Thank You by Dido

Overview

Key: A minor · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 18

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). 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 (0:11)

• G♯m – Emaj7 – G♯m
  vii – Vmaj7 – vii

Part 2 (0:16)

• Emaj7 – G♯m (×4)
  Vmaj7 – vii

Part 3 (0:28)

• Emaj7 – G♯m (×3)
  Vmaj7 – vii
• Emaj7 – F♯
  Vmaj7 – VI

Part 4 (0:40)

• B – D♯m/A♯ – G♯m – Emaj7 – F♯ (×2)
  II – #iv⁶₄ – vii – Vmaj7 – VI

Part 5 (0:52)

• B – D♯m/A♯
  II – #iv⁶₄
• G♯m – Emaj7 (×3)
  vii – Vmaj7
• G♯m
  vii

Part 6 (1:04)

• Emaj7 – G♯m – Emaj7 – F♯ – B – D♯m/A♯ – G♯m – Emaj7 – F♯
  Vmaj7 – vii – Vmaj7 – VI – II – #iv⁶₄ – vii – Vmaj7 – VI

Part 7 (1:16)

• B – D♯m/A♯ – G♯m – Emaj7 – F♯ – B – D♯m/A♯ – Am7 – Fmaj7 – Am
  II – #iv⁶₄ – vii – Vmaj7 – VI – II – #iv⁶₄ – i7 – bVImaj7 – i

Part 8 (1:28)

• Fmaj7 – C – C/E – Fmaj7 – Fadd9/G – C – C7/E – Fmaj7
  bVImaj7 – bIII – bIII⁶ – bVImaj7 – bVIadd9 (bass G) – bIII – bIII⁶₅ – bVImaj7

Part 9 (1:40)

• Fadd9/G – C – C/E – Fmaj7 – Fadd9/G – Em7 – Dm7
  bVIadd9 (bass G) – bIII – bIII⁶ – bVImaj7 – bVIadd9 (bass G) – v7 – iv7

Part 10 (1:52)

• C – C/E – Fmaj7 – Fadd9/G – C – C/E – Fmaj7
  bIII – bIII⁶ – bVImaj7 – bVIadd9 (bass G) – bIII – bIII⁶ – bVImaj7

Part 11 (2:04)

Same chords as Part 9 (1:40).

Part 12 (2:16)

Same chords as Part 10 (1:52).

Part 13 (2:28)

Same chords as Part 9 (1:40).

Part 14 (2:40)

• C – C/E – Fmaj7 – Fadd9/G – C – C7/E – Fmaj7
  bIII – bIII⁶ – bVImaj7 – bVIadd9 (bass G) – bIII – bIII⁶₅ – bVImaj7

Part 15 (2:52)

Same chords as Part 9 (1:40).

Part 16 (3:04)

Same chords as Part 14 (2:40).

Part 17 (3:16)

Same chords as Part 9 (1:40).

Part 18 (3:28)

• Dm7
  iv7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C7/E acts as V/bVI: it resolves to Fmaj7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). Chord annotation of the original recording (No Angel), 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 (No Angel), and a part with exactly the same chords as an earlier one says so.
• The key was estimated by code from the chords; this annotation doesn't state it.
• 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.