Never Ever by All Saints

Overview

Key: D♭ major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 27

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). 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)

• D♭ – D♭7 – G♭ – D♭
  I – I7 – IV – I

Part 2 (0:15)

• D♭7 – A♭ – A♭7
  I7 – V – V7

Part 3 (0:29)

Same chords as Part 1 (0:01).

Part 4 (0:44)

• A♭ – G♭ – D♭/F – E♭m7 – D♭
  V – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – I

Part 5 (0:58)

• D♭7 – G – D♭
  I7 – #IV – I

Part 6 (1:12)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:15).

Part 7 (1:26)

Same chords as Part 1 (0:01).

Part 8 (1:41)

• A♭ – G – G♭ – D♭/F – E♭m7 – D♭
  V – #IV – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – I

Part 9 (1:55)

• D♭7 – G♭ – D♭
  I7 – IV – I

Part 10 (2:09)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:15).

Part 11 (2:24)

Same chords as Part 1 (0:01).

Part 12 (2:38)

• A♭ – G♭ – D♭/F – E♭m7 – D♭ – A
  V – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – I – #V

Part 13 (2:52)

Same chords as Part 1 (0:01).

Part 14 (3:07)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:15).

Part 15 (3:21)

Same chords as Part 1 (0:01).

Part 16 (3:35)

Same chords as Part 4 (0:44).

Part 17 (3:50)

Same chords as Part 9 (1:55).

Part 18 (4:04)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:15).

Part 19 (4:18)

Same chords as Part 1 (0:01).

Part 20 (4:32)

• A♭ – G♭ – D♭/F – E♭m7 – D♭ – A♭
  V – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – I – V

Part 21 (4:47)

Same chords as Part 1 (0:01).

Part 22 (5:01)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:15).

Part 23 (5:15)

Same chords as Part 1 (0:01).

Part 24 (5:30)

Same chords as Part 20 (4:32).

Part 25 (5:44)

• D♭m13
  i13

Part 26 (5:58)

Same chords as Part 25 (5:44).

Part 27 (6:13)

Same chords as Part 25 (5:44).

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A (#V) is borrowed from the parallel key, D♭ minor.
• D♭7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to G♭.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). Chord annotation of the original recording (All Saints), 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 (All Saints), and a part with exactly the same chords as an earlier one says so.
• The key was estimated by code from the chords; this annotation doesn't state it.
• 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.