Every Little Thing
“Every little thing she does, she does for me”
McCartney's understated love song to Jane Asher, sung as a John-and-Paul unison lead and punctuated by Ringo's timpani on the title hook. A Beatles For Sale deep cut later revived in cover versions by Yes and others.
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The Death motif first appears in the Beatles catalogue on 'Every Little Thing' (1964).
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedSeptember 29–30, 1964
ReleasedDecember 4, 1964
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besidedieforeverguyluckypeoplerememberwalkingwithouta luckycan't stopfor iher nowi rememberi wasi'm happyi'm surejust toknow thelove herlove willme i'mme oohone thingshe doesthat shethe thingsthere iswhen i'mwill lovewith herwithout herand you knowi will lovepeople tell metell me i'mthe first timethe things shethere is onewhen i'm withwill never dieyou know theto know that she
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[ADJ] of[NOUN] she[VERB] willi'm [ADJ]was [ADJ][ADV] is one[NOUN] i'm [ADJ][VERB] her [WORD][VERB] me i'm[VERB] that she[WORD] she doesand you [VERB]i [VERB] [VERB]i [VERB] thei was [ADJ]i'm a [ADJ]just to [VERB]me i'm [ADJ]that she [VERB]the [WORD] sheto [VERB] thatwas [ADJ] [WORD]yes i [VERB][VERB] that she [VERB]i was [ADJ] [WORD]i will [VERB] heri'm a [ADJ] [NOUN]to [VERB] that she
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[ADV] is[NOUN] i'm[VERB] her[VERB] i'm[VERB] me[VERB] that[VERB] the[WORD] her[WORD] shea [ADJ]can't [VERB]her [ADV]her [WORD]i [VERB]i'm [VERB]me [ADV]me [WORD]one [NOUN]she [VERB]the [ADJ]the [WORD]to [VERB]will [VERB]will [WORD]you [VERB][NOUN] [VERB] me[VERB] me [ADV][VERB] the [ADJ][VERB] the [WORD]a [ADJ] [NOUN]i [VERB] i'mi [VERB] thati will [VERB]i'm [VERB] [WORD]she [VERB] methe [ADJ] [NOUN]will [WORD] [VERB]you [VERB] the[VERB] the [ADJ] [NOUN]you [VERB] the [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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