If I Needed Someone
“Carve your number on my wall”
Harrison's jangling 12-string showcase, written in Germany on tour and modeled on the Byrds' Rickenbacker-driven adaptation of his own A Hard Day's Night sound. The folk-rock circuit closed: Beatles → Byrds → Beatles.
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This song is the only Beatles song with byrds influence as a discernible influence.
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[ADV] i'm[VERB] i'd[VERB] this[WORD] yourhad [WORD]in [VERB][VERB] from me[WORD] in [VERB][WORD] your [NOUN]a [NOUN] fromand [WORD] youbut you [VERB]had you [VERB]if i [VERB]will [VERB] ayou [VERB] [WORD]you my [NOUN]you will [VERB][VERB] a [NOUN] from[WORD] [NOUN] to [VERB][WORD] you will [VERB]will [VERB] a [NOUN]you [VERB] [WORD] [WORD]i [VERB] [NOUN] to [VERB]
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[NOUN] to[VERB] a[VERB] from[VERB] of[VERB] on[WORD] in[WORD] youa [NOUN]and [WORD]be [VERB]been [VERB]i [VERB]my [NOUN]to [VERB]too [WORD]will [VERB]you [VERB]your [NOUN][NOUN] to [VERB][VERB] [NOUN] to[VERB] a [NOUN][VERB] on myi [VERB] [NOUN]on my [NOUN]then i [VERB]you [VERB] [ADV][VERB] [NOUN] to [VERB][VERB] on my [NOUN]
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carve
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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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