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Yer Blues

Yes, I'm lonely wanna die.
Yes, I'm lonely wanna die.
If I ain't dead already, ooh,
girl, you know the reason why.

In the morning, wanna die.
In the evening, wanna die.
If I ain't dead already, ooh,
girl, you know the reason why.

My mother was of the sky.
My father was of the earth.
But I am of the universe
and you know what that's worth.

I'm lonely, wanna die.
If I ain't dead already, ooh,
girl, you know the reason why.

The eagle picks my eye.
The worm he licks my bones.
I feel so suicidal
just like Dylan's Mister Jones.

Lonely, wanna die.
If I ain't dead already, ooh,
girl, you know the reason why.

Black clouds cross'd my mind.
Blue mist round my soul,
I feel so suicidal
even hate my rock and roll,

Wanna die. Yeah, wanna die.
If I ain't dead already, ooh,
girl, you know the reason why.

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Wikipedia

Name
Yer Blues
Artist
The Beatles
Album
The Beatles
Cover
The White Album.svg
Released
22 November 1968
track_no
2 of disc 2
Recorded
13 August 1968
Genre
Blues-rock, Hard rock
Length
4:01 (stereo version)
4:12 (mono version)
Writer
Lennon/McCartney
Label
Apple Records
Producer
George Martin
Tracks
Side one #"Back in the U.S.S.R." #"Dear Prudence" #"Glass Onion" #"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" #"Wild Honey Pie" #"The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" #"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" #"Happiness Is a Warm Gun" Side two #"Martha My Dear" #"I'm So Tired" #"Blackbird" #"Piggies" #"Rocky Raccoon" #"Don't Pass Me By" #"Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" #"I Will" #"Julia" Side three #"Birthday" #"Yer Blues" #"Mother Nature's Son" #"Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" #"Sexy Sadie" #"Helter Skelter" #"Long, Long, Long" Side four #"Revolution 1" #"Honey Pie" #"Savoy Truffle" #"Cry Baby Cry" #"Revolution 9" #"Good Night"

Recording

the Beatles Anthology series, Ringo Starr affectionately recalls recording this song in the stripped-down conditions, saying it was like the old days of Beatles live performances. The stripped-down, bluesy nature of the song bears similarity to much of Lennon's early solo output, including "Cold Turkey" and his 1970 John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album and marks a retreat from Lennon's concern with studio experimentation that marked such songs as "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "Strawberry Fields Forever".

Performance

The Beatles came out in late 1968, Lennon performed "Yer Blues" at The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus with a supergroup dubbed the Dirty Mac, consisting of himself, Eric Clapton on lead guitar, Keith Richards on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums. The performance was followed with a boogie instrumental jam called "Whole Lotta Yoko", featuring dissonant avant-garde violinist Ivry Gitlis and vocals by Yoko Ono. The recording was never broadcast, and for decades the performance was only available on bootleg, but it finally came out officially on both CD and video in 1996. Lennon's performance with "The Dirty Mac" was his first live performance since the Beatles' last concert in 1966 and may have contributed to his renewed enthusiasm for live performance in 1969 (see "Give Peace a Chance" and Live Peace in Toronto).

Comments

  • Paul+George+John+Ringo= Me

    Paul+George+John+Ringo= Me on 5th Mar 10:

    “For some reson I though this was I'm So Tired!”

  • Tgarcia08

    Tgarcia08 on 16th Feb 10:

    “True blues.”

  • Iamthelawlrus

    Iamthelawlrus on 14th Feb 10:

    “Such a fun song to cover.”

  • ringofan0309

    ringofan0309 on 3rd Jan 10:

    “JOHN WAS SUISIDAL!!!?!?!?!?!?”

  • robin p. melahn

    robin p. melahn on 15th Dec 09:

    “yes,i'm lonely wanna die. LISTEN TO JOHN ,MAN,WHAT VOCAL CORDS.HE RIPS IT,UP!”

  • TriangularPerson18

    TriangularPerson18 on 29th Nov 09:

    “love this song, even though it has pretty depressing lyrics...”

  • robin p. melahn

    robin p. melahn on 20th Nov 09:

    “john,kicks ***, on guitar,best of, the best...mind blowing,re-master......”

  • helterskelter3012

    helterskelter3012 on 4th Nov 09:

    “Yes It makes me lonely man
    its damn too awesome”

  • kjamlin

    kjamlin on 1st Nov 09:

    “their only emo song”

  • Zozenka

    Zozenka on 16th Oct 09:

    “This song gives me the blues. Well, it ought to anyway :)”

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