Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!
“Gonna get my baby back home”
Medley combining Leiber-Stoller's 'Kansas City' with Little Richard's 'Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!', recorded in a single take with Paul channeling Little Richard. Side 1 closer on Beatles For Sale and one of the band's most explosive rock-and-roll covers.
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ahbabybaby'sbackbyecityeightfivefourgetgirlgoinggoneheyhomehuhlongmemyninenowohonesaidsevensincesixtellthreetimetwowellwhoawrongyeahyeah-yeahyoua longbaby i'mback homebeen goneget mygirl girlgoing togonna gethey nowi saidi'm goingi'm goneit's along timeme babymy babyoh soso longtell metwo threewell iwell it'swith youa long longfive six seveni'm going toone two threetwo three foura long long timefive six seven eightone two three fourfive six seven eight nine
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[ADV] i[ADV] i'll[ADV] it's[NOUN] i'm[NOUN] one[NOUN] with[VERB] me[VERB] my[VERB] so[VERB] to[WORD] been[WORD] i[WORD] one[WORD] soa [VERB]been [VERB]gonna [VERB]i [VERB]i'll [VERB]i'm [VERB]it's [WORD]me [NOUN]my [NOUN]my [WORD]one [NOUN]one [WORD]so [VERB]to [WORD][ADV] [VERB] me[ADV] i [VERB][ADV] i'll [VERB][NOUN] i'm [VERB][NOUN] with you[VERB] me [NOUN][VERB] my [NOUN][VERB] so [VERB][VERB] to [WORD][WORD] [NOUN] i'm[WORD] i [VERB]a [VERB] [VERB]i [VERB] [WORD]i'll [VERB] [WORD]i'm [VERB] [WORD]i'm [VERB] toit's a [VERB]my [NOUN] [ADV]one [WORD] [WORD][VERB] my [NOUN] [ADV][WORD] [NOUN] i'm [VERB]a [VERB] [VERB] [NOUN]gonna [VERB] my [NOUN]i [VERB] [WORD] [ADV]i [VERB] [WORD] [WORD]one [WORD] [WORD] [WORD][WORD] one [WORD] [WORD] [WORD]gonna [VERB] my [NOUN] [ADV]i [VERB] [WORD] [WORD] [WORD]
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Chord shape
C → CC → C7C → FC7 → F7C → GC → G7C → B♭C7 → B♭7C → C → FC → F → CC → G → DC → G → FC → B♭ → FC → F → C → GC7 → F7 → CC → F → C → G → F → CC → C7 → F7C7 → GC → C → F → C → GC → F → C → G → FC → F → C → G → F → C → GC7 → B♭7 → FC7 → G → D7C → C7 → F7 → C → G7 → F7C → G7 → F7C → C7 → F7 → C → G7C7 → F7 → C → G7 → F7 → CC → C → F → C → G → F
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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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