Come Together
“He got ju-ju eyeball, he one holy roller”
Lennon composition opening Abbey Road, a slow swamp-rock groove built on McCartney's iconic descending bass riff and Rhodes electric piano. Originally drafted as a Timothy Leary gubernatorial campaign song. Released as a double A-side with 'Something'. The BBC barred it from airplay for naming Coca-Cola, breaking its rule against product references.
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Electric piano solo first appears on a Beatles record on 'Come Together' (1969).
Track1 · Album opener · Side 1 · Side opener
Songwriter(s)LennonCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedJuly 21 – 30, 1969
ReleasedOctober 6, 1969
Song familyWritten for othersTimothy Leary campaign song, Paul is dead'One and one and one is three' read as the three surviving Beatles
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[NOUN] he[NOUN] he's[WORD] hehe [WORD]his [WORD]is [WORD]one [ADV][ADV] to [VERB][NOUN] he [VERB][VERB] [VERB] up[VERB] up [ADV][VERB] you in[WORD] [NOUN] he[WORD] [NOUN] he's[WORD] he [VERB]be a [WORD]can [VERB] youin his [WORD]so [ADV] toto be [ADJ]to his [NOUN]what he [VERB][VERB] to be [ADJ]he [VERB] [WORD] [NOUN]i can [VERB] youso [ADV] to [VERB]you [VERB] to be[VERB] to be a [WORD]i [VERB] you you [VERB]i can [VERB] you isone [NOUN] i can [VERB]you [VERB] to be [ADJ]
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[ADV] to[NOUN] down[NOUN] i[VERB] his[VERB] i[VERB] me[VERB] no[VERB] one[VERB] to[VERB] up[VERB] you[WORD] me[WORD] youa [WORD]be [ADJ]be [WORD]can [VERB]he [VERB]his [NOUN]i [VERB]no [WORD]one [NOUN]one [WORD]so [ADV]to [VERB]you [VERB][NOUN] i can[VERB] his [NOUN][VERB] i [VERB][VERB] no [WORD][VERB] to be[WORD] you canbe [WORD] [NOUN]he [VERB] [ADV]he [VERB] [WORD]i [VERB] youi can [VERB]one [WORD] [WORD]you [VERB] meyou [VERB] toyou can [VERB]you you [VERB][NOUN] i can [VERB][VERB] i [VERB] you[VERB] you you [VERB]he [VERB] [WORD] [WORD]
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armchaircoca-colacrackerdiseaseeyeballfilterflat-topfootballgood-lookingroovinggumbootholyju-jumojomuddyonorollerroller-coastershoeshinesideboardspinaltoe-jamwarninwater
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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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