From: Paul Zimmerman
Subject: CRD: Don't Let Me Down - Beatles
Don't Let Me Down
The Beatles
CHORUS 4/4 time
E F#m F#m7 Amaj7/B E
Don't let me down Don't let me down Don't let me
F#m F#m7 Amaj7/B Esus4 E
down Don't let me down
Verse 5/4 time
E F#m7 F#m/B
Nobody ever loved me like she does oo she does yes she
E Esus4 E F#m
does And if somebody ever loved me like she do me oo she
F#m/B E Esus4
do me, yes she does
CHORUS
And from the first time that she really done me oo she done me, she done me
good. I guess nobody ever really done me, oo she done me, she does me good
CHORUS
BRIDGE 4/4 time
E B
I'm in love for the first time Don't you know it's gonna last.
B7 E
It's a love that lasts forever, It's a love that had no past
CHORUS
Beatles - Don't let me down
Beatles performing "Don't Let Me Down"
The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down (1969)
The Beatles Apple Rooftop Concert
The version recorded on 30 January 1969 was released as a b-side to the single "Get Back", recorded the same day.
Written By John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Lyrics:
Don't let me down, don't let me down
Don't let me down, don't let me down
Nobody ever loved me like she does
Oo, she does, yeah, she does
And if somebody loved me like she do me
Oo, she do me, yes, she does
Don't let me down, don't let me down
Don't let me down, don't let me down
I'm in love for the first time
Don't you know it's gonna last
It's a love that lasts forever
It's a love that had no past
Don't let me down, don't let me down
Don't let me down, don't let me down
And from the first time that she really done me
Oo, she done me, she done me good
I guess nobody ever really done me
Oo, she done me, she done me good
Don't let me down, don't let me down
Don't let me down, don't let me down
The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down
The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down
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Copyright - 1969 EMI Records Ltd.
"Don't Let Me Down" is a song by The Beatles, recorded in 1969 during the Get Back (Let It Be) sessions. Richie Unterberger of All Music Guide called it "one of the Beatles' most powerful love songs", and Roy Carr and Tony Tyler called it "a superb sobber from misery-expert J. W. O. Lennon, MBE. And still one of the most highly underrated Beatle underbellies."
An anguished love song Lennon wrote to Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney interpreted it as a "genuine plea", with Lennon saying to Ono, "I'm really stepping out of line on this one. I'm really just letting my vulnerability be seen, so you must not let me down." Lennon's vocals work their way into screams, presaging the primal scream stylings of the following year's John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album.
The song is in the key of E and is in 4/4 time during the verse, chorus and bridge, but changes to 5/4 in the pickup to the verse.
Recording and release
Multiple versions of "Don't Let Me Down" were recorded during the tumultuous Get Back (Let It Be) recording sessions.
The version recorded on 28 January 1969 was released as a b-side to the single "Get Back", recorded the same day.
The Beatles performed "Don't Let Me Down" twice during their rooftop concert of 30 January 1969, one of which was included in the Let It Be film. When the "Get Back" project was revisited, Phil Spector dropped "Don't Let Me Down" from the Let It Be album.
In 1970, the b-side version was included on the Hey Jude compilation released in the US.
In 1988, the b-side version appeared on the soundtrack to the 1988 documentary, Imagine: John Lennon.
In November 2003, an edit of the two rooftop versions was included on Let It Be... Naked.
Lyrics:
Don't let me down
Hey, don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Nobody ever loved me like she does
Oo she does, yes she does
And if somebody loved me like she do me
Oo she do me, you she does
Don't let me down
Hey, don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
I'm in love for the first time
Don't you know it's gonna last
It's a love that lasts forever
It's a love that had no past
Don't let me down
Hey, don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
And from the first time that she really done me
Oo she done me, she done me good
I guess nobody ever really done me
Oo she done me, she done me good
Don't let me down
Hey, don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
I'm in love for the first time
Don't you know it's gonna last
It's a love that lasts forever
It's a love that had no past
Don't let me down
Hey, don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Hey hey ah
Don't let me down
Don't Let me Down
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