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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Harrison

Lyrics:
I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it need sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps

I don't know why nobody told you
how to unfold you love
I don't know how someone controlled you
they bought and sold you

I look at the world and I notice it's turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps

I don't know how you were diverted
you were perverted too
I don't know how you were inverted
no one alerted you

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at you all
Still my guitar gently weeps

Oh, oh, oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah

Availability:
Anthology 3 (CD)
1967-1970 (Blue Album) (CD)
The Beatles (The White Album) (CD)
The Beatles (UK)
The Beatles (The White Album) (US)

Lead Singer: George

Recording: 7/25/68, 8/16/68, 9/3/68, 9/5/68, 9/6/68
Mixing: 10/7/68, 10/14/68
Length: 4:50
Take: 25

What Goes On? Anomalies

0:50-0:51 * NEW *
Just before "I don't know why", centre, sound like a digital watch beeping the hour!

1:57
Listen to right channel as the guitar solo begins. Ringo ends the drum roll, and then returns to the hi hat rhythm. Just for a moment, he blows it, and it all recovers by 2:00

3:14 * NEW *
Paul missed the middle note of his triple in the bass line (right channel)

4:19 * NEW *
Right channel, Ringo misses the kick (both beats!)

Note: I did not write or compile these anomalies. Please don't email me with new anomalies and please read the WGO Info page.

Notes:

Eric Clapton plays lead guitar on this song. He was brought in by George in an attempt to reduce some of the tension that was growing between the members of the group during the White Album sessions.