Song 3 by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: G Mixolydian · Chords used: 12 · 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 (0:02)

• F – G – B♭ – G – F – G – C – B♭ – F – G – B♭ – G – F – G
  bVII – I – bIII – I – bVII – I – IV – bIII – bVII – I – bIII – I – bVII – I

Part 2 (0:17)

• C – B♭ – F – G – B♭ – G – F – G (×2)
  IV – bIII – bVII – I – bIII – I – bVII – I

Part 3 (0:33)

• B♭ – C – Em – A – C – C7 – Em – A – C
  bIII – IV – vi – II – IV – IV7 – vi – II – IV

Part 4 (0:50)

• C7 – G5 – B♭ – E♭ – C – G5 – B♭ – E♭
  IV7 – I5 – bIII – bVI – IV – I5 – bIII – bVI

Part 5 (1:06)

• C – F – G – B♭ – G – F – G – C – B♭ – F – G – B♭ – G – F – G
  IV – bVII – I – bIII – I – bVII – I – IV – bIII – bVII – I – bIII – I – bVII – I

Part 6 (1:22)

• C – B♭ – F – G – B♭ – G – F – G – C – B♭ – Em – A – C
  IV – bIII – bVII – I – bIII – I – bVII – I – IV – bIII – vi – II – IV

Part 7 (1:39)

• C7 – Em – A – C – C7 – G5 – B♭ – E♭
  IV7 – vi – II – IV – IV7 – I5 – bIII – bVI

Part 8 (1:55)

• C – G5 – B♭ – E♭ (×2)
  IV – I5 – bIII – bVI

Part 9 (2:11)

• C – G5 – B♭ – E♭ – C – F – G – B♭ – G – F – G
  IV – I5 – bIII – bVI – IV – bVII – I – bIII – I – bVII – I

Part 10 (2:27)

Same chords as Part 6 (1:22).

Part 11 (2:43)

Same chords as Part 7 (1:39).

Part 12 (2:59)

Same chords as Part 8 (1:55).

Part 13 (3:15)

• C – G5 – B♭ – E♭ – C – F5 – G5 – B♭5 – G5 – F5 – G5
  IV – I5 – bIII – bVI – IV – bVII5 – I5 – bIII5 – I5 – bVII5 – I5

Part 14 (3:31)

• C5 – B♭ – F5 – G5 – B♭5 – G5 – F5 – G5 – C5 – B♭5
  IV5 – bIII – bVII5 – I5 – bIII5 – I5 – bVII5 – I5 – IV5 – bIII5

Chord vocabulary

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.