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© 2026 Nadav (Nahdi) Lazar. Beatles music © Apple Corps. Fan-made – not affiliated with The Beatles or Apple Corps.

“In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.”

SongsLet It BeI've Got a Feeling
Maggie Mae·One After 909
I've Got a Feeling1970 · Let It Be
Let It Be album cover

I've Got a Feeling

1970 · Let It Be

“Everybody had a hard year, everybody had a good time”

A Lennon-McCartney true collaboration welding Paul's 'I've Got a Feeling' to John's 'Everybody Had a Hard Year', with both stacked in counterpoint in the outro. Recorded live during the Beatles' rooftop concert at Apple Corps on 30 January 1969.
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26 Beatles songs were recorded at studios other than EMI Abbey Road: Apple Studios (11 songs), Olympic Sound Studios (6 songs), Trident Studios (6 songs), Pathé Marconi Studios (3 songs), Hog Hill Mill (2 songs). This song is one of them.

Let It BeOne After 909Abbey RoadApple StudiosOlympic Sound StudiosTrident StudiosRecording location
Year1970
AlbumLet It Be
Track8 · Side 2 · Side opener
Duration3:37
Songwriter(s)Lennon, McCartney
Lead VocalPaul, John
RecordedJanuary 30, 1969
ReleasedMay 8, 1970
Song familyRooftop concert

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Text288 tags

Motif

LoveRelationshipSelf reflectionNostalgiaClothesTransportationWeatherAnatomySunshineRainLonelinessTimeChildhood

Title

Get in title

Vocabulary

Positive toneCasual language

Narrative

First personConversationalImperative

Lyrical device

Anaphora

Rhyme type

Identical rhymeInternal rhymeHalf rhymePerfect rhymeExtrametrical rhyme

Song form

Through-composedAABA formNo verse-chorus

Sections

Has bridgeMany verses (5+)No chorusHas outroHas intro

Section links

Outro based on verseVerse variationIntro based on verse

Repetition

Consecutive lineRecurring lineConsecutive verses
Word cloud

Recurring words

deepeverybodyfeelingfoothateinsideknowslookedlookingpulledsockssomebodysunshinetheirtrainwanderingwonderingyearyearsa gooda hardall theseand ifbe latedown oheverybody knowshair downhate toi wasi'd hateme ime onnobody toldoh myoh pleasesaw theso hardthat's rightthink thatto misstold mewon't beyeah oha feeling thata good timeall that iall these yearsand if youi can't hidei won't beme on myoh yeah yeahthat i wasyeah yeah ohif you leave meoh yeah oh yeahyeah yeah yeah yeahoh yeah oh yeah oh yeah

Cover-shared words

allbelievecomedreamgoodgothairhardhidekeepslateleaveletlikememissmynobodyohoohpleaseputrightsawsoulthinktimetoldyeahyoubelieve megot ahad ahow comei can'ti thinki won'ti've beeni've gotif youleave melike youmy soulno nooh nooh yeahon mythat iyeah that'syeah yeahi've got aoh no nooh yeah that'splease believe meyeah yeah yeah

Lyric shape

[ADV] again[NOUN] had[VERB] their[WORD] i'vea [ADV]be [ADV]that's [NOUN]their [NOUN]their [WORD]up [WORD]who [VERB][NOUN] [VERB] the[NOUN] i've been[NOUN] who [VERB][VERB] [VERB] you[VERB] how [VERB][VERB] me on[VERB] their [NOUN][VERB] their [WORD][WORD] [NOUN] had[WORD] i've [VERB][WORD] no [WORD][WORD] that i[WORD] these [NOUN]a [ADJ] [VERB]a [NOUN] [ADJ]a [NOUN] [NOUN]be [ADV] againcan't [VERB] [NOUN]down [WORD] [WORD]i was [VERB]no [NOUN] [VERB]to [VERB] thewas [VERB] for[NOUN] [VERB] the [WORD][NOUN] [VERB] their [NOUN][VERB] [NOUN] [VERB] me[VERB] a [NOUN] [NOUN][VERB] me on my[VERB] to [VERB] the[WORD] [WORD] i've [VERB]a [NOUN] that [NOUN]and if you [VERB]had a [ADJ] [NOUN]i [VERB] that [NOUN]i won't be [ADV]i've [VERB] a [NOUN]if you [VERB] meto [VERB] the [NOUN][VERB] to [VERB] the [NOUN]

Cover-shared shape

[NOUN] down[NOUN] i've[NOUN] so[VERB] a[VERB] around[VERB] for[VERB] how[VERB] i[VERB] me[VERB] that[VERB] the[VERB] to[VERB] you[WORD] my[WORD] no[WORD] that[WORD] that's[WORD] these[WORD] upa [ADJ]a [NOUN]been [VERB]can't [VERB]down [WORD]how [VERB]i [VERB]i'd [VERB]i've [VERB]my [NOUN]my [WORD]no [NOUN]no [WORD]so [ADV]that [NOUN]the [NOUN]the [WORD]these [NOUN]to [VERB]was [NOUN]was [VERB]you [VERB][NOUN] [VERB] me[VERB] [VERB] me[VERB] a [NOUN][VERB] i [VERB][VERB] i can't[VERB] that [NOUN][VERB] the [NOUN][VERB] the [WORD][VERB] to [VERB][WORD] [WORD] that's[WORD] my [NOUN][WORD] no noa [ADJ] [NOUN]a [NOUN] [WORD]a [NOUN] thatbeen [VERB] aroundi [VERB] thati can't [VERB]i'd [VERB] toi've [VERB] ai've been [VERB]if you [VERB]no no [WORD]on my [WORD]that [NOUN] [VERB]that [NOUN] meyou [VERB] me[VERB] a [NOUN] [WORD][VERB] i can't [VERB][VERB] that [NOUN] [VERB][VERB] that [NOUN] mea [NOUN] [WORD] [WORD]a [NOUN] a [NOUN]i'd [VERB] to [VERB]my [NOUN] so [ADV][VERB] a [NOUN] [WORD] [WORD]

Rhyme scheme

AAABABACDEABCBABCBDABCCUnique rhyme scheme

Line length

8-8-8-8Long meterUnique line length

Distinctive word

toeswet

Music148 tags

Arrangement

Lead vocalsBacking vocalsElectric guitarLead guitarRhythm guitarBass guitarElectric pianoDrums

Instrument group

GuitarsKeyboards

Bass work

Descending bass

Music genre

Blues rockHard rockRockBlues

Influence

Blues influenceGospel influence

Vocal work

SingalongOoh vocalsYeah vocalsVocal ad-libShouted vocalsBelted vocalsCounterpointVocal harmoniesTwin lead vocals

Solo / Riff

Defining riff

Melody

Call and responseDefining riff

Tempo

Slow

Key

A major

Time signature

4/4

Song form

Through-composedAABA formNo verse-chorusUnique structure

Sections

Has bridgeMany verses (5+)No chorusHas outroHas introThrough-composed

Section traits

Unique outro

Section links

Outro based on verseVerse variationIntro based on verse

Repetition

Consecutive verses

Section transition

I to IIV to V

Harmony

Plagal cadenceModal mixtureBorrowed chordCircle of fifthsParallel harmonyDrone

Composition

Tonic openingTonic endingBridge in VVerse in ITonic verseNon-tonic bridge

Mode

IonianMixolydian

Chord type

majordom7dimslash chord

Scale degree

II7iidim♭iiidimiiidimIV♯ivdimV♭VIIUnique scale degree

Chord degree

I–VIV–I–VI–I♭VII–IV–II–IVIV–IIV–♭VII♭VII–IVI–IV–♭VIIIV–I–V–♭VIIIV–I–II–IV–♭VII–IVV–♭VII♭VII–IV–I–VI–V–♭VII♭VII–IV–I–IV–I–IVI–IV–I–IV–♭VII

Chord shape

C → G → DC → F → B♭ → FC → F → C → GC → E♭C → E♭ → B♭C → C7C → CC → FC → GC → F → B♭C → G → C → FC → G → D → GC → G → GC → G → B♭C → G → D → G → DC → G → G7C/G → GC → G → D → AC → F → C → G → C → GC → G → D → G → D → GC → F → C → F → B♭C → F/CC → G → D → DC/G → FC → G → D → FAdim → A♭dim → Gdim → F♯dimC → F → C → F → B♭ → FC → Gdim

Chord literal

A → D → GA → A7A → AA → EA → DD → AD → GG → DG → D → AA → D/AD → A → EE → GD → G → D → AG → D → A → DD → A → AA → D → G → DD → A → D → GE → G → DG → D → A → ED → A → A7A → E → GD/A → AA → D → A → D → G → DG → D → A → D → A → DD → A → E → GG → D → A → A

Studio13 tags

Equipment

Fender Rosewood TelecasterHofner 500/1Fender RhodesLudwig Hollywood MapleFender Twin ReverbFender BassmanEpiphone Casino ES-230TD3M M23 8-track recorderEMI REDD.51 consoleEMI REDD.37 console

Recording location

External locationApple Studios

Session duration

Single day

People13 tags

Unique personnel
True Lennon-McCartneySpecial guest
Line-up
John Lennon
Lead vocalsElectric rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney
Lead vocalsBass guitar
George Harrison
Backing vocalsElectric lead guitar
Ringo Starr
Drums
Billy Preston
Electric piano
Songwriter
Paul McCartneyJohn Lennon
Producer
Phil SpectorGeorge Martin
Recording engineer
Glyn Johns
Assistant engineer
Alan Parsons

Info19 tags

Release type

Song on albumSong on AnthologySong on Let It Be... NakedSong on Giles Martin remix

US release

Identical release

Release mix

Stereo

Label

AppleApple US

Publisher

Northern Songs

Recording type

Live recording

Song family

Rooftop concert

Song type

Original

Duration

Medium

Cultural impact

Beatles film soundtrack
Sources & references

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.

Updated 2026-06-03

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Year1970
AlbumLet It Be
Track8 · Side 2 · Side opener
Duration3:37
Songwriter(s)Lennon, McCartney
Lead VocalPaul, John
RecordedJanuary 30, 1969
ReleasedMay 8, 1970
Song family
Rooftop concert
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