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Beatles forums => Songs => Song Of The Week Series => Topic started by: nimrod on February 02, 2014, 02:08:12 AM
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It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, till I belong to you
Every night when everybody has fun
Here am I sitting all on my own
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, till I belong to you
Since you left me, I'm so alone
Now you're coming, you're coming on home
I'll be good like I know I should
You're coming home, you're coming home
Every night the tears come down from my eyes
Every day I've done nothing but cry
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, till I belong to you
Well since you left me, I'm so alone
Now you're coming, you're coming on home
I'll be good like I know I should
You're coming home, you're coming home
So every day we'll be happy I know
Now I know that you won't leave me no more
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, till I belong to you, woo
Primarily a 'John' song with assistance from Paul. A fantastic opener to their 2nd album 'With The Beatles' !!
The chorus is a play on the words "be long" and "belong".
The song features early Beatles' trademarks such as call-and-response yeah-yeahs and scaling guitar riffs. Typical also of this phase of Beatles' song writing is the melodramatic ending (similar to "She Loves You", which had just been recorded and was about to be released) where the music stops, allowing Lennon a brief solo vocal improvisation before the song finishes on a major seventh chord ("She Loves You" ends on a major sixth).
There is an unusual middle eight—for what is, essentially, a rock and roll song—that uses chromatically descending chords.
John Lennon, in his last interview, told Playboy magazine that the song was the beginning of a wider audience for Beatles' music than the youthful throngs that had fervently followed them from their Liverpool clubbing days. "It was only after a critic for the [London] Times said we put 'Aeolian cadences' in 'It Won't Be Long' that the middle classes started listening to us. . . . To this day, I have no idea what 'Aeolian cadences' are. They sound like exotic birds."
Actually the critic, William Mann, said this about the song "Not a Second Time."
Bob Dylan had much the same thing in mind when he wrote that Beatles chords were "outrageous, just outrageous."
Personnel
John Lennon – double-tracked vocal, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney – backing vocal, bass
George Harrison – backing vocal, lead guitar
Ringo Starr – drums
Norman Smith – engineer
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John Lennon, in his last interview, told Playboy magazine that the song was the beginning of a wider audience for Beatles' music than the youthful throngs that had fervently followed them from their Liverpool clubbing days. "It was only after a critic for the [London] Times said we put 'Aeolian cadences' in 'It Won't Be Long' that the middle classes started listening to us. . . . To this day, I have no idea what 'Aeolian cadences' are. They sound like exotic birds."
Let's ask Sir Brian Morrison and Professor Stanley J. Krammerhead III, Jr. ...
MUSIC OF THE RUTLES UNDER REVIEW (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jdujUF0was#)
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Awesome song. Nice early rocker. Not much more to say about it.
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For us here in the United States, It Won't Be Long appeared on The Beatles' first Capitol LP release Meet The Beatles!...
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Meet_the_Beatles.jpg)
It was the fourth song on Side 1. The LP led off with I Want To Hold Your Hand.
This is a nice rocker by John. I also noticed the descending chromatic notes in George's lead guitar riff. It was very impressive as were the background vocals. It quickly became a favorite on this LP which had only one cover song, Till There Was You.
It's worth a listen...
The Beatles - It Won't Be Long [Mono] (With The Beatles) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiTX6pVUGIc#)
I love that ending!!!
Stretching it a bit, I can see the play on the words "be long" and "belong." But it's more obvious here...
The Beatles - Blue Jay Way (Remastered) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKEr3TaQpvg#ws)
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Great opener, I've always loved it. I remember listening to it for the first time in the documental "The Compleat Beatles", and I liked it from that very moment. I already had several Beatles albums, but then I knew I had to buy With The Beatles too.
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A great rocker. I didn't hear this til my teens as for some reason With the Beatles was the only LP my older brothers didnt have. I recall thinking at first it was written a bit to a formula. It seemed that the "yeah yeahs" were a bit of a signature they had to have at that stage. But as usual they throw so much good stuff in that it turns it into a great tune.
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It was the fourth song on Side 1. The LP led off with I Want To Hold Your Hand.
Here in Oz Baz they didn't put No 1 singles on albums, cos were the right side up.
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Here in Oz Baz they didn't put No 1 singles on albums, cos were the right side up.
;D
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We have no music videos of The Beatles doing It Won't Be Long. But here's the next best thing...
Abbey Road "It Won't Be Long" Parnell Park Whittier, CA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYKebn8uJF8#ws)
Abbey Road
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We have no music videos of The Beatles doing It Won't Be Long. But here's the next best thing.
I'm not a big tribute group fan but they're not bad.
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Wow. Managed to quote myself before I'd even said it ;D
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One of the best early ones. Always a fave.
:)
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Yes! Great song. I like the backup vocals singing two different lines in unison! Ground breaking again!
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A favourite. And it contains a Magical Moment: http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=1861.msg120664#msg120664 (http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=1861.msg120664#msg120664)
It Won't Be Long, 1.56: Paul suddenly sings a higher 'yeah!'.
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A favourite. And it contains a Magical Moment: [url]http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=1861.msg120664#msg120664[/url] ([url]http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=1861.msg120664#msg120664[/url])
It Won't Be Long, 1.56: Paul suddenly sings a higher 'yeah!'.
yeah that's a great yeah, always dug that yeah, yeah man..
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yeah that's a great yeah, always dug that yeah, yeah man..
Huh, huh, huh...yeah.
Ringo Starr yeah... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9B4MTXpo_o#)
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Julian Lennon It Won't be Long Japan 86 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GelXh9sgrC0#)
Julian Lennon 1986
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I never liked this song... those repetitives "yeah yeah" just get on my nerves roll:)
Snoopy
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Great song that took awhile to grow on me!
Awesome playing the bass on it and singing along with John. There's certain Beatle songs where I can sound exactly like John when singing. Not many but a few, lol.
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Great song that took awhile to grow on me!
Awesome playing the bass on it and singing along with John. There's certain Beatle songs where I can sound exactly like John when singing. Not many but a few, lol.
wow Im jealous if you can sound like John .. you lucky person ;)
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I can take or leave this one. I tend to favor the early Beatles songs, and I do adore the harmonies, but, like Snoopy66, the myriad "Yeah"s gets a little annoying to me.
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I can take or leave this one. I tend to favor the early Beatles songs, and I do adore the harmonies, but, like Snoopy66, the myriad "Yeah"s gets a little annoying to me.
I love the yeahs, especially Pauls high one...yeah yeah yeah !! hahaha
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A great rocker. I didn't hear this til my teens as for some reason With the Beatles was the only LP my older brothers didnt have. I recall thinking at first it was written a bit to a formula. It seemed that the "yeah yeahs" were a bit of a signature they had to have at that stage. But as usual they throw so much good stuff in that it turns it into a great tune.
Well, that sums it up, really. One had to be around at the time to fully realize just how ubiquitous the "yeah, yeah, yeahs" really were. I agree with you, Moog, that they were a bit of a signature for the group as were the "ooohs" and shaking of their hair. It certainly got them noticed and no doubt was carefully planned. And was certainly more benign than a toilet seat hung around the neck.
In 1964 we had Yeah Yeah Candy...
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/f14f3958b2bc02f7582da51a78e645a9/tumblr_mn9c1pQPMH1qckm0wo1_500.jpg)
The Beatles even influenced comic books in 1964...
(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbzhouQWId1qbujox.jpg)
The yeah, yeah, yeahs had an interesting effect on girls in 1964...
(http://s.glbimg.com/jo/g1/f/original/2013/03/21/ap640904019.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zu79zDNOp-0/UW119uE9PuI/AAAAAAAAGeI/qvxcsNddP7c/s1600/tumblr_mjyihrEUz01r9e2vfo1_1280.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r1CHAfMePow/UiNQ8f**T2I/AAAAAAAAHWE/HeRdCBAsrbw/s1600/tumblr_m5kzgcjvWx1r5tb8yo1_1280.jpg)
It was a wonder to behold!
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I love the yeahs, especially Pauls high one...yeah yeah yeah !! hahaha
That high one was pretty good, wasn't it now?! ;)
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wow Im jealous if you can sound like John .. you lucky person ;)
Well, I think I sound like John! Lol, the kids opinion might differ.
Loving this cooler weather bro. Hopefully the nastier heat is gone.
Bring on the GC WINTER!
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Well, I think I sound like John! Lol, the kids opinion might differ.
Loving this cooler weather bro. Hopefully the nastier heat is gone.
Bring on the GC WINTER!
Im in Brissy now mate, weathers the same though hahaha
Yes its much nicer now at 30deg !!
I love the way John hammered out these rockers, Any Time At All, When I get Home, 8 Days A Week, a lot of power in his voice..
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I love the way John hammered out these rockers, Any Time At All, When I get Home, 8 Days A Week, a lot of power in his voice..
And Twist And Shout. Those were the songs I liked when I first heard The Beatles in 1964.
I actually liked The Animals more in 1964 and 1965. I liked the raw stuff Eric Burdon sang.
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I agree with you, Moog, that they were a bit of a signature for the group as were the "ooohs" and shaking of their hair.
The yeah, yeah, yeahs had an interesting effect on girls in 1964...
I can tell you that even now, at my age, that hair shaking makes me feel like screaming. I keep it down to just a big smile so I don't alarm anyone but inside I'm screaming!
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I can tell you that even now, at my age, that hair shaking makes me feel like screaming. I keep it down to just a big smile so I don't alarm anyone but inside I'm screaming!
my wife sings along with songs very loudly when she's driving, I only know because she told me :)
her favourite at the moment is James Blunt, I don't know if he's big in America
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Im in Brissy now mate, weathers the same though hahaha
Yes its much nicer now at 30deg !!
I love the way John hammered out these rockers, Any Time At All, When I get Home, 8 Days A Week, a lot of power in his voice..
Cheers man. You left Coolie? Where in Brissie are you? Loving the rain tonight too, lol
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Cheers man. You left Coolie? Where in Brissie are you? Loving the rain tonight too, lol
SE of the City in the Redlands, poured down here earlier, very nice..
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Well, that sums it up, really. One had to be around at the time to fully realize just how ubiquitous the "yeah, yeah, yeahs" really were. I agree with you, Moog, that they were a bit of a signature for the group as were the "ooohs" and shaking of their hair. It certainly got them noticed and no doubt was carefully planned. And was certainly more benign than a toilet seat hung around the neck.
In 1964 we had Yeah Yeah Candy...
The Beatles even influenced comic books in 1964...
([url]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbzhouQWId1qbujox.jpg[/url])
That's one awesome superman edition. Where did you find that??
It's funny to think back how much popular culture was influenced. I recall as a kid a Gilligan's Island episode where the island was visited by a mop topped besuited pop band. (How did they take so long to get off an island everyone seemed to be able to get to??)
I even recall a rather cringeworthy F Troop episode where the good looking love interest of the dopey officer did a folk rock version of Lemon Tree in front of a rock band. Odd for a show set in the 19 the century.
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(http://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Asterix/images/beatles.jpg)
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I love the way John hammered out these rockers, Any Time At All, When I get Home, 8 Days A Week, a lot of power in his voice..
Yep. He had such a great voice for those type of tunes.
And not just rockers. He gave ballads such a great dimension.
One of the main things I took from the first BBC recordings was confirmation what a great pop/rock singer he was.
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Yep. He had such a great voice for those type of tunes.
And not just rockers. He gave ballads such a great dimension.
One of the main things I took from the first BBC recordings was confirmation what a great pop/rock singer he was.
One of the things that first hooked me onto John as a singer was on Please Please Me (the song) when he says 'Come'on' 3 times and the others repeat it, the way John sings 'Come'on' is just awesome, I always really dug it, so goddam cool, so Rock & Roll, I still feel the same whenever I hear that.....
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One of the things that first hooked me onto John as a singer was on Please Please Me (the song) when he says 'Come'on' 3 times and the others repeat it, the way John sings 'Come'on' is just awesome, I always really dug it, so goddam cool, so Rock & Roll, I still feel the same whenever I hear that.....
I feel the exact same. That's one of my favorite parts of a favorite song. The "Come on" part is just so....awesome.
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5dp
SE of the City in the Redlands, poured down here earlier, very nice..
Sweet. My wife's cousin lives in Thornside.
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I feel the exact same. That's one of my favorite parts of a favorite song. The "Come on" part is just so....awesome.
It's a great example. I think pretty much the entirety of the Please Please Me LP is a great testament to Johns singing. From Ask Me Why's croony style to the Twist and Shout throat shreading. That apparently even impressed the white coated engineers.
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I feel the exact same. That's one of my favorite parts of a favorite song. The "Come on" part is just so....awesome.
Im glad it affects someone else like it does me
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I can tell you that even now, at my age, that hair shaking makes me feel like screaming. I keep it down to just a big smile so I don't alarm anyone but inside I'm screaming!
(http://i50.tinypic.com/2vk01hd.jpg)
Hmmmmmm. You need to be taken to the Casualty Department at The Royal Free Love Hospital...
The Birth of "The Rutles" on Rutland Weekend Television (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv4xCuJyq_I#ws)
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Are they in love?
(http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/3e/83edda0b-ba8f-5dab-beb1-170003278122/502e92743fc9b.preview-620.jpg)
(http://www.thebeatlesneverexisted.com/aybp1a/rock-beatles-screaming2.jpg)
(http://culturexchange1.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/beatlemania.jpg)
(http://retrorambling.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/10944_bf_04.jpg)
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/10/21/article-2220889-158D6C02000005DC-839_964x643.jpg)
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(http://thearmitageeffect.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/beatlesfan2.jpg)
(http://cbsnewyork.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/3297204_8.jpg)
(http://www.intlwota.com/metalhead/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/beatle-fans.jpg)
They must be in love.
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One of the things that first hooked me onto John as a singer was on Please Please Me (the song) when he says 'Come'on' 3 times and the others repeat it, the way John sings 'Come'on' is just awesome, I always really dug it, so goddam cool, so Rock & Roll, I still feel the same whenever I hear that.....
The Beatles "Please Please Me" (custom stereo mix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01OauMWeUJI#ws)
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Yeah, like that Baz ;)
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He even looked cool singing it! And check out that sidelong glance to Paul and George at 0:47
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Hmmmmmm. You need to be taken to the Casualty Department at The Royal Free Love Hospital...
Oh dear. Do you really think I'm that far gone Dr. Barry?
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Oh dear. Do you really think I'm thatfar gone Dr. Barry?
If I can have a private room, I'll go there too! ;D
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Oh dear. Do you really think I'm that far gone Dr. Barry?
Dr. Crippen should be able to help you.
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If I can have a private room, I'll go there too! ;D
Staff Nurse Sutton should be able to help you.
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Staff Nurse Sutton should be able to help you.
Oh oh! Now I'm scared! Not nurse Sutton!
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Oh oh! Now I'm scared! Not nurse Sutton!
What about Staff Nurse Gwen? She won't touch you.
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Ladies and gentlemen, The Bootleg Beatles...
The Bootleg Beatles - Please Please Me live at Congress Hall Warsaw 2013-02-14 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mufHkip1vEs#)
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that's really fake
The Beatles never had foldback ! hahahahaha
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No. But they had a lot of cables...
(http://www.oneearthproductions.net/irs/public/Pix/Beatles%20Stage.jpg)
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What Paul was doing...
It Won't Be Long - The Beatles Bass cover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ype3lYn4K9M#)
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Ladies and gentlemen, The Fab Four...
The Fab Four -- It Won't Be Long (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ev40d_npXI#)
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What about Staff Nurse Gwen? She won't touch you.
Nurse Gwen sounds OK!
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Oh oh! Now I'm scared! Not nurse Sutton!
But I thought she was the reason you wanted a private room!
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But I thought she was the reason you wanted a private room!
No, Nurse Gwen!
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No, Nurse Gwen!
Scaredy cat! :P
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Scaredy cat! :P
Absolutely! Nurse Gwen has warmer hands!!!
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Nurse Gwen has warmer hands!!!
But she doesn't touch anyone.
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But she doesn't touch anyone.
;D
I still like her. Say hello!
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We have no music videos of The Beatles doing It Won't Be Long.
Well, look what I found...
The Beatles- It Won't Be Long (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUmXXFbhokc#)
Yeah. I guess I was wrong, Kev.
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Yeah
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Yeah?
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Yeah ?
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Yeah
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Yeah ?
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I was wrong, yeah.
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it wont be long yeah
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Yeah!
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till I belong...
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...to you. G F#7 Fmaj7 Emaj7 Wooooo
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Well, look what I found...
That's a great video. John looks like he was in a good mood and I think Cher was even there at 1:35. ;D