Girl
“She's the kind of girl you want so much”
Lennon's bittersweet portrait of an unattainable, painful idealised 'girl', cut against Harrison's capo-high 12-string evoking Greek bouzouki. Released as a Rubber Soul track in December 1965, it became one of Lennon's most personally regarded songs.
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This song is the only Beatles song with the ABABCBABB song form.
Songwriter(s)LennonCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedNovember 11, 1965
ReleasedDecember 3, 1965
Song familyFragile LennonAdmits emotional captivity
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[ADV] to[ADV] you[NOUN] i[NOUN] of[NOUN] that[NOUN] to[NOUN] you[VERB] a[VERB] as[VERB] her[VERB] his[VERB] it[VERB] of[VERB] she's[VERB] so[VERB] the[VERB] to[VERB] when[VERB] you[WORD] it[WORD] thea [ADJ]a [NOUN]and [VERB]don't [VERB]down [WORD]his [NOUN]i [VERB]i've [VERB]is [ADV]it [VERB]it's [VERB]must [VERB]my [NOUN]of [NOUN]of [WORD]she [VERB]she's [ADJ]she's [VERB]so [ADV]so [WORD]still [VERB]that [NOUN]the [NOUN]the [WORD]they [VERB]this [NOUN]to [NOUN]to [VERB]was [NOUN]will [VERB]would [VERB]you [ADJ]you [VERB][ADV] you [VERB][NOUN] that [NOUN][NOUN] you [VERB][VERB] a [ADJ][VERB] a [NOUN][VERB] his [NOUN][VERB] the [NOUN][VERB] to [VERB][VERB] to me[VERB] you [ADJ][WORD] the [NOUN][WORD] the [WORD]a [ADJ] [NOUN]a [NOUN] [WORD]and [VERB] toand i [VERB]i [VERB] heri [VERB] ofi don't [VERB]me and [VERB]when i [VERB]when you [VERB]you [VERB] ayou [VERB] soyou don't [VERB][NOUN] you [VERB] so[VERB] a [ADJ] [NOUN][VERB] a [NOUN] [WORD]a [NOUN] [WORD] [WORD]and [VERB] to [VERB]you [VERB] a [NOUN][ADV] you [VERB] a [NOUN][VERB] a [NOUN] [WORD] [WORD]
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actsearnleisurepromisestit
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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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