Her Majesty
“Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl”
A McCartney solo composition for Abbey Road – just acoustic guitar and lead vocal, 23 seconds long. Originally slated for the medley between Mean Mr. Mustard and Polythene Pam, it ended up as a hidden track after The End.
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The shortest officially-released Beatles song is 'Her Majesty' (0:23).
Track17 · Album closer · Side closer · Side 2
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedJuly 2, 1969
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1969
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[ADJ] of[NOUN] but[WORD] but[WORD] i'ma [ADV][ADJ] [NOUN] but[ADJ] of [NOUN][NOUN] to [NOUN][VERB] her aa [WORD] buta [WORD] tobut she [VERB]i gotta [VERB][VERB] a [ADV] [ADJ][WORD] i'm gonna [VERB]a [WORD] to [VERB]from [NOUN] to [NOUN]i'm gonna [VERB] hera [ADJ] [ADJ] [NOUN] [WORD]have a [WORD] to [VERB]
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[NOUN] to[VERB] a[VERB] from[VERB] her[WORD] a[WORD] toa [ADJ]a [WORD]gonna [VERB]gotta [VERB]her [WORD]i [VERB]mine [WORD]of [NOUN]she [VERB]to [NOUN]to [VERB]wanna [VERB][WORD] a [ADJ][WORD] to [VERB]a [ADJ] [ADJ]gotta [VERB] ai [VERB] heri wanna [VERB]i'm gonna [VERB]that i [VERB]a [ADJ] [ADJ] [NOUN]
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D → AA → DD → EE → AE7 → AD → GGm → DB → EA → D → EA → D → AA → D → BA → D → B → ED → B7D7 → GB → E → AE → A → DE → A → D → AG → Gm → DD → B → EB → E → A → DE7 → A → DD → G → GmD → B → E → AA → D → A → D → EE → A → D → A → DD → G → Gm → DA → D → A → DE → A → D → BD → B7 → E7B → DD → E → A → D → AD → A → D → E → AD7 → G → Gm → DA → D → E → ABm → BD → E7D → E → AD → BB7 → E7A → Bm
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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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