Old Brown Shoe
“I want a love that's right”
A Harrison composition, sung by Harrison, released as the B-side of 'The Ballad of John and Yoko'. Notable for its heavily distorted bass riff doubling the lead guitar on the bridges and its dominant-seventh-driven verses.
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Paul McCartney played drums on 7 Beatles songs, taking over for Ringo on tracks like 'Wild Honey Pie', 'Don't Pass Me By', 'Mother Nature's Son'. This song is one of them.
ReleasedMay 30, 1969 (Single)March 7, 1988 (Past Masters)
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Recurring words
appearbrownchangingdragfingerfrowngladhateknowslivemakingmaybepickringssameshortsomethingstarttellingtogethertwicewearingwearszooa lovea singerand loveand maybeand mebaby yoube thefor yourfrom thishalf ofi mayi seei'd hatei'll bei'll makei'm changingi'm ini'm soif iin lovelove andlove oflove that'sme downme upnow i'mor yousee yoursure thatthan thethat lovethat's rightthe sameto misswant awhen i'mwho knowswon't beyou maya love that'sand when iappear to bebe the samei'm in lovei'm in thei'm so gladi'm telling youin love withit won't bethat love iswhen i seewhen i'm withyou and mei'm in love within love with youto drag me downwhen i'm with youi'm in love with you
Cover-shared words
babycameearlyeverygetgirlgotgrowhalfhereheyitknowlatelonglovemakememissmynowoldrightsayseesmilesomesomedaysometimessteppingsuresweettheytoptrywantwrongyeahyouyouryoursand i'mand whenas longbaby i'mbe agot mei growi wanti'm notif youknow youlove ismy lovethat i'mto betry towhat theywhen iwith youyeah yeahyou andyou cameyou can'tyou knowyou saymy love isyeah yeah yeahyou know you
Lyric shape
[ADJ] that[ADJ] you[ADV] i'm[NOUN] is[VERB] out[WORD] asin [VERB]is [NOUN]it [WORD]may [VERB]not [ADV]not [VERB]only [WORD]that's [NOUN]this [WORD]where [WORD]who [VERB]who [WORD][ADJ] that i'm[ADJ] you [VERB][VERB] [ADJ] that[VERB] [NOUN] you[VERB] and [WORD][VERB] is [NOUN][VERB] it [WORD][VERB] me down[VERB] me up[VERB] with youa [ADJ] [VERB]and [WORD] [WORD]be a [NOUN]be the [ADJ]i [VERB] upi may [VERB]i'm [VERB] [ADJ]i'm in [VERB]i'm so [ADJ]if i [VERB]in [VERB] withis [NOUN] youso [ADJ] youthat [NOUN] isto [VERB] thatto be [ADJ][VERB] a [ADJ] [VERB][VERB] a [NOUN] that's[VERB] and [VERB] and[VERB] that [NOUN] is[VERB] to be [ADJ][WORD] [NOUN] to [VERB][WORD] [VERB] it [WORD][WORD] than the [NOUN]and when i [VERB]i [VERB] a [ADJ]i [VERB] a [NOUN]i [VERB] that [NOUN]i [VERB] your [NOUN]i'm in [VERB] within [VERB] with you[VERB] to [VERB] me downi [VERB] a [ADJ] [VERB]i'm in [VERB] with you
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[NOUN] i'm[NOUN] you[VERB] a[VERB] an[VERB] and[VERB] from[VERB] is[VERB] it[VERB] me[VERB] of[VERB] on[VERB] that[VERB] that's[VERB] to[VERB] up[VERB] what[VERB] with[VERB] you[VERB] your[WORD] of[WORD] thana [ADJ]a [NOUN]and [VERB]and [WORD]as [VERB]be [ADJ]but [NOUN]can't [VERB]i [VERB]i'd [VERB]i'll [VERB]i'm [VERB]me [VERB]me [WORD]my [NOUN]on [WORD]should [VERB]so [ADJ]that [NOUN]the [ADJ]the [NOUN]the [WORD]to [VERB]you [VERB]your [ADJ]your [NOUN][VERB] [VERB] on[VERB] a [ADJ][VERB] a [NOUN][VERB] and [VERB][VERB] me [VERB][VERB] on [WORD][VERB] that [NOUN][VERB] to [VERB][VERB] to be[VERB] what they[VERB] you [VERB][VERB] your [NOUN][WORD] [NOUN] i'm[WORD] [VERB] ita [NOUN] that'si [VERB] ai [VERB] thati [VERB] youri'm [VERB] [WORD]i'm [VERB] youin the [WORD]my [NOUN] ison [WORD] [NOUN]that [NOUN] ofto [VERB] mewhen i [VERB]you [VERB] [ADV]you [VERB] meyou [VERB] youyou can't [VERB][VERB] to [VERB] me[VERB] you [VERB] mei'll [VERB] and [VERB]you [VERB] you [VERB]you [VERB] you [VERB] me
Distinctive word
comfortdoo-dahdoo-dawdoo-doo-dooescapingfasterhairedimperfectlipqueuerejectreplacingshoethoughtlessweatherworrying
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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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