George Harrison![]()
George, Ringo, Eric Clapton/ "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
BIOGRAPHY
Lyrics: (Hare Krishna) My sweet lord Hm, my lord My sweet lord I really want to see you Really want to be with you Really want to see you lord But it takes so long, my lord Hm, my lord My sweet lord My sweet lord Really want to know you Really want to go with you Really want to show you lord That it won't take long, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Really want to see you Really want to see you Really want to see you, lord Really want to see you, lord But it takes so long, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Really want to see you (hallelujah) I really want to be with you (hallelujah) Really want to see you lord (aaah) But it takes so long, my lord (hallelujah) Hm, my sweet lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hare krishna) My sweet lord (hare krishna) Hm, my lord (krishna krishna) My sweet lord (hare hare) I really want to know you (hare rama) Really want to go with you (hare rama) Really want to show you lord (aaah) That it won't take long, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hallelujah) Gurur Brahma (hare krishna) Gurur Vishnu (hare krishna) Gurur Devo (krishna krishna) Maheshwara (hare hare) Gurur Sakshaat (hare rama) Parabrahma (hare rama) Tasmayi Shree Guruve Namaha (hare hare) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Hmm (hallelujah)
Lyrics:
(It don't come easy, you know it don't come easy)
(It don't come easy, you know it don't come easy)
Got to pay your dues if you want to 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 easy
Forget about the past and all your sorrow
The future won't last
It will soon be your tomorrow
I 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 easy
Open up your heart, let's come together
Use a little luck, and we will make it work out better
Got to pay your dues if you want to 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 easy
Please remember peace is how we make it
Here withing your reach, is your freedom to take it
I don't ask for much, I only want your trust
And you know it don't come easy
(de de de) growing all the time
And you know it don't come easy
Song: While My Guitar Gently Weeps Duration: 4.51 Track No.: 1-9 Composer: George Harrison Vocals: George Harrison Year: 1971
Lyrics: 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 weeps I don't know why nobody told you how to unfold your love I don't know how someone controlled you They bought and sold you. I 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 weeps I don't know how you were diverted You were perverted too I don't know how you were inverted No one alerted you. I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps Look at you all . . . Still my guitar gently weeps.
[Jumpin' Jack Flash] I was born in a crossfire hurricane And I howled at my mama in the driving rain But it's alright now in fact it's a gas And it's alright, hey I'm Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas gas gas I was raised by a toothless bearded hag I was schooled with a strap right across my back But it's alright now in fact it's a gas And it's alright, hey I'm Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas gas gas But it's alright now in fact it's a gas And it's alright I'm Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas gas gas [...] But it's alright now in fact it's a gas It's alright now in fact it's a gas But it's alright now in fact it's a gas But it's alright now, but it's alright now But it's alright [Jumpin' Jack Flash end - 3:48] Well, you know that I love my woman But just sometimes she just don't treat me right Yeah, I woke up this morning and I looked her in the eye She said sweet daddy, you got what I want But you ain't givin' it to me Oh, and it hurt me deep down into my soul And I had [...] out of the door I was [..] my heart [...] Gonna ever see my baby no more I went a-walkin' down the street And I was ashamed to look at anyoone I meet Ooh, [..] and there she was standing Leaning up against a lamp post (Well, tell it, tell it) [Youngblood - 4:35] I saw her standing on the corner A yellow ribbon in her hair All night long my heart was shudder Look at there, look at there You're the one, look at there Youngblood, youngblood, youngblood Woo, I can't get you out of my mind And I couldn't sleep, I went on crying And I saw the risin' of the sun All night long my heart was crying You're the one, you're the one You're the one, you're the one Youngblood, youngblood, youngblood Well, I can't get you out of my mind [...] she looked so tough I had to follow her all the way home And when we were there I met her dad, he said: You'd better leave my daughter alone And I couldn't sleep, I went on crying And I saw the risin' of the sun All night long my heart was crying You're the one, you're the one You are the one, you're the one Youngblood, youngblood, youngblood Woo, I can't get enough of your love (Youngblood) Woo, you're breaking my heart in two (Youngblood, youngblood, youngblood) [Youngblood end - 7:08] Ooh, and I looked at that 19 year old girl Right in the eye. And I said you look so sweet to me darlin' But there's one thing I got to tell you. You know, I've got me a fine old lady Lying back there in that bedroom at home And I think I got to get hack to her. Ooh, you ain't interested in my, she said. [...] walkin' home down the street, back to my pet And I crawled and I snugged and I crawled back in the bedroom My baby looked at me with her great big blue bedroom eyes And she said: Wooh, dad where have you been all night long? Yet I know I told you to get away from me I told you to leave me alone Wooh, but I had a chain in your heart And I've been needin' you all night long [...] needin' the good thing I ain't had none of the good thing Yeah and I looked at my baby and I said Baby, I said, what is it that I've got that you want, yeah? She looked at me and she said, real slow, real soft, real sweet She said this right here: [Jumpin' Jack Flash reprise - 8:24] Yeah, it's alright now, in fact it's a gas Well, it's alright now, in fact it's a gas But, it's alright now, in fact it's a gas It's alright, it's alright now [Jumpin' Jack Flash end - 9:14] Yeah, now ev'rybody's got a young lady at home that they love But sometimes the things, they just don't go right But I want to tell you one thing, and it's for sure You treat your woman like you treat yourself Ev'rything is gonna be alright Yeah it's gonna be alright now. [**]
Instruments & additional info.: Jumpin' Jack Flash vocal - Leon Russell bass - Carl Radle lead guitar - Don Preston Youngblood vocals - Leon Russell, Don Preston
Song: Here Comes The Sun Duration: 3.28 Track No.: 2-2 Composer: George Harrison Vocals: George Harrison Year: 1971
Lyrics: Here comes the sun (du dn du du) Here comes the sun And I say It's alright Little darling It's been a long cold lonely winter Little darling It seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun And I say It's alright Little darling The smiles returning to the faces Little darling It seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun (du dn du du) Here comes the sun And I say It's alright Sun, sun, sun, here it comes (four times) Little darling I see the ice is slowly melting Little darling It seems like years since it's been clear Here comes the sun (du dn du du) Here comes the sun It's alright Here comes the sun (Du du du du) Here comes the sun It's alright It's alright [*]
Instruments & additional info.: vocal & guitar - George Harrison acoustic guitar - Pete Ham Other versions on Abbey Road The Best of George Harrison Live In Japan
Song: A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall Duration: 6.22 Track No.: 2-3 Composer: Bob Dylan Vocals: Bob Dylan Year: 1971
Lyrics: (George: Like to bring on a friend of us all, Mr. Bob Dylan!) Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? And where have you been, my darling young one? I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains, I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways, I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests, I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans, I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard, It's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall. Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son? And what did you see, my darling young one? I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it, I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it, I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin', I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin', I saw a white ladder all covered with water, I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken, And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall. What did you hear, my blue-eyed son? And what did you hear, my darling young one? I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin', I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world, Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin', Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin', I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin', Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter, And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall. Who did you meet, my blue-eyed son? Who did you meet, my darling young one? I met a young child beside a dead pony, I met a white man who walked a black dog, I met a young woman whose body was burning, I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow, I met one man who was wounded in love, I met another man who was wounded in hatred, It's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall. Oh, what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son? And what'll you do now, my darling young one? I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin', I'll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest, Where the people are many and their hands are all empty, Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters, Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison, The executioner's face is always well hidden Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten, Where black is the color and none is the number, And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it, Reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it, Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin', But I'll know my song well before I start singin', And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall. It's a hard rain's a gonna fall It's a hard rain's a gonna fall
Song: Blowin' In The WindDuration: 4.07 Track No.: 2-5 Composer: Bob Dylan Vocals: Bob Dylan Year: 1971
Lyrics: How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? How many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. How many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea? How many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free? How many times can a man turn his head, Pretending he just doesn't see? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. How many times can a dumb man look up Before he can see the sky? How many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? How many deaths will it take till he knows Too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. [*]
Instruments & additional info.: vocal, harmonica, acoustic guitar - Bob Dylan bass - Leon Russell electric guitar - George Harrison tambourine - Ringo Starr
Song: Mr. Tambourine ManDuration: 5.13 Track No.: 2-6 Composer: Bob Dylan Vocals: Bob Dylan Year: 1971
Lyrics: Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand, Vanished from my hand, Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping. My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet, I have no one to meet And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship, My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip, My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels To be wanderin'. I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind, Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves, The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach, Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow. Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands, With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves, Let me forget about today until tomorrow. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. [*]
Instruments & additional info.: vocal, harmonica, acoustic guitar - Bob Dylan bass - Leon Russell electric guitar - George Harrison tambourine - Ringo Starr
Song: Just Like A WomanDuration: 4.49 Track No.: 2-7 Composer: Bob Dylan Vocals: Bob Dylan Year: 1971
Lyrics: Nobody feels any pain Tonight as I stand inside the rain Ev'rybody knows That Baby's got new clothes But lately I see her ribbons and her bows Have fallen from her curls. She takes just like a woman And she makes love just like a woman And she aches just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl. Queen Mary, she's my friend Yes, I believe I'll go see her again Nobody has to guess That Baby can't be blessed Till she sees finally that she's like all the rest With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls. She takes just like a woman She makes love just like a woman And she aches just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl. It was raining from the first And I was dying there of thirst So I came in here And your long-time curse hurts But what's worse Is this pain in here I can't stay in here Ain't it clear that That I just can't fit Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit But when we meet again Introduced as friends Please don't let on that you knew me when I was hungry and it was your world. Ah, you fake just like a woman, yeah you do and You make love just like a woman, yeah and You ache just like a woman But you break just like a little girl. [*]
Instruments & additional info.: vocal, harmonica, acoustic guitar - Bob Dylan bass - Leon Russell electric guitar - George Harrison tambourine - Ringo Starr
Song: SomethingDuration: 4.52 Track No.: 2-8 Composer: George Harrison Vocals: George Harrison Year: 1971
Lyrics: Something in the way she moves Attracts me like no other lover Something in the way she woos me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how Somewhere in the way she smiles That I don't need no other lover Something in her style that shows me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how You're asking me will my love grow I don't know, I don't know You stick around and it may show I don't know, I don't know Something in the way she knows All I have to do is think of her Something in the things she shows me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how (Thank you very much) [*]
Instruments & additional info.: vocal - George Harrison [Note:] There are 37 seconds between Just Like A Woman and Something. Other versions on Abbey Road Anthology 3 The Best of George Harrison Live In Japan
Song: Bangla DeshDuration: 3.04 Track No.: 2-9 Composer: George Harrison Vocals: George Harrison Year: 1971
Lyrics: My friend came to me, with sadness in his eyes He told me that he wanted help Before his country dies Although I couldn't feel the pain, I knew I had to try Now I'm asking all of you To help us save some lives Bangla Desh, Bangla Desh Where so many people are dying fast And it sure looks like a mess I've never seen such distress Now won't you lend your hand and understand Relieve the people of Bangla Desh Bangla Desh, Bangla Desh Such a great disaster - I don't understand But it sure looks like a mess I've never known such distress Now please don't turn away, I want to hear you say Relieve the people of Bangla Desh Relieve Bangla Desh Bangla Desh, Bangla Desh Now it may seem so far from where we all are It's something we can't neglect It's something I can't neglect Now won't you give some bread to get the starving fed We've got to relieve Bangla Desh Relieve the people of Bangla Desh We've got to relieve Bangla Desh Relieve the people of Bangla Desh