Please Don't Die by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 18

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)

• Am – Dm – F – C – Am – Dm
  vi – ii – IV – I – vi – ii

Part 2 (0:07)

• F – C – Am – Dm (×4)
  IV – I – vi – ii

Part 3 (0:23)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:07).

Part 4 (0:40)

• F – C (×2)
  IV – I
• G – Am – F – C – G
  V – vi – IV – I – V

Part 5 (0:57)

• C – Am – Em – G – C – Am – Em
  I – vi – iii – V – I – vi – iii

Part 6 (1:14)

• G – C – Am – Em (×2)
  V – I – vi – iii

Part 7 (1:30)

• G
  V
• Am – Dm – F – C (×3)
  vi – ii – IV – I
• Am – Dm
  vi – ii

Part 8 (1:47)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:07).

Part 9 (2:04)

Same chords as Part 4 (0:40).

Part 10 (2:20)

Same chords as Part 5 (0:57).

Part 11 (2:37)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:14).

Part 12 (2:54)

• G – Dm – C (×2)
  V – ii – I
• G
  V

Part 13 (3:10)

• Dm – C – G (×2)
  ii – I – V

Part 14 (3:27)

Same chords as Part 5 (0:57).

Part 15 (3:44)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:14).

Part 16 (4:00)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:14).

Part 17 (4:17)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:14).

Part 18 (4:34)

• G – C
  V – 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 (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.