“Get Back” is a song recorded by the Beatles, originally released as a single on 11 April 1969 and credited to “The Beatles with Billy Preston.”[3] A different mix of the song later became the closing track of Let It Be (1970), which was the Beatles’ last album released just after the group split. The single version was later issued on CD on the second disc of the Past Masters compilation.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote this for Helen Shapiro, a 16 year old who toured with The Beatles in 1963. Her management rejected the song, but another singer on that tour, Kenny Lynch, did record it, becoming the first person to cover a Lennon/McCartney song.
According to Lennon, “It was kind of a John song more than a Paul song, but it was written together.” McCartney was to say: “I don’t think either one of us dominated on that one, it was just a hacking job.”
On this post, you will learn the chords used, the strumming pattern and other little tips on how to play “Misery”.
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“Dig a Pony” is a song by the Beatles, originally released on their 1970 album Let It Be. “Dig a Pony” was the penultimate song played at the concert on the rooftop of Apple Studios in Savile Row, London on 30 January 1969.
This song was originally titled “All I Want Is You” and is written mostly by John Lennon and credited to Lennon-McCartney. According to Lennon, he thought that this song was a “Piece of garbage” although he wrote this for his soon to be wife, Yoko Ono.
“Please Please Me” is a song and the second single from their United Kingdom released album of the same name. In the US, this is the first single relased.
It was originally a John Lennon composition, but of course during their early years and specially during the production of the Please Please Me Album, George Martin has a lot of say and influence.
According to John Lennon: “Please Please Me is my song completely. It was my attempt at writing a Roy Orbison song, would you believe it? I wrote it in the bedroom in my house at Menlove Avenue, which was my auntie’s place”
“I Feel Fine” is a riff-driven rock song written by John Lennon and released in 1964 by the Beatles as the A-side of their eighth British single. The song is notable for being one of the first uses of guitar feedback in popular music.
I Feel Fine was recorded during the sessions for the Beatles For Sale album, although it was a stand-alone release.
During the Beatles retreat in India, Paul McCartney wrote a number of songs and “Rocky Raccoon” is ne one of them. He was inspired to play more acoustic guitar during their stay there. He played with John Lennon and Donovan.
“Rocky Raccoon” is a song by the Beatles from the double-disc album The Beatles (also known as The White Album).
You can refer to the video below as I try to explain how to play rocky raccoon on acoustic guitar.
This is an easy one once you get the hang of the strumming pattern and the chords.
The whole pattern and chords are the same all throughout the song! Check it out! Learn the chords and you are on your way in playing this Beatles song. More detail explanation in text can be found after the video.
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The whole song can be played by 3 chords with some variation for each chords. For example, D major and D Major Sus4 (Dsus4) are played one after the other.
C major and C major with /B bass is also played one after the other.
The guitar chords used for this song are the following:
For C and C/B the high G on the third string is played by the pinky finger. Also for Am7, the aside from the open G note on the 3rd string, high G on 1st string is also played.
As a matter of fact, high G note is played although out the song except for D major 🙂
Now somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota
There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon
And one day his woman ran off with another guy
He hit young Rocky in the eye
Rocky didn’t like that he said I’m gonna get that boy
So one day he walked into town
Booked himself a room in the local saloon
Rocky Raccoon checked into his room
Only to find Gideon’s bible
Rocky had come equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival
His rival it seems had broken his dreams
By stealing the girl of his fancy
Her name was Magill and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy
Now she and her man, who called himself Dan
Were in the next room at the hoedown
Rocky burst in and grinning a grin
He said, Danny boy this is a showdown
But Daniel was hot he drew first and shot
And Rocky collapsed in the corner
Now the doctor came in stinking of gin
And proceeded to lie on the table
He said, Rocky you met your match
And Rocky said, Doc it’s only a scratch
And I’ll be better, I’ll be better Doc as soon as I am able
And now Rocky Raccoon he fell back in his room
Only to find Gideon’s bible
Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt
To help with good Rocky’s revival
“Across the Universe” is a song recorded by the Beatles. It was written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song first appeared on the various artists’ charity compilation album No One’s Gonna Change Our World in December 1969, and later, in different form, on Let It Be, the group’s final released album.
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“Blackbird” is a Beatles song from the double-disc album The Beatles (known as the White Album). The song was written by Paul McCartney, though credited to Lennon–McCartney.
McCartney explained on Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road, aired in 2005, that the guitar accompaniment for “Blackbird” was inspired by J.S. Bach’s BourrĂ©e in E minor, a well known lute piece, often played on the classical guitar.
“This Boy” is a song by English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon-McCartney). It was released in November 1963 as the B-side of the British Parlophone single “I Want to Hold Your Hand”.
The Beatles performed it live on 16 February 1964 for their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. It also appears as the third track on side one of the American release, Meet the Beatles!.
“You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” was written and sung by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released on the album Help! in August 1965.
Lennon’s vocal style was inspired by the American singer Bob Dylan. Lennon wrote the song at home during what he called his “Dylan period”, wanting another song for the film Help!.[1] The song “is just basically John doing Dylan”, Paul McCartney confirmed.