Here Comes The Sun Lyrics



Harrison


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

 
Lead Singer: George

Recording: 7/7/69, 7/8/69, 7/16/69, 8/6/69, 8/11/69, 8/15/69, 8/19/69
Mixing: 7/8/69, 8/4/69, 8/19/69
Length: 3:04
Take: 15

Anomalies

0:13, 0:35
George H. hits the guitar body to mark the unplayed beats, a la Help!

* NEW * Stephen Moss suggests :-
The time tapping noted here is more likely George's foot. Listen to how closely that guitar is miked. Were George to beat out the pauses on the guitar body, it'd be much louder.
0:19,0:35 * NEW *
Soft, then louder bumps against the body of the guitar (left)
2:23
The vocal comes out as "It seels like years since it's been clear". Previous verses are "feels/here", "seems/here", and there seems to be some doubt as to what word came there!
George Harrison wrote this in Eric Clapton's garden using one of Clapton's acoustic guitars. When the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein died in 1967, the band had to handle more of their accounting and business affairs, which Harrison hated. He wrote this after attending a round of business meetings.
The instrumental break is similar to "Badge," which Harrison helped Clapton write for his band Cream.
The music begins on the left channel and gradually moves to the right as Harrison's vocal begins.
This was inspired by the long winters in England which Harrison thought went on forever.
John Lennon did not play on this. Around this time, he was making a habit of not playing on Harrison's compositions as the two were not on the best of terms. The two eventually settled their differences as George contributed quite a bit to Lennon's album Imagine 2 years later. (thanks, Adrian - Wilmington, DE)
Richie Havens covered this in 1971. The Beatles' version never charted, but his hit #16 in the US. Others who have covered this include Nina Simone and Peter Tosh.
On Nov. 20, 1976, Harrison performed this with Paul Simon on Saturday Night Live. On a previous show, producer Lorne Michaels offered The Beatles $3,000 (union minimum), to show up and perform. He said they could split it up any way they wanted, giving Ringo less if they felt like it. Lennon and McCartney were watching together in New York at the time and almost went. On the show when Harrison performed this, there is a skit where he is arguing with Michaels over the money. Michaels tries to explain that the $3000 was for the whole group, and he would have to accept less.
When Harrison died in 2002, many artists performed this at their concerts as a tribute. It was played at the induction ceremonies of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as part of the all-star jam.
 
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