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Get Back / Don’t Let Me Down (single)

Get Back

Artist: Beatles, The
Album: Get Back / Don’t Let Me Down (single) (1969)
Music and lyrics by John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Added on Thursday, 03 October 2019
Hits: 7872
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Lyrics and Chords

Intro:
(Paul: “Rosetta...”
John: “Sweet Loretta Fart she thought she was a cleaner but she was a frying pan.”
Paul: “Sweet Rosetta Ma, Rosetta...”
John: “Picks off the fingers gone. O.K.”

A | A | A | A A G/A! D/A!

Verse 1:
 A
Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a loner,
 D                       A
But he knew it couldn't last.
 A
Jo Jo left his home in Tucsan Arizona,
 D                    A
For some California grass.

Chorus:
     A7
Get back! Get back!
     D                        A     G/A!
Get back to where you once belonged.
 D/A!     A7           A7
Get back!    Get back!
     D                        A
Get back to where you once belonged.
Get back, Jo Jo.

Instrumental:
A | A | D | A A G/A! D/A!
A | A        | D | A A G/A!
      Go home.

Chorus:
 D/A A7
Get back! Get back!
     D                        A     G/A!
Get back to where you once belonged.
 D/A!     A7           A7
Get back!    Get back!
                              D
Get back to where you once belonged.
Get back, Jo.

Instrumental:
A | A | D | A A G/A! D/A!  - x2

Verse 2:
  A
Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman,
 D                   A
But she was another man.
A
All the girls around her say she's got it coming,
 D                         A
But she gets it while she can.

Chorus:
     A7
Get back! Get back!
     D                        A     G/A!
Get back to where you once belonged.
 D/A!     A7           A7
Get back!    Get back!
                              D
Get back to where you once belonged.
Get back, Loretta.

Instrumental:
A | A | D | A A G/A! D/A!
A | A | D | A     A   G/A!
              Go home.

Chorus:
 D/A A7
Get back! Get back!
     D                        A     G/A!
Get back to where you once belonged.
 D/A!     A7           A7
Get back!    Get back!
                              D!!!
Get back to where you once belonged.
Get back, ooh.

Coda:
(Paul: “Thanks, Mau!”
John: “I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we passed the audition.”)

Key

key
A
original
key
A
A# G#
transpose
capo
on
0 fret
not in use
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B

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