Nan's Song by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 16

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)

• D – D/F♯
  I – I⁶

Part 2 (0:02)

• Em9 – G/B – D – D/F♯ (×2)
  ii9 – IV⁶ – I – I⁶

Part 3 (0:18)

• Asus4 – Gmaj7/B – D – D/F♯ (×2)
  Vsus4 – IVmaj⁶₅ – I – I⁶

Part 4 (0:33)

• Asus4 – Gmaj7/B – D – D/F♯ – Asus4 – Gmaj7/B – D
  Vsus4 – IVmaj⁶₅ – I – I⁶ – Vsus4 – IVmaj⁶₅ – I

Part 5 (0:49)

• A – Em7/B – D – A – Em7/B – G
  V – ii⁴₃ – I – V – ii⁴₃ – IV

Part 6 (1:05)

• D – G (×2)
  I – IV
• D – C – A
  I – bVII – V

Part 7 (1:20)

• D – Em9 – Gmaj7/B (×2)
  I – ii9 – IVmaj⁶₅

Part 8 (1:36)

Same chords as Part 7 (1:20).

Part 9 (1:52)

• D – A – G/B (×2)
  I – V – IV⁶

Part 10 (2:08)

• G – D (×3)
  IV – I
• C
  bVII

Part 11 (2:23)

• A – Bm – F♯m/A – G – Bm – F♯ – Bm
  V – vi – iii⁶ – IV – vi – III – vi

Part 12 (2:39)

• F♯m/A – G – Bm – F♯ – Bm – F♯m/A – G – Bm – F♯ – G
  iii⁶ – IV – vi – III – vi – iii⁶ – IV – vi – III – IV

Part 13 (2:54)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:05).

Part 14 (3:10)

Same chords as Part 10 (2:08).

Part 15 (3:26)

• A – D – Em9 – Gmaj7/B – D
  V – I – ii9 – IVmaj⁶₅ – I

Part 16 (3:41)

• Em9 – Gmaj7/B
  ii9 – IVmaj⁶₅

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• F♯ acts as V/vi: it resolves to Bm.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Robbie Williams chord annotations (Di Giorgi et al., Politecnico di Milano, 2013). Chord annotation of the original recording (Escapology, 2002), 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 (Escapology, 2002), 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.