Rock DJ by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: D Mixolydian · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 14

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)

• C/D
  bVII (bass D)
• Am7 – D (×2)
  v7 – I

Part 2 (0:18)

• Am7
  v7
• D – C (×2)
  I – bVII
• Bm – Amaj7 – D
  vi – Vmaj7 – I

Part 3 (0:37)

• C – Bm – C
  bVII – vi – bVII
• D – C/D (×2)
  I – bVII (bass D)
• D
  I

Part 4 (0:56)

• C/D – D (×2)
  bVII (bass D) – I
• C/D
  bVII (bass D)

Part 5 (1:14)

• Am – D (×3)
  v – I
• C – D
  bVII – I

Part 6 (1:33)

• C/D – Bm/D – Am/D – D (×2)
  bVII (bass D) – vi⁶ – v (bass D) – I

Part 7 (1:52)

• C/D – D (×4)
  bVII (bass D) – I

Part 8 (2:10)

Same chords as Part 7 (1:52).

Part 9 (2:29)

• G – C – D – C – G – D – G – C
  IV – bVII – I – bVII – IV – I – IV – bVII

Part 10 (2:47)

• C/D – D (×2)
  bVII (bass D) – I

Part 11 (3:06)

Same chords as Part 7 (1:52).

Part 12 (3:25)

Same chords as Part 7 (1:52).

Part 13 (3:43)

Same chords as Part 7 (1:52).

Part 14 (4:02)

Same chords as Part 4 (0:56).

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Robbie Williams chord annotations (Di Giorgi et al., Politecnico di Milano, 2013). Chord annotation of the original recording (Sing When You're Winning, 2000), 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 (Sing When You're Winning, 2000), 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.