These Dreams by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 20 · Sections: 19

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)

• A – G (×2)
  V – IV
• D – Dmaj7
  I – Imaj7

Part 2 (0:16)

• G/D – A – G – D – Dm7
  IV⁶₄ – V – IV – I – i7

Part 3 (0:33)

• C – G – Dm7 (×3)
  bVII – IV – i7
• C – G – Em
  bVII – IV – ii

Part 4 (0:50)

• D – Em – G – A – Dmaj7 – G/D
  I – ii – IV – V – Imaj7 – IV⁶₄

Part 5 (1:06)

• A – G – D – Dmaj7 – G/D
  V – IV – I – Imaj7 – IV⁶₄

Part 6 (1:23)

• A – G – D – Dm7 – C – G
  V – IV – I – i7 – bVII – IV

Part 7 (1:39)

• Dm7 – C – G (×3)
  i7 – bVII – IV
• Em
  ii

Part 8 (1:56)

• D – Em – G – A – Dmaj7 – G/D – A
  I – ii – IV – V – Imaj7 – IV⁶₄ – V

Part 9 (2:13)

• G – D – Dmaj7 – G/D – A
  IV – I – Imaj7 – IV⁶₄ – V

Part 10 (2:29)

• G – D – Fmaj7 – B♭maj7 – E♭maj7
  IV – I – bIIImaj7 – bVImaj7 – bIImaj7

Part 11 (2:46)

• A♭maj7 – Fmaj7 – B♭maj7 – E♭maj7 – A♭maj7 – Gm – Am – B♭ – B♭/F – E
  bVmaj7 – bIIImaj7 – bVImaj7 – bIImaj7 – bVmaj7 – iv – v – bVI – bVI⁶₄ – II

Part 12 (3:02)

• A – Dmaj7 – G/D – A – G
  V – Imaj7 – IV⁶₄ – V – IV

Part 13 (3:19)

• D – Dmaj7 – G/D – A – G
  I – Imaj7 – IV⁶₄ – V – IV

Part 14 (3:35)

• D
  I
• Dm – Dm/F – G/C – G (×3)
  i – i⁶ – IV (bass C) – IV

Part 15 (3:52)

• Dm – Dm/F – G/C – G (×4)
  i – i⁶ – IV (bass C) – IV

Part 16 (4:09)

Same chords as Part 15 (3:52).

Part 17 (4:25)

Same chords as Part 15 (3:52).

Part 18 (4:42)

• Dm – Dm/F – G/C – G (×3)
  i – i⁶ – IV (bass C) – IV
• Dm
  i

Part 19 (4:58)

• Dm
  i

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Dm7 (i7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• C (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Fmaj7 (bIIImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• B♭maj7 (bVImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Gm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Am (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• B♭ (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• B♭/F (bVI⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Dm (i) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Dm/F (i⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Robbie Williams chord annotations (Di Giorgi et al., Politecnico di Milano, 2013). Chord annotation of the original recording (I've Been Expecting You, 1998), 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 (I've Been Expecting You, 1998), 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.