The Beatles Lyrics, album "The Concert for Bangladesh"
Bangla Dhun
(Ravi Shankar)
(Ravi Shankar)
Wah-Wah
(George Harrison)
(George Harrison)
My Sweet Lord
(George Harrison)
(George Harrison)
Awaiting on You All
(George Harrison)
(George Harrison)
That's the Way God Planned It
(Billy Preston)
(Billy Preston)
It Don't Come Easy
(Richard Starkey)
(Richard Starkey)
One, two,
One, two, three, four!It don't come easy
You know it don't come easy
It don't come easy
You know it don't come easyGot to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues
And you know it don't come easy
You don't have to shout or leap about
You can even play them easyOpen up your heart, let's come together
Use a little love
And we will make it work out betterI don't ask for much, I only want your trust
And you know it don't come easy
And this love of mine keeps growing all the time
And you know it don't come easyPeace, remember peace is how we make it
Here within your reach
If you're big enough to take itGot to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues
And you know it don't come easy
You don't have to shout or leap about
You can…
One, two, three, four!It don't come easy
You know it don't come easy
It don't come easy
You know it don't come easyGot to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues
And you know it don't come easy
You don't have to shout or leap about
You can even play them easyOpen up your heart, let's come together
Use a little love
And we will make it work out betterI don't ask for much, I only want your trust
And you know it don't come easy
And this love of mine keeps growing all the time
And you know it don't come easyPeace, remember peace is how we make it
Here within your reach
If you're big enough to take itGot to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues
And you know it don't come easy
You don't have to shout or leap about
You can…
Beware of Darkness
(George Harrison)
(George Harrison)
Band Introduction
(George Harrison)
(George Harrison)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
(George Harrison)
(George Harrison)
GEORGE 1980: 'I had a copy of the I Ching – the Book of Changes, which seemed to me to be based on the Eastern concept that everything is relative to everything else, as opposed to the Western view that things are merely coincidental.
The idea was in my head when I visited my parents' home in the North of England.
I decided to write a song based on the first thing I saw upon opening any book – as it would be relative to that moment, at that time.
I picked up a book at random, opened it – saw 'gently weeps' – than laid the book down again and started the song.
Some of the words to the song were changed before I finally recorded it.'GEORGE 1987: 'I worked on that song with John, Paul, and Ringo one day, and they were not interested in it at all.
And I knew inside of me that it was a nice song.
The next day I was with Eric Clapton, and I was going into the session, and I said, 'We're going to do this song.
Come and play on it.' He said, 'Oh no.
I can't do that.
Nobody ever plays on the Beatles records.' I said, 'Look, it's my song, and I want you to play on it.' So Eric came in, and the other guys were as good as gold – because he was there.
Also, it left me free to just play the rhythm and do the vocal.
So Eric played that, and I thought it was really good.
Then we listened to it back, and he said, 'Ah, there's a problem though; it's not Beatley enough.' So we put it through the ADT (automatic double-track) to wobble it up a bit.'
The idea was in my head when I visited my parents' home in the North of England.
I decided to write a song based on the first thing I saw upon opening any book – as it would be relative to that moment, at that time.
I picked up a book at random, opened it – saw 'gently weeps' – than laid the book down again and started the song.
Some of the words to the song were changed before I finally recorded it.'GEORGE 1987: 'I worked on that song with John, Paul, and Ringo one day, and they were not interested in it at all.
And I knew inside of me that it was a nice song.
The next day I was with Eric Clapton, and I was going into the session, and I said, 'We're going to do this song.
Come and play on it.' He said, 'Oh no.
I can't do that.
Nobody ever plays on the Beatles records.' I said, 'Look, it's my song, and I want you to play on it.' So Eric came in, and the other guys were as good as gold – because he was there.
Also, it left me free to just play the rhythm and do the vocal.
So Eric played that, and I thought it was really good.
Then we listened to it back, and he said, 'Ah, there's a problem though; it's not Beatley enough.' So we put it through the ADT (automatic double-track) to wobble it up a bit.'
I look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
Still my guitar gently weepsI don't know why nobody told you
How to unfold your love
I don't know how someone controlled you
They bought and sold youI look at the world and I notice it's turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weepsWell...I don't know how you were diverted
You were perverted too
I don't know how you were inverted
No one alerted youI look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping
[LOVE version:] I look from the wings at the play you are staging.
While my guitar gently weeps
Look at you all
[LOVE version:] As I'm sitting here doing nothing but aging
Still my guitar gently weepsOh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, ohYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, ooh
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
Still my guitar gently weepsI don't know why nobody told you
How to unfold your love
I don't know how someone controlled you
They bought and sold youI look at the world and I notice it's turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weepsWell...I don't know how you were diverted
You were perverted too
I don't know how you were inverted
No one alerted youI look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping
[LOVE version:] I look from the wings at the play you are staging.
While my guitar gently weeps
Look at you all
[LOVE version:] As I'm sitting here doing nothing but aging
Still my guitar gently weepsOh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, ohYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, ooh
Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood
(Mick Jagger and Keith Richards/Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Doc Pomus)
(Mick Jagger and Keith Richards/Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Doc Pomus)
Here Comes the Sun
(George Harrison)
(George Harrison)
GEORGE 1980: '…written at a time when Apple was getting like school, where we had to go and be businessmen – all this signing accounts, and 'sign this' and 'sign that.' Anyway, it seems as if winter in England goes on forever; by the time spring comes you really deserve it.
So one day I decided, 'I'm going to sag-off Apple,' and I went over to Eric Clapton's house.
I was walking in his garden.
The relief of not having to go and see all those dopey accountants was wonderful.
And I was walking around the garden with one of Eric's acoustic guitars, and wrote 'Here Comes The Sun.'
So one day I decided, 'I'm going to sag-off Apple,' and I went over to Eric Clapton's house.
I was walking in his garden.
The relief of not having to go and see all those dopey accountants was wonderful.
And I was walking around the garden with one of Eric's acoustic guitars, and wrote 'Here Comes The Sun.'
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all rightLittle darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been hereHere comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all rightLittle darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been hereHere comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all rightSun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comesLittle darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clearHere comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
It's all right, it's all right
And I say it's all rightLittle darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been hereHere comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all rightLittle darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been hereHere comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all rightSun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comesLittle darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clearHere comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
It's all right, it's all right
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
(Bob Dylan)
(Bob Dylan)
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
(Bob Dylan)
(Bob Dylan)
Blowin' in the Wind
(Bob Dylan)
(Bob Dylan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
(Bob Dylan)
(Bob Dylan)
Just Like a Woman
(Bob Dylan)
(Bob Dylan)
Something
(George Harrison)
(George Harrison)
PAUL 1969: 'I like George's song 'Something.' For me I think it's the best he's written.'GEORGE 1969: 'I wrote the song 'Something' for the album before this one, but I never finished it off until just recently.
I usually get the first few lines of words and music together, both at once… and then finish the rest of the melody.
Then I have to write the words.
It's like another song I wrote when we were in India.
I wrote the whole first verse and just said everything I wanted to say, and so now I need to write a couple more verses.
I find that much more difficult.
But John gave me a handy tip.
He said, 'Once you start to write a song, try to finish it straight away while you're still in the same mood.' Sometimes you go back to it and you're in a whole different state of mind.
So now, I do try to finish them straight away.'GEORGE 1980: ''Something' was written on the paino while we were making the White Album.
I had a break while Paul was doing some overdubbing so I went into an empty studio and began to write.
That's really all there is to it, except the middle took some time to sort out.
It didn't go on the White Album because we'd already finished all the tracks.'
I usually get the first few lines of words and music together, both at once… and then finish the rest of the melody.
Then I have to write the words.
It's like another song I wrote when we were in India.
I wrote the whole first verse and just said everything I wanted to say, and so now I need to write a couple more verses.
I find that much more difficult.
But John gave me a handy tip.
He said, 'Once you start to write a song, try to finish it straight away while you're still in the same mood.' Sometimes you go back to it and you're in a whole different state of mind.
So now, I do try to finish them straight away.'GEORGE 1980: ''Something' was written on the paino while we were making the White Album.
I had a break while Paul was doing some overdubbing so I went into an empty studio and began to write.
That's really all there is to it, except the middle took some time to sort out.
It didn't go on the White Album because we'd already finished all the tracks.'
Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos meI don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and howSomewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows meDon't want to leave her now
You know I believe and howYou're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around, now it may show
I don't know, I don't knowSomething in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows meI don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos meI don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and howSomewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows meDon't want to leave her now
You know I believe and howYou're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around, now it may show
I don't know, I don't knowSomething in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows meI don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
Bangla Desh
(George Harrison)
(George Harrison)
