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The Long And Winding Road

Lennon/McCartney

Lyrics:
The long and winding road
that leads to your door
will never disappear
I've seen that road before
It always leads me her
Lead me to you door

The wild and windy night
that the rain washed away
Has left a pool of tears
crying for the day
Why leave me standing here
let me know the way

Many times I've been alone
and many times I've cried
Any way you'll never know
the many ways I've tried

But still they lead me back
to the long winding road
You left me standing here
a long long time ago
Don't leave me waiting here
lead me to your door

But still they lead me back
to the long winding road
You left me standing here
a long long time ago
Don't leave me waiting here
lead me to your door
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Availability:
Anthology 3 (CD)
1967-1970 (Blue Album) (CD)
Let It Be (CD)
The Beatles 1 (CD)
Let It Be... Naked (CD)
Let It Be (UK)
Let It Be (US)
The Long And Winding Road (US 45)

Lead Singer: Paul

Recording: 1/26/69, 1/31/69, 4/1/70
Mixing: [4/69 and/or 5/69] 3/26/70, 4/2/70
Length: 3:40
Take: 18

What Goes On? Anomalies

0:19
Microphone thump after "disappear" - through a short echo/delay

0:28
Wrong notes in bass line, sounds very hesitant

1:32
Click near word "times" (microphone hit again?)

1:53
Click in vocal track

1:59
Paul talks about John's playing ... (Can't hear this on CD?)

2:10
Bass note too quiet.

2:39
Mis-struck bass note

2:52 * NEW *
Another bass note out of time

2:59
Dropped out bass note (either not played or mixed out!)

3:07
Further wrong bass notes

3:14
More dropped out bass notes

3:15
Sort-of-anomaly: Paul is heard to faintly sing "keep me waiting" a second time. Whether this is just Paul "getting into" the song, or whether it was mixed out, I don't know. Apparently this repeat line is included in concerts and Give My Regards To Broadstreet.

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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