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Oh! Darling

Lennon/McCartney

Lyrics:
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 tell you, ooo
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
Oh, believe me darling
Believe me when I tell you, ooo
I'll never do you no harm

Availability:
Abbey Road
Anthology 3

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

What Goes On? 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)."

Notes:

This was McCartney's song that he sang and sang for a week before actually recording it, to get his voice to the sound, that as if, he had been performing it live on stage. Inspired by the sounds of the fifties, it was another of Paul's love songs, where he pleads with a lover to stay, on the promise of a lifelong commitment.