Oh! Darling Lyrics



Lennon/McCartney


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

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

 
Lead Singer: Paul

Recording: 1/27/69, 4/20/69, 4/26/69, 7/17/69, 7/18/69, 7/22/69, 7/23/69, 8/8/69, 8/11/69
Mixing: 4/20/69, 4/16/69, 4/18/69
Length: 3:24
Take: 26

Anomalies

0:34-0:35 * NEW *
Click (centre) Maybe drumsticks?, and a sharp loud breath.
0:53
Bass note on down beat goes very dead, almost like a really slack string! Following note is stepped to correctly.
1:30
Possible drop-in in bass line, or slightly late playing of one note here.
1:08 ,3:19-3:25
Daniel Caccavo says :-

"John (or George, I haven't checked the bible) uses guitar amp tremelo in the bridge arpeggiated sections, which is activated by a footswitch. Going into the first (I think it's the first) bridge [1:08], he accidentally pushes the switch one note early, which gives the big chord a tremelo effect (which I'm sure was untintenional). It sort of sounds like a tape dropout, but isn't. He also kicks in the tremelo for the last two chords of the song [3:19] (and the plucking of the ends of the strings at the close)."


Paul McCartney wrote this. He came to the studio early every day for a week to sing it because his voice was too clear. He wanted it to sound strained, like he had been performing it all week.
Lennon resented that Paul didn't let him sing lead vocals. He felt it was more his style, but since McCartney wrote it, it was his decision.
The Beatles performed this in their movie Let It Be. While rehearsing the song for the film, John announced that Yoko's divorce with her former husband had finally gone through and he improvised a verse about that. This can be heard on The Beatles Anthology 3. (thanks, Adrian - Wilmington, DE)
 
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