1.1 - Come Together

Recorded: Abbey Road, London, England - Recorded 21st July 1969 - 9 takes. Overdubs 22nd July 1969 onto take 9. Overdubs 23rd July 1969 onto take 9. Overdubs 25th July 1969 onto take 9. Overdubs 29th July 1969 onto take 9. Overdubs 30th July 1969 onto take 9. Final mix - take 9

Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola
He say "I know you, you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free
Come together right now over me

He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease
Come together right now over me

Right

He roller-coaster he got early warning
He got muddy water he one mojo filter
He say "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see
Come together right now over me

Ooh

Come together, Yeah
Come together, Yeah
Come together, Yeah
Come together, Yeah
…………………

1.2 - Something

Recorded: Abbey Road, London, England - Recorded 25th February 1969 - Demo take 1. Recording 16th April 1969 - 13 takes (backing track only) Re-made 2nd May 1969 - 36 takes (new 1-36) Overdubs 5th May 1969 onto take 36. Overdubs 11th July 1969 onto take 36 creating take 37. Overdubs 16th July 1969 onto take 36 creating takes 38 & 39. Overdubs 15th August 1969 onto take 39. Final mix - take 39
 

Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe her now

Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
Don't want to leave her now
You know I believe her now

You're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around now it may show
I don't know, I don't know

Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me

Don't want to leave her now
You know I believe her now

1.3 - Maxwell's Silver Hammer

Recorded: Abbey Road, London, England - Recorded 9th July 1969 - 21 takes. Overdubs 10th July 1969 onto take 21, Overdubs 11th July 1969 onto take 21. Overdubs 6th August 1969 onto take 21 creating takes 22-27. Final mix - take 27

Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical
Science in the home
Late nights all alone with a test-tube ohh-oh-oh-oh...
Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine
Calls her on the phone
"Can I take you out to the pictures Joa-oa-oa-oan?"
But as she's getting ready to go
A knock comes on the door...

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that she was dead

Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
Teacher gets annoyed
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant sce-e-e-ene
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
So he waits behind
Writing 50 times "I must not be so-o-o-oo..."
But when she turns her back on the boy
He creeps up from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that she was dead

B.C. Thirty-One said "we caught a dirty one"
Maxwell stands alone
Painting testimonial pictures ohh-oh-oh-oh
Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery
Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free)
The judge does not agree and he tells them so-o-o-oo
But as the words are leaving his lips
A noise comes from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon his head
Bang, Bang, Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that he was dead
Oooooh

Silver Hammer Max

1.4 - Oh! Darling

Recorded: Abbey Road, London, England - Recorded 20th April 1969 - 26 takes. Overdubs 26th April 1969 onto take 26. Overdubs 17th July 1969 onto take 16. Overdubs 18th July 1969 onto take 26. Overdubs 22nd July 1969 onto take 26. The final vocal - 23rd July 1969 onto take 26. Overdubs 8th August 1969 onto take 26. Overdubs 11th August 1969 onto take 26.
Final mix - take 26

Oh! Darling, please believe me
I'll never do you no harm
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm

Oh! Darling, if you leave me
I'll never make it alone
Believe me when I beg you
Don't ever leave me alone

When you told me you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and cried
When you told me you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and died

Oh! Darling, if you leave me
I'll never make it alone
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm

Believe me Darling

When you told me you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and cried
When you told me you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and died

Oh! Darling, please believe me
I'll never let you down
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm

1.5 - Octopus's Garden

Recorded: Abbey Road, London, England Garden - Recorded 26th April 1969 - 32 takes. Overdubs 29th April 1969 onto take 32. Overdubs 17th July 1969 onto take 32. Overdubs 18th July 1969 onto take 32. Final mix - take 32

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus' garden in the shade

I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus' garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade

We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus' garden near a cave

We would sing and dance around
Because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade

We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
(Happy and they're safe)

We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden with you
In an octopus' garden with you
In an octopus' garden with you

1.6 - I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Recorded: Trident Studios, London, England - Recorded 22nd February 1969 - 35 takes. Mixing 23rd february 1969 takes 9, 20 & 32 together for new "take 1". Overdubs 18th April 1969 onto take 1. Overdubs 20th April 1969 onto take 1. Overdubs 8th August 1969 onto take 1. Overdubs 11th August 1969 onto take 1. Final mix - "take 1"

I want you
I want you so bad
I want you so bad it's driving me mad
It’s driving me mad

I want you
I want you so bad babe
I want you
I want you so bad it's driving me mad
It’s driving me

I want you
I want you so bad babe
I want you
I want you so bad it's driving me mad
It’s driving me mad

I want you
I want you so bad
I want you so bad it's driving me mad
It’s driving me

She's so heavy
Heavy

She's so heavy
She's so heavy

I want you
I want you so bad babe
I want you
I want you so bad it's driving me mad
It’s driving me mad

I want you
I want you so bad babe
I want you
I want you so bad it's driving me mad
It’s driving me mad

Yeahhhhhh

She’s so
 

2.1 - Here Comes the Sun

Recorded: Abbey Road, London, England - Recorded 7th July 1969 - 13 takes (backing track only) Vocal overdubs 8th July 1969 onto take 13 creating takes 14-15. Overdubs 16th July 1969 onto take 15. Overdubs 6th August 1969 onto take 15. Overdubs 11th August 1969 onto take 15. Overdubs 15th August 1969 onto take 15. Moog overdub 19th August 1969 onto take 15. Final mix - take 15

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
And I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
And I say it's all right
It's all right
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
It's all right
It's all right

2.2 - Because

Recorded: Abbey Road, London, England - Recorded 1st August 1969 - 23 takes. Vocal overdubs 4th August 1969 onto take 16. Moog overdubs 5th August 1969 onto take 16. Final mix - take 16

Aaaaaahhhhhh
Because the world is round it turns me on
Because the world is round...aaaaaahhhhhh

Because the wind is high it blows my mind
Because the wind is high......aaaaaaaahhhh

Love is all, love is new
Love is all, love is you

Because the sky is blue, it makes me cry
Because the sky is blue.......

Aaaaaaaahhhh
Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh
Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh
Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh

2.3 - You Never Give Me Your Money

Recorded: Olympic Sound Studios, London, England - Recorded 6th May 1969 - 36 takes. Overdub 1st July 1969 onto take 30. Overdubs 11th July 1969 onto take 30. Overdubs 15th July 1969 onto take 30. Overdubs 30th July 1969 onto take 30 creating takes 37-42. Overdubs 30th July 1969 onto take 40. Overdubs 31st July 1969 onto take 30. Final mix - take 30

You never give me your money
You only give me your funny paper
And in the middle of negotiations
You break down

I never give you my number
I only give you my situation
And in the middle of investigation
I break down

Out of college, money spent
See no future, pay no rent
All the money's gone, nowhere to go
Any jobber got the sack
Monday morning, turning back
Yellow lorry slow, nowhere to go
But oh, that magic feeling, nowhere to go
Oh, that magic feeling
Nowhere to go, nowhere to go

One sweet dream
Pick up the bags and get in the limousine
Soon we'll be away from here
Step on the gas and wipe that tear away
One sweet dream came true today
Came true today
Came true today (yes it did)

One two three four five six seven,
All good children go to Heaven
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2.4 - Sun King

Recorded: July 24, 1969 (with "Mean Mr. Mustard" as one song) at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added July 25, 1969 and July 29, 1969

[Italian lyrics broken down phonetically]

Here comes the sun king
Here comes the sun king
Everybody's laughing
Everybody's happy
Here comes the sun king

Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon
Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol
Questo abrigado tantamucho que canite carousel

2.5 - Mean Mr. Mustard

Recorded: Abbey Road, London, England - Recorded 24th July 1969 - 35 takes. Vocal overdubs 25th July 1969 onto take 35. Overdubs 29th July 1969 onto take 35. Final mix - take 35
Polythene Pam - Recorded together with She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

Mean Mister Mustard sleeps in the park
Shaves in the dark trying to save paper
Sleeps in a hole in the road
Saving up to buy some clothes
Keeps a ten-bob note up his nose
Such a mean old man
Such a mean old man

His sister Pam works in a shop
She never stops, she's a go-getter
Takes him out to look at the queen
Only place that he's ever been
Always shouts out something obscene
Such a dirty old man
Dirty old man

2.6 - Polythene Pam

Recorded: July 25, 1969 (with "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" as one song) at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added July 28, 1969 and July 30, 1969

Well you should see Polythene Pam
She's so good looking
But she looks like a man
Well, you should see her in drag
dressed in a polythene bag
Yes you should see Polythene Pam
Yeh, yeh, yeh

Get a dose of her in jackboot and kilt
She's killer diller when
she's dressed to the hilt
She's the kind of a girl
that makes the news of the world
Yes you could say she was attractively built
Yeh, yeh, yeh

2.7 - She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

Recorded: July 25, 1969 (with "Polythene Pam" as one song) at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added July 28, 1969 and July 30, 1969

She came in through the bathroom window
Protected by a silver spoon
But now she sucks her thumb and wanders
By the banks of her own lagoon

Didn't anybody tell her?
Didn't anybody see?
Sunday's on the phone to Monday,
Tuesday's on the phone to me

She said she'd always been a dancer
She worked at 15 clubs a day
And though she thought I knew the answer
Well I knew what I could not say.

And so I quit the police department
And got myself a steady job
And though she tried her best to help me
She could steal but she could not rob

Didn't anybody tell her?
Didn't anybody see?
Sunday's on the phone to Monday,
Tuesday's on the phone to me
Oh yeah.

2.7 - Golden Slumbers

Recorded: July 2, 1969 (with "Carry That Weight" as one song) at Abbey Road, London, England - Recorded 2nd July 1969 - 15 takes (as one track) Overdubs 3rd July 1969 onto takes 13 & 15, creating 2 takes (16-17) Overdubs 4th July 1969 onto take 17. Overdubs 30th July 1969 onto take 17. Overdubs 31st July 1969 onto take 17. Overdubs 15th August 1969 onto take 17. Final mix - take 17

Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby

Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby

Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby

2.8 - Carry That Weight

Recorded: July 2, 1969 (with "Golden Slumbers" as one song) at Abbey Road, London, England - Recorded 2nd July 1969 - 15 takes (as one track) Overdubs 3rd July 1969 onto takes 13 & 15, creating 2 takes (16-17) Overdubs 4th July 1969 onto take 17. Overdubs 30th July 1969 onto take 17. Overdubs 31st July 1969 onto take 17. Overdubs 15th August 1969 onto take 17. Final mix - take 17

Boy, you gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time

I never give you my pillow
I only send you my invitations
And in the middle of the celebrations
I break down

Boy, you gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time

2.9 - The End

Recorded: July 23, 1969 at Abbey Road, London, England - Recorded 23rd July 1969 - 7 takes (backing track only) Vocal overdubs 5th August 1969 onto take 7. Overdubs 7th August 1969 onto take 7. Overdubs 8th August 1969 onto take 7. Overdubs 15th August 1969 onto take 7. Overdubs 18th August 1969 onto take 7. Final mix - take 7

Oh yeah, all right
Are you going to be in my dreams tonight?

And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make.

2.10 - Her Majesty

Recorded: July 2, 1969 at Abbey Road, London, England - Recorded 2nd July 1969 - 3 takes. Final mix - take 3

Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl,
But she doesn't have a lot to say
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
But she changes from day to day
I want to tell her that I love her a lot
But I gotta get a bellyful of wine
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
Someday I'm going to make her mine, oh yeh,
Someday I'm going to make her mine.