Random Acts of Kindness by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: D Mixolydian · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 20

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 (0:01)

• C – D
  bVII – I

Part 2 (0:03)

• C – D (×5)
  bVII – I

Part 3 (0:16)

• C – D (×5)
  bVII – I
• C
  bVII

Part 4 (0:29)

• D – C (×5)
  I – bVII
• Em
  ii

Part 5 (0:42)

• F♯m – G – A – D – C – D
  iii – IV – V – I – bVII – I

Part 6 (0:54)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:03).

Part 7 (1:06)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:16).

Part 8 (1:19)

• Em – F♯m – G – A – D – C – D
  ii – iii – IV – V – I – bVII – I

Part 9 (1:32)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:03).

Part 10 (1:45)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:16).

Part 11 (1:58)

• Bm – G – Em
  vi – IV – ii

Part 12 (2:10)

• A – A♯dim – Bm – G
  V – #v° – vi – IV

Part 13 (2:22)

• Em – A
  ii – V

Part 14 (2:35)

• D – C (×5)
  I – bVII

Part 15 (2:48)

• D – C (×3)
  I – bVII
• Em – F♯m – G
  ii – iii – IV

Part 16 (3:01)

• A
  V
• D – C (×3)
  I – bVII
• D
  I

Part 17 (3:13)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:16).

Part 18 (3:26)

• D – C (×3)
  I – bVII
• D
  I

Part 19 (3:39)

• D
  I

Part 20 (3:51)

Same chords as Part 19 (3:39).

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.