From cts@mail.utexas.edu Sat Jan 20 05:22:42 1996
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 05:19:20 -0600
From: cts@mail.utexas.edu (chris)
Subject: Carry that Weight by The Beatles
Carry that Weight
(Lennon/McCartney)
The Beatles
Abbey Road (1969)
C G
Boy, you're gonna to carry that weight
C
carry that weight a long time.
G
Boy, you're gonna to carry that weight
C C/B
carry that weight a long time.
Am7 Dm7(add9) Dm G Csus4 C Fmaj7 Dm E7 Am
Dm7(add9) Dm G
I never give you my pil low
Csus4 C Fmaj7
I only send you my invitations
Dm E7
And in the middle of the celebrations
Am G C G
I break down
C G
Boy, you're gonna to carry that weight
C
carry that weight a long time.
G
Boy, you're gonna to carry that weight
C G/B A
carry that weight a long time.
C G/B A
Dm(add9)
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transcribed by Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu
The Beatles - Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, The End
I made this video. I'm actually quite proud of it. "Golden Slumbers" (based on lyrics but not the music of Thomas Dekker's 17th-century song of the same name), "Carry That Weight" which features chorus vocals from all four of The Beatles, although Lennon was in hospital at the time of the primary recording because of a car accident with Ono, his son Julian and Ono's daughter Kyoko—he recorded his vocals at a later date), and the climax, "The End". The latter is notable for featuring Starr's only drum solo in The Beatles catalogue. Starr hated solos and had to be persuaded to do it. It was even edited down several bars from its original recorded version. Toward the end of the song, immediately prior to "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make" line played over piano chords, are nine bars or measures of guitar solo: the first bar is played by Paul McCartney, the second by George Harrison, and the third by John Lennon, then the sequence repeats. Each had a distinctive style which McCartney felt reflected their personalities: McCartney's playing included string bends similar to his lead guitar work on Another Girl from the Help album; Harrison's was melodic yet technically advanced and Lennon's was stinging and had the most distortion. Immediately after Lennon's third solo the piano chords of the final line "And in the end...." begin.
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye
Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
I never give you my pillow
I only send you my invitations
And in the middle of the celebrations
I break down
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Oh yeah, all right
Are you going to be in my dreams
Tonight?
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make.
The Beatles - Carry That Weight
Abbey Road Album
Boy, you're going to carry that weight,
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
I never give you my pillow
I only send you my invitations
And in the middle of the celebrations
I break down
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
The Beatles:Carry That Weight
Paul McCartney wrote this about his struggle to keep the Beatles together after Brian Epstein's death.
Epstein was their manager and handled their business affairs, but he became overwhelmed by the success of The Beatles and died from a sleeping pill overdose in 1967.
McCartney took over most of The Beatles' business affairs, and gained a greater respect for what Epstein went through.
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
I never give you my pillow
I only send you my invitations
And in the middle of the celebrations
I break down
****LYRICS****
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
All 4 Beatles sang in the chorus. It's one of the few Beatles tracks where they all provide vocal harmony.
Beatles-Carry That Weight tutorial
The second of the "final three" on Abbey Road
The Beatles - Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight
Video I made for the songs "Golden Slumbers - Carry That Weight - The End" off of the album Abbey Road
"Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye"
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