Revolution by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: D Mixolydian · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 31

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)

• D – C/E
  I – bVII⁶

Part 2 (0:05)

• G – E – D – C/E
  IV – II – I – bVII⁶

Part 3 (0:16)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:05).

Part 4 (0:28)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:05).

Part 5 (0:39)

• G – E – D – C
  IV – II – I – bVII

Part 6 (0:50)

• G – E – D – Am
  IV – II – I – v

Part 7 (1:02)

• G – E – Bm – C
  IV – II – vi – bVII

Part 8 (1:13)

• G – F♯ – Bm – E
  IV – III – vi – II

Part 9 (1:24)

• A – D – C
  V – I – bVII

Part 10 (1:35)

• Bm – E – D – Am
  vi – II – I – v

Part 11 (1:47)

• G – E – Dm – C – Dm – G – F
  IV – II – i – bVII – i – IV – bIII

Part 12 (1:58)

• Dm – C – Dm – G – F (×2)
  i – bVII – i – IV – bIII

Part 13 (2:10)

• Dm – C – Dm – G – F – Dm
  i – bVII – i – IV – bIII – i

Part 14 (2:20)

• D – C/E – G – E
  I – bVII⁶ – IV – II

Part 15 (2:31)

Same chords as Part 14 (2:20).

Part 16 (2:42)

• Bm – C – G – F♯
  vi – bVII – IV – III

Part 17 (2:54)

• Bm – E – A
  vi – II – V

Part 18 (3:05)

• D – C – Bm – E
  I – bVII – vi – II

Part 19 (3:16)

• D – Am – G – E
  I – v – IV – II

Part 20 (3:28)

Same chords as Part 18 (3:05).

Part 21 (3:39)

Same chords as Part 19 (3:16).

Part 22 (3:50)

• Dm – C – Dm – G – F – Dm – C – Dm – G
  i – bVII – i – IV – bIII – i – bVII – i – IV

Part 23 (4:02)

• F – Dm – C – Dm – G (×2)
  bIII – i – bVII – i – IV

Part 24 (4:13)

Same chords as Part 23 (4:02).

Part 25 (4:24)

• F – Dm – C – Dm – G – F – Dm – C – Dm
  bIII – i – bVII – i – IV – bIII – i – bVII – i

Part 26 (4:35)

• G – F – Dm – C – Dm – G – F – Dm – C
  IV – bIII – i – bVII – i – IV – bIII – i – bVII

Part 27 (4:45)

• Dm – G – F – Dm – C – Dm – G – F – Dm
  i – IV – bIII – i – bVII – i – IV – bIII – i

Part 28 (4:56)

• C – Dm – G – F – Dm (×2)
  bVII – i – IV – bIII – i

Part 29 (5:06)

Same chords as Part 28 (4:56).

Part 30 (5:18)

• C – Dm – G – F
  bVII – i – IV – bIII

Part 31 (5:29)

• Dm
  i

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• 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.