All Together Now
“Can I have a little more?”
A McCartney-composed children's singalong on Yellow Submarine, lead vocal by McCartney with Lennon on the bridge. Recorded in a single session at EMI Studios on 12 May 1967 with Geoff Emerick engineering in George Martin's absence.
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This song is the only Beatles song with the AACBABCB song form.
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[ADJ] i[VERB] at[ADJ] i [VERB][NOUN] to [NOUN][VERB] at me[WORD] [VERB] at[WORD] [WORD] the[WORD] i [WORD]can i [VERB]have a [ADJ]i [WORD] i[ADJ] i [VERB] you[VERB] my [NOUN] to[WORD] [VERB] the [NOUN][WORD] [VERB] the [WORD][WORD] [WORD] [VERB] the[WORD] [WORD] [WORD] i[WORD] [WORD] i [VERB][WORD] [WORD] the [NOUN]a [WORD] [WORD] [WORD]i [WORD] i [VERB][WORD] [WORD] [VERB] the [NOUN][WORD] [WORD] [VERB] the [WORD][WORD] [WORD] [WORD] [WORD] i[WORD] [WORD] i [VERB] youi [VERB] my [NOUN] to
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[NOUN] and[NOUN] to[VERB] my[VERB] the[VERB] you[WORD] i[WORD] thea [ADJ]a [WORD]and [ADJ]i [VERB]i [WORD]my [NOUN]one [WORD]the [NOUN]the [WORD]to [NOUN][ADJ] [NOUN] and[NOUN] and [ADJ][VERB] my [NOUN][VERB] the [NOUN][VERB] the [WORD][WORD] [VERB] the[WORD] [WORD] i[WORD] i [VERB][WORD] the [NOUN]a [ADJ] [WORD]a [WORD] [WORD]i [VERB] myi [VERB] youone [WORD] [WORD][WORD] i [VERB] youi [VERB] my [NOUN]one [WORD] [WORD] [WORD]
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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