There's a Place
“There is a place where I can go”
Lennon-led album track from the band's debut, with a striking John-and-Paul two-part vocal in fourths and fifths over a harmonica hook. An early glimpse of Lennon's introspective writing, prefiguring 'I'm Only Sleeping' and beyond.
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The Sadness motif first appears in the Beatles catalogue on 'There's a Place' (1963).
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[VERB] only[VERB] there's[WORD] bei'm [ADJ][ADJ] my [NOUN][ADV] is a[WORD] you doand [WORD] youdon't you [VERB]i can [WORD]is a [NOUN]it's my [NOUN]the [WORD] youthere's no [NOUN]when i'm [ADJ][VERB] there's no [NOUN][WORD] [ADJ] my [NOUN][WORD] be no [ADJ]and there's no [NOUN]don't you [VERB] thati [VERB] only youthe [WORD] you [VERB]when i [VERB] [ADJ]you [VERB] that it'sdon't you [VERB] that it's
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E → AE7 → AA → EA → BC♯m → G♯mA → E → BF♯ → EE → A → E → BE → B7A → E → B7A → G♯mC♯m → G♯m → AB → C♯m → G♯mC♯m → AE → BA → E7A → C♯mB → C♯mC♯m → A → BA → E → A → E → BG♯m → AE → A → E → A → E → BG♯ → C♯mA → E → A → E → B7C♯m → F♯E → G♯E → A → E → A → E → B7A → E → B → C♯mG♯ → C♯m → F♯E → B7 → C♯mC♯m → F♯ → EE → G♯ → C♯m
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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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