“Jai guru deva om”
Lennon's stream-of-consciousness meditation chant, with a Sanskrit refrain to Maharishi's guru. The Let It Be version carries Phil Spector's 1970 orchestral and choral overdub layered over the 1968 basic track.
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Engineer Geoff Emerick took over from Norman Smith starting with Revolver, defining the band's mature studio sound. Credited on 74 Beatles recordings, including 'And Your Bird Can Sing', 'Magical Mystery Tour', 'Across the Universe'.
Songwriter(s)LennonCredited as Lennon–McCartney
ReleasedMay 8, 1970
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[NOUN] across[VERB] before[VERB] out[VERB] theirare [VERB]their [NOUN][NOUN] across the[NOUN] are [VERB][VERB] me on[VERB] of [WORD][VERB] their [NOUN]a [ADJ] [VERB]a [NOUN] [NOUN]across the [WORD]as they [VERB]into a [NOUN]like a [ADJ]my [NOUN] [NOUN]of [NOUN] [VERB]of [WORD] [WORD]they [VERB] [ADV][WORD] gonna [VERB] my [NOUN]
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[ADV] as[NOUN] are[VERB] and[VERB] around[VERB] into[VERB] me[VERB] my[VERB] of[VERB] through[WORD] a[WORD] ofa [ADJ]a [NOUN]a [WORD]and [VERB]gonna [VERB]me [VERB]my [NOUN]of [NOUN]of [VERB]of [WORD]out [VERB]the [WORD]they [VERB]they [WORD][VERB] [WORD] a[VERB] and [VERB][VERB] my [NOUN][VERB] of [NOUN][WORD] [WORD] of[WORD] a [NOUN][WORD] gonna [VERB][WORD] of [NOUN][WORD] of [VERB]a [NOUN] [WORD]a [WORD] [NOUN]a [WORD] [WORD]and [VERB] melike a [WORD]my [NOUN] [VERB]they [VERB] me[VERB] [WORD] a [NOUN][VERB] and [VERB] me[WORD] of [VERB] [VERB]gonna [VERB] my [NOUN]
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C → AmAm → DC → FAm → EAm → GmC → F → DmC → F → Dm → AmAm → E → D♭mC → GC → B♭C → G → FAm → Em → DmAm → EmC7 → FC → CC → C → FAm → Em → GC → C7Am → CC → Am → EmC → C7 → FC7 → F → DmAm → D → DAm → Gm → CAm7 → DC7 → F → Dm → AmC → Am → Em → GAm → Cm → GAm → Gm7Am → E → D♭m → A♭mC → Am → Em → DmC → C7 → F → DmAm → D → D → GAm7 → Cm → G
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