When I Get Home
“I'm gonna love her till the cows come home”
Lennon rocker closing side two of A Hard Day's Night, modelled on the Shirelles and powered by impatient verses and a falsetto refrain. Notable for its restless key shifts between A major and C major across barely six chords.
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This song is the only Beatles song with the BABABCAB song form.
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Cover-shared words
babycausecomedoorgetgirlgotherhereholdhomeletlotlovemanymemoremypleasesayseetellthingstilltimetodaytonightwaitingwalkwaywholeyeahyoua girland thencome onfor megot agot nogotta doi goti gottai'm gonnaif youlet melot ofmy babymy wayon outso manythen i'lltime forwhen iwith youyou pleasei gotta doif you pleasewhole lot of
Lyric shape
[ADV] with[NOUN] who's[VERB] outbeing [ADV]for [NOUN]her [ADJ][ADV] for me[ADV] with you[NOUN] for [NOUN][VERB] her [ADJ][VERB] her [WORD][VERB] so [WORD]i [VERB] ini [VERB] noi [VERB] outi [VERB] soi gotta [VERB]so [WORD] [WORD]to [VERB] her[NOUN] the [WORD] [VERB][VERB] no [NOUN] for[WORD] to [VERB] heri [VERB] a [ADJ]i [VERB] a [NOUN]i [VERB] in [ADV]i [VERB] no [NOUN]i [VERB] so [WORD]i'm gonna [VERB] herwhen i [VERB] [ADV][WORD] gonna [VERB] my [NOUN]i'm gonna [VERB] her [NOUN]
Cover-shared shape
[ADV] for[NOUN] for[NOUN] i[NOUN] the[VERB] a[VERB] her[VERB] in[VERB] me[VERB] my[VERB] no[VERB] on[VERB] so[WORD] i[WORD] of[WORD] toa [ADJ]a [NOUN]gonna [VERB]gotta [VERB]her [NOUN]her [WORD]i [VERB]i'll [VERB]my [NOUN]no [NOUN]of [WORD]on [VERB]so [WORD]that [NOUN]the [WORD]this [NOUN]to [VERB]you [VERB][ADJ] [WORD] of[NOUN] i [VERB][NOUN] the [WORD][VERB] [ADV] for[VERB] a [ADJ][VERB] a [NOUN][VERB] her [NOUN][VERB] my [NOUN][VERB] no [NOUN][VERB] on [VERB][WORD] [WORD] i[WORD] gonna [VERB][WORD] of [WORD][WORD] to [VERB]a [ADJ] [WORD]i [VERB] [ADV]i [VERB] ai'm gonna [VERB]if you [VERB]my [NOUN] [ADV]the [WORD] [VERB]then i'll [VERB]when i [VERB][VERB] a [ADJ] [WORD][VERB] my [NOUN] [ADV][VERB] on [VERB] me[WORD] i gotta dogonna [VERB] my [NOUN]the [WORD] [VERB] [ADV]gonna [VERB] my [NOUN] [ADV]
Distinctive word
cowsi'matrivialitywoah-i
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Chord shape
C → B♭ → E♭C → FC → DmAm → GC → F → B♭C → GC → DC → F → GC → AmAm → CAm → FC → B♭C → Am → FAm → F → GC → D → CC → Am → F → GC → F → G → FC → F → GmC → F → C → F → GC → G → C → G → C → DC → G → C → DC → D → EmC → F → C → F → C → F → GC9 → FC → F9C → F → B♭ → C → B♭ → E♭C → Am → C → Am → F → GC → Am → F → G → FC → B♭ → C → DmC → F → B♭ → CmC → D → Em → DC → D → C → DAm → F9
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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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