The Word
“Have you heard the word is love?”
An early Lennon-led 'message song' preaching universal love – a sketch of the philosophy that would bloom into All You Need Is Love. Built on a 12-bar D7 vamp with a harmonium coda overdubbed by George Martin.
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The Spiritual motif first appears in the Beatles catalogue on 'The Word' (1965).
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[ADJ] and[ADV] i[ADV] to[NOUN] a[NOUN] and[NOUN] i[NOUN] i'm[NOUN] it's[NOUN] the[NOUN] to[VERB] it[VERB] me[VERB] of[VERB] the[VERB] what[WORD] i[WORD] thata [NOUN]be [ADJ]be [VERB]but [ADV]have [VERB]i [VERB]i [WORD]i'm [VERB]i've [VERB]is [ADJ]is [VERB]it [VERB]it's [WORD]so [NOUN]the [ADJ]the [NOUN]to [VERB]you [VERB][NOUN] a [NOUN][NOUN] i [WORD][NOUN] i'm [VERB][NOUN] to [VERB][VERB] it [VERB][VERB] the [NOUN][WORD] i [VERB]i [VERB] itin the [NOUN]that i [VERB]the [ADJ] [WORD]the [NOUN] [VERB]the [NOUN] andthe [NOUN] ithe [NOUN] i'mwhat i [VERB]you [VERB] the[VERB] the [NOUN] andthe [NOUN] i'm [VERB]you [VERB] the [NOUN]
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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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