Lyrics:
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'cause I'm the taxman,
yeah, I'm the taxman
Should five percent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'cause I'm the taxman,
yeah, I'm the taxman
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet
Taxman
'Cause I'm the taxman,
Yeah, I'm the taxman
Don't ask me what I want it for (ha ha Mr. Wilson)
If you don't want to pay some more (ha ha Mr. Heath)
'cause I'm the taxman,
yeah, I'm the taxman
Now my advice for those who die
Declare the pennies on your eyes
'cause I'm the taxman,
yeah, I'm the taxman
And you're working for no one but me
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Availability:
Anthology 2 (CD)
Revolver (CD)
Revolver (UK)
Revolver (US)
Lead Singer: George
Recording: 4/20/66, 4/21/66, 4/22/66, 5/16/66
Mixing: 4/27/66, 5/16/66, 6/21/66
Length: 2:36
Take: 12
What Goes On? Anomalies
0:03
Left channel, " for you 19 for me 1-2-3-fooow". Right channel - various backward guitar notes (tape being wiped across tape head?), a little forward scale up the guitar, Centre "channel" - wunn twooo threee fourrr <cough> wunn twooo
Seems to be some confusion over the above anomaly, so I've split it into three channels. The left channel is the only one I consider to be "an anomaly" due to the background speech.
Dennis: "Well, if you listen carefully, you'll realise that the first sounds (that you consider to be "There's one for you ...") are really some guitar notes played backwards. Not only it makes more sense, but also on the Hal Leonard Revolver ... transcription they write down the exact notes ..."
If you listen to the left channel, not the right, you might actually pick out the correct sounds here :) Those guitar notes are on the right channel. Oopsey.
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0:35-0:35,0:40-0:43
Right channel drops out, taking with it the tambourine. |
0:47
Right channel, "Whoosh" before cowbell hit. "Must have been swinging that cowbell stick with a lot of enthusiasm" (Mike Borman) |
1:29
Early entrance of guitar (one or two notes of solo from 1:33) - seems to fade in from 1:32 to 1:33, so maybe it started a bar earlier on tape! |
1:38,1:45
"Ah ah Mr Wilson/Heath" dropped into lead guitar track (!) with audible clicks |
2:24
The last "no-one but/me" sounds as if edited from another take |
Note: I did not write or compile these anomalies. Please don't email me with new anomalies and please read the WGO Info page.
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