I Will
“Will I wait a lonely lifetime?”
McCartney composition for The Beatles (the White Album), with lead vocal by McCartney. An acoustic folk-pop ballad recorded in September 1968, notable for McCartney's scat-sung 'vocal bass' line in place of a bass guitar.
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The Beatles have 13 songs whose subject is romantic love itself, including 'P.S. I Love You', 'I Want to Hold Your Hand', 'I Will' and 10 more.
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedSeptember 16–17, 1968
ReleasedNovember 22, 1968
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Dm → GmC → FC7 → FAm → FF → B♭Gm → C → FB♭ → C → FAm → DmF → FDm → GG → CDm → G → CAm → Dm → G → CB♭ → C → DmB♭ → CF → DGm → CC → DmG7 → C7Dm → FF → B♭ → CF7 → B♭B♭ → C7D → GmB♭ → C7 → FC → F → DF → DmF → F7Gm → C → F → DC7 → F → D7F → D → GmGm7 → C7Dm → AmDm → G7C → F → D → GmB♭ → B♭m → FAm → F → B♭C → F → DmD → Gm → CDm → Gm7B♭ → AmGm → C → F → D → Gm → C → F → FB♭ → B♭m → F → D → GmB♭ → C7 → F → DmF → B♭ → B♭m → FF → Dm → Gm → CAm → F → B♭ → CB♭ → C → F → DmF7 → B♭ → B♭m6F7 → B♭ → C7Dm → Am → FF → D7F → B♭ → C7C7 → F → F7F → F7 → B♭C → Dm → FF → F → B♭Am → F7C7 → Dm
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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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