“I ain't no fool and I don't take what I don't want”
McCartney's brisk Help! album cut announcing a new lover to a soon-to-be ex. Mimed by the band on a Bahamas beach in the Help! film, the track is also notable for Paul playing lead guitar in place of Harrison, including the lead riff bookending the song.
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The Madness motif first appears in the Beatles catalogue on 'Another Girl' (1965).
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedFebruary 15 – 16, 1965
ReleasedAugust 6, 1965
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[ADJ] and[NOUN] in[NOUN] that's[NOUN] the[VERB] and[VERB] me[VERB] that[VERB] to[VERB] what[VERB] you[WORD] a[WORD] and[WORD] than[WORD] thea [WORD]and [ADJ]been [ADJ]don't [VERB]from [ADV]have [VERB]i [VERB]i'm [VERB]i've [VERB]in [WORD]me [NOUN]me [VERB]my [NOUN]no [NOUN]she's [WORD]that's [ADJ]the [NOUN]the [WORD]this [NOUN]to [VERB]will [VERB]will [WORD]you're [VERB][ADJ] and [ADJ][NOUN] in [WORD][NOUN] that's [ADJ][NOUN] the [WORD][VERB] [NOUN] that's[VERB] [WORD] a[VERB] me [NOUN][VERB] me [VERB][VERB] to [VERB][WORD] a [WORD][WORD] and i[WORD] the [NOUN][WORD] the [WORD]and i [VERB]be my [NOUN]don't [VERB] toi [VERB] [WORD]i don't [VERB]i'm [VERB] youthe [WORD] andyou're [VERB] me[VERB] me [VERB] that[WORD] the [WORD] anddon't [VERB] to [VERB]the [WORD] and i
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C → E → AC → G → C → E7C → FC → GC → B♭C → DC → D7C → D → GC → G → FC → F → GC → F → G7C → B♭ → C → FC → D → G → AC → E♭C → EC7 → FC → G7C → E♭ → B♭C → F → AC → B♭ → C → F → GC → D → G → DC → E7C → F → C → B♭C → G → F → GC → F → A7C → E♭ → B♭ → E♭ → B♭C → E7 → AC → E♭ → B♭ → E♭ → B♭ → E♭C → F → A → DC → E → A → E
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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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