Oh! Darling
“When you told me you didn't need me anymore”
A McCartney composition for Abbey Road, lead vocal by McCartney. A 1950s doo-wop pastiche in 12/8 with a deliberately roughened vocal recorded over multiple mornings.
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Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedApril 20 – August 11, 1969
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1969
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A → EBm → EE → AE7 → AA → DD → AA → AA → A7A → BB → EB♭ → ABm → E → A → D → AE7 → A → D → A → EE → A → D → A → EF♯m → D → Bm7A → D → A → ABm7 → E7 → AF♯m → D → BmF♯m → DD → BmD → FB7 → E7A → B → EE → EaugD → Bm → EA → D → A → EE → F♯mD → A → EE → A → DF → EE → A → D → ABm → E → AE7 → A → DD → A → AA → B7E → BmA → E → F♯mF7 → E7F → AE7 → A → D → AA → B7 → E7D → A → A7
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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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