“Treat me like you did the night before”
McCartney's wistful Help! album cut about a lover's overnight change of heart. Notable for John's Hohner Pianet – the first electric piano on a Beatles record – and McCartney's first use of his Epiphone Casino in a dual octave-doubled solo with Harrison. The band mimed it on Salisbury Plain, flanked by army tanks, in the Help! film.
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Hohner Pianet is on 11 Beatles songs, 'The Night Before' (1965) among them.
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[NOUN] is[VERB] was[WORD] webefore [WORD][NOUN] is a[VERB] [NOUN] is[VERB] of [WORD][VERB] you by[WORD] [WORD] theis a [NOUN]it [VERB] meso [WORD] [WORD]we [VERB] ouryou have [VERB]your [NOUN] [WORD][NOUN] [WORD] the [NOUN][NOUN] is a [NOUN][VERB] [WORD] the [NOUN][VERB] our [WORD] [WORD][WORD] [WORD] the [NOUN]in your [NOUN] [WORD]when i [VERB] of[VERB] [VERB] [WORD] the [NOUN]when i [VERB] of [WORD]your [NOUN] [WORD] the [NOUN]
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[ADV] i[NOUN] before[VERB] me[VERB] of[VERB] our[VERB] you[VERB] your[WORD] thea [NOUN]have [VERB]i [VERB]it [VERB]me [VERB]of [WORD]our [WORD]so [ADJ]so [WORD]the [NOUN]wanna [VERB]we [VERB]will [VERB]you [ADV]you [VERB]your [NOUN][ADV] i [VERB][VERB] [WORD] the[VERB] me [VERB][VERB] our [WORD][VERB] you [ADV][VERB] your [NOUN][WORD] the [NOUN]i [VERB] ofi [VERB] youi will [VERB]in your [NOUN]like the [NOUN]when i [VERB]you [VERB] [VERB][VERB] me [VERB] youi [VERB] you [ADV]i will [VERB] youwhen i [VERB] youyou [VERB] [VERB] [WORD]
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goodbyessincereunwise
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I–IIi–V♭VII–II–VV–IV–II–II–VV–IVI–♭III♭III–IVIV–VI–♭VII♭VII–IVV–IV–viiv–IIV–II–♭VII–IV♭VII–IV–VIV–V–III–VI–iiiII–V–IIV–V–viV–I–iiiVI–IIV–I–♭VIIiii–VIIV–I–III–♭III–IV♭III–IV–III–V–IVV–♭VIIIV–I–II–Vvi–ivV–I–♭VII–IVV–♭VII–III–iiiIV–V–I–♭VIIV–IV–I–IIII–V–IV–I♭VII–I–Vvi–iv–Iiii–VI–II♭III–IV–VI–II–V–IVI–iii–VIi–V–♭VII
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Am → D → GC → G → A → DC → E♭C → DC → D7C → D → EC → B♭C → GC → FC → DmAm → FmAm → EC → B♭ → FC → G → AC → D → GC → D → AC → EmAm → DC → F → B♭C → F → E♭C → E♭ → FC → D → EmC → F → AmC → Em → AC7 → D7C → F → E♭ → B♭C → Em → A → DC → D → G → FC → B♭ → F → GAm → Fm → CC → E♭ → F7C → E♭ → F → GAm → E → G
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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.
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