A – F – C – Dm
  bVII – IV – I – bVI – bIII – iv

Part 13 (2:50)

• Em – F – G – E – F – C
  v – bVI – bVII – V – bVI – bIII

Part 14 (3:04)

• Dm – Em – F – G – E – A
  iv – v – bVI – bVII – V – I

Part 15 (3:19)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:17).

Part 16 (3:34)

Same chords as Part 4 (0:33).

Part 17 (3:50)

Same chords as Part 5 (0:48).

Part 18 (4:05)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:03).

Part 19 (4:20)

Same chords as Part 7 (1:18).

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• F (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• C (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Dm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Em (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Robbie Williams chord annotations (Di Giorgi et al., Politecnico di Milano, 2013). Chord annotation of the original recording (Intensive Care, 2005), 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 (Intensive Care, 2005), 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.