Wait
“It's been a long time, now I'm coming back home”
A McCartney-led ballad about a returning lover left over from the Help! sessions, exhumed five months later when Rubber Soul needed a fourteenth track. Notable for Harrison's tone-pedal lead guitar swells.
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This song is the only Beatles song with the ABABCABCABA song form.
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedJune 17, 1965; November 11, 1965
ReleasedDecember 3, 1965
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Cover-shared words
aloneawaybackbreakscomecomingfeelgoodheartheart'sholdhomeknowlongmenowohstrongtearsthoughtilltimewaityouyoura longback homebut ifcome backfor mehold oni cani feeli won'ti've beenif youif yourknow thatlong timeought tothat youto knowyou doyou willyour hearta long timeknow that youknow that you willyou ought to know
Cover-shared shape
[ADV] to[NOUN] i[VERB] as[VERB] for[VERB] in[VERB] me[VERB] on[VERB] that[VERB] the[WORD] toa [VERB]and [VERB]been [ADJ]don't [VERB]i [VERB]i'll [VERB]me [ADV]the [NOUN]to [VERB]will [VERB]won't [VERB]you [WORD]your [NOUN]your [WORD][NOUN] i [VERB][VERB] me [ADV][VERB] that you[VERB] the [NOUN][WORD] to [VERB]a [VERB] [NOUN]and [VERB] thati [VERB] [ADV]i won't [VERB]if your [WORD][VERB] that you willwe'll [VERB] the [NOUN]you [WORD] to [VERB]
Distinctive word
delay
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Chord shape
C → AmC → F → B♭C → F → DmC → Am → DAm → D → GC → F → AAm → DC → CmAm → EmAm → EC → FmC7 → FmC → FC → GC → EC → Fm → B♭C → E → AmAm → D → G → CAm → E7C → E7 → AmC → E7C → Am → D → GC → F → Dm → GC → G → BAm → E → Am → DC → G → B → EmC → G → B7C → F → A7C → G → B7 → EmC → F → B♭ → DC → F → C → E → AmC → F → B♭ → GmC7 → Fm → B♭Am → D → DmC → F → C → F → C → E → AmC → F → C → E7 → AmAm → D → G → C → EAm → Em → B
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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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