She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
“Protected by a silver spoon”
McCartney composition for the Abbey Road medley, lead vocal by McCartney. Inspired by an actual incident in which fans climbed into his St John's Wood home through a bathroom window.
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Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedJuly 25 – August 21, 1969
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1969
Song familyMedley songInto 'Golden Slumbers'
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Recurring words
answeranybodydancermondayownsilverthoughttriedwindowa daya silveralways beenand soand thoughbeen abest tobut shecame inhelp mei couldknew thelisten tolook outmyself aof hershe cameshe couldshe thoughtshe workedtell herthe answerthe phonethough shethrough theto helpto thata steady joband though shebut now sheon the phonethought i knewi knew what i
Lyric shape
[VERB] at[VERB] outat [VERB]could [VERB]he's [WORD]her [ADJ]her [VERB]not [VERB][ADV] she [VERB][NOUN] [VERB] her[VERB] but she[VERB] her [ADJ][VERB] her [WORD][VERB] to that[VERB] what i[WORD] [VERB] out[WORD] of hera [NOUN] [NOUN]been a [WORD]by a [NOUN]by the [WORD]her [VERB] [WORD]i [VERB] thei [VERB] whatshe [VERB] [WORD]she [VERB] atshe [VERB] hershe [VERB] inso i [VERB]the [NOUN] [NOUN]the [NOUN] tothrough the [NOUN][VERB] by a [NOUN][VERB] i [VERB] the[VERB] the [NOUN] [NOUN][WORD] on the [NOUN]and [VERB] myself aand [WORD] she [VERB]but [ADV] she [VERB]by the [WORD] ofi [VERB] the [NOUN]i [VERB] what ishe [VERB] [WORD] [WORD]she [VERB] i [VERB]the [NOUN] to me
Cover-shared shape
[ADJ] to[ADV] i[ADV] she[VERB] but[VERB] by[VERB] her[VERB] i[VERB] in[VERB] me[VERB] myself[VERB] the[VERB] to[VERB] what[WORD] a[WORD] and[WORD] been[WORD] of[WORD] on[WORD] shea [ADJ]a [NOUN]a [WORD]and [VERB]and [WORD]but [ADV]her [WORD]i [VERB]she [VERB]that [WORD]the [NOUN]the [WORD]to [VERB]to [WORD][ADJ] to [VERB][ADV] i [VERB][VERB] [WORD] a[VERB] i [VERB][VERB] the [NOUN][VERB] to [WORD][VERB] to me[WORD] [VERB] to[WORD] [WORD] been[WORD] a [NOUN][WORD] and [VERB][WORD] she [VERB]a [ADJ] [NOUN]on the [NOUN]the [WORD] ofto [VERB] me[VERB] [WORD] a [NOUN]
Distinctive word
banksbathroomclubsdepartmentfifteenhehlagoonmalpoliceprotectedrobshe'dspoonstealsuckssunday'sthumbtuesday'swanders
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Chord shape
Am → EAm → DAm → D7C → F → DAm → D → GC → Fm → B♭C → AC → G7C7 → FC → B♭C → GC → B♭ → FC → FC → AmAm → FC → CC → C7C → Am → FAm → F → CC → F → FC → C → GC → FmC → G → EmC → Fm → B♭ → E♭C7 → GAm → D7 → GAm → E → Am → DC → F → C → AmAm → D → G → DAm → F → C → FC → G → C → AC → F → F7C → Fm → C → Fm → B♭C → F → C → Am → FC → F → C → F → DC → G → C → CC7 → F/EC → Fm → B♭ → E♭ → B♭ → E♭C → Fm → C → Fm → B♭ → E♭C → Am → F → C → FC → C7 → G
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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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