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Dig It

1970 · Let It Be

“Like the FBI and the CIA”

Free-form blues jam from the Get Back sessions, credited to all four Beatles. Lennon improvises over a I-IV-V vamp, name-checking the FBI, CIA, BBC, B.B. King and Doris Day. The 50-second album edit comes from a 12-minute studio jam.
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Year1970
AlbumLet It Be
Track5 · Side 1
Duration0:51
Songwriter(s)Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Starkey
Lead VocalJohn
RecordedJanuary 26, 1969
ReleasedMay 8, 1970

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Motif

AcronymReal peopleMediaDialogueNatureRoyalty

Influence

Bob Dylan influence

Title

Pronoun in title

Vocabulary

Neutral toneMinimal lyricsCasual language

Narrative

List songFirst personStream of consciousness

Lyrical device

Non-Beatles reference

Rhyme type

Extrametrical rhymeIdentical rhymePerfect rhyme

Song form

12-bar bluesNo verse-chorus

Sections

No chorusSingle verse

Repetition

Consecutive wordRecurring fade lineConsecutive lineRecurring line
Word cloud

Recurring words

dorisfbikingrollingwoodcan youwe'd like tocan you dig it

Cover-shared words

comedaydigitlikenowyouand nowlike alike thelike tothat wasto do

Lyric shape

we'd [VERB]and [WORD] [NOUN]can you [VERB]do [WORD] thewe'd [VERB] to[WORD] [WORD] [VERB] itcan you [VERB] itlike a [VERB] [NOUN]

Cover-shared shape

[VERB] it[VERB] to[WORD] thea [VERB]and [ADV]and [WORD]by [WORD]do [WORD]it [VERB]the [NOUN]the [WORD]you [VERB][NOUN] [VERB] it[VERB] it [VERB][VERB] to do[WORD] [VERB] it[WORD] the [WORD]a [VERB] [NOUN]and the [NOUN]like a [VERB]like the [NOUN]the [WORD] [VERB]you [VERB] it[WORD] [VERB] it [VERB][WORD] the [WORD] [VERB][VERB] it [VERB] it [VERB] it

Rhyme scheme

ABUnique rhyme scheme

Line length

10-11Unique line length

Distinctive word

angelsbbcbusbyciageorgieharkmattstone
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Sources & references

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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