One of God's Better People by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 15 · Sections: 17

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)

• G – Am – G
  I – ii – I

Part 2 (0:12)

• Am – Em – Am – Bm – C – Bm – Am
  ii – vi – ii – iii – IV – iii – ii

Part 3 (0:26)

• Em – C/D – D – Am – Em – Am
  vi – IV (bass D) – V – ii – vi – ii

Part 4 (0:38)

• Gsus4 – G – G/F♯ – Em7 – Bm/D – C – Cm
  Isus4 – I – I (bass F♯) – vi7 – iii⁶ – IV – iv

Part 5 (0:51)

• Am – F (×2)
  ii – bVII
• Gsus4 – G
  Isus4 – I

Part 6 (1:03)

• Am – G – Am – Em
  ii – I – ii – vi

Part 7 (1:16)

• Am – Bm – C – Bm – Am – Em – C/D – D
  ii – iii – IV – iii – ii – vi – IV (bass D) – V

Part 8 (1:28)

• Am – Em – Am – Gsus4 – G
  ii – vi – ii – Isus4 – I

Part 9 (1:41)

• G/F♯ – Em – Bm/D – C – Cm – Am – F
  I (bass F♯) – vi – iii⁶ – IV – iv – ii – bVII

Part 10 (1:54)

• Gsus4 – G – G/F♯ – Em – Bm/D – C – Cm
  Isus4 – I – I (bass F♯) – vi – iii⁶ – IV – iv

Part 11 (2:06)

• Am – F (×2)
  ii – bVII
• Gsus4 – G – F – Em
  Isus4 – I – bVII – vi

Part 12 (2:19)

• G – A – F – Em – Dsus4 – D – Am
  I – II – bVII – vi – Vsus4 – V – ii

Part 13 (2:31)

• Em – Am – Gsus4 – G – G/F♯ – Em – Bm/D
  vi – ii – Isus4 – I – I (bass F♯) – vi – iii⁶

Part 14 (2:44)

• C – Cm – Am – F – Gsus4 – G
  IV – iv – ii – bVII – Isus4 – I

Part 15 (2:57)

Same chords as Part 9 (1:41).

Part 16 (3:09)

• Am – F – G – Am – G
  ii – bVII – I – ii – I

Part 17 (3:22)

• Am – G
  ii – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Cm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• F (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.

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.