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pictures from The Concert for Bangla Desh
Name: The Concert For Bangla Desh Duration: 102.40 Band: George Harrison US Release: 20th December 1971 CD-Number: CDP 7 93265 2
Almost a quarter of a century ago, in August of 1947, the state of Pakistan was born following the departure of the British from the Indian subcontinent. It was a most unusual nation, carved out of Muslim dominated areas of India. It consisted of two wings, West Pakistan and East Pakistan (Bangla Desh), separated by over 1,000 miles of Indian territory.
Racially, linguistically and culturally the two Pakistans were poles apart. Tensions between the two wings developed almost immediately. Political, military, and economic power was concentrated in Urdu-speaking West Pakistan, while Bengali-speaking Bangla Desh was relegated to a subordinate position in spite if the fact that it contained more than half of Pakistan's total population. Dictatorial rule by West Pakistan army officers generated discontent in both wings of Pakistan. Bangla Desh demands for a more equal treatment were consistently disregarded.
In March of 1969, General Yahya Khan assumed power in Pakistan with the professed aim of ending the dictatorship and introducing Democracy. In the first free election ever held in the history of Pakistan, in December 1970, the Awami (People's) League of Bangla Desh won an overwhelming victory. It emerged as the largest party in all of Pakistan, entitling it to from Pakistan's first Democratic government. Yahya Khan and the West Pakistani leadership, however, were unwilling to permit a power shift to Bangla Desh, or even a more equitable distribution of power.
The results of the election were consequently disregarded and in March, 1971, a deliberate reign of terror was unleashed on Bangla Desh to eliminate opposition to West Pakistani domination and to drastically reduce the size of the population of Bangla Desh. An estimated one million East Bengalis were murdered and up to the present time approximately ten million terror stricken East Bengalis have sought refuge in neighboring India. This is undoubtedly the greatest atrocity since Hitler's extermination of the Jews.
Even when they escaped to India, the refugees are threatened by many perils; starvation, lack of sanitation, housing and most notably - cholera. When the first crowds crossed the border, doctors innoculated them against cholera, but now the East Bengalis are swarming into India in such great numbers that they cannot all be immunized. It takes so long to use syringes and there just isn't enough money for innocluation guns. The government has put the cost of caring for the refugees at a minimum of one million dollars a day and it could go much higher. Although chartered planes arrive daily bringing shipments of food, hospital equipment and medicines, India still has only received barely one-tenth of the amount of foreign aid that it needs to care for the millions suffering.
For all the disheartening statistics, however, the medical service is performing impressively. Although thousands of escapees, mostly children, have already died of cholera, those afflicted can usually be saved by replenishing the body fluids through intravenous injections or drinking large doses of solution of salts, baking soda and glucose. But the flood of escapees is just too great, and the monies just too little, for all to be saved. Even in a world jaded by war and atrocity, suffering on that scale still comes as a sickening shock. Despite the squalor of their existence the East Bengalis endure with a minimum of complaint.
Unfortunately, it is expected that with the cessation of the monsoon rains a new wave of refugees, numbering at least five million, will enter India. This will immeasurably aggravate the refugee problem. It must be clearly understood that India itself is an impoverished nation hardly able to feed its own growing population and will be unable to cope with the influx of refugees unless she receives all-out support of the rest of civilized mankind.
RAVI SHANKAR
"To me the whole feeling of Bangla Desh has been quite a personal one, because I happen to be a Bengali. This whole issue since last March is something of such a different nature and my feelings as it happened, apart from the sympathy I have because I am a Bengali, apart from being directly involved because such huge numbers of people were migrating into India . . . they were running for their lives and so many were killed, including my distant relatives, many friends, including Muslim friends, and even people from the family of my Guru; their homes burned, completely destroyed.
"So for me there was great anguish and suffering for a number of months since March and it came to such an emotional pitch. This was a period near the end of June when George came to California to help in making an album from the soundtrack of the film RAGA. I was very disturbed and wanted to do something for the people of Bangla Desh. I talked with people from many different organizations in the United States and in Europe who wanted me to give a benefit performance. But I thought of doing something on a very large scale that might bring in a lot of money and also, you know, awareness. So I though I would ask George, even if he could not take part himself, if he could advise me, ask other artists about it, write or talk about it - something. Then maybe we could do a big function where we could raise 25 or 50 thousand dollars. So, when I talked with him, he was impressed by my sincerity, and I gave him lots to read and explained the situation. And it was not only what I said, as an Indian, a Bengali. When he read so many things from so many countries; France, Germany, England, Norway, and the American press, which was giving such good coverage of what was happening to millions of people, suffering so much - he was very deeply moved and said he would be glad to help in the planning - even to participate.
"Things started moving very fast. George called Ringo in Spain where he was working in a film, and he talked to Leon Russell and all of these wonderful musicians from the west coast and east coast who came to play. And he contacted Mr. Klein, who has taken care of the business and administration. Everyone has shown such deep concern. And, of course, Bob Dylan, as luck would have it, was so wonderful to take part in this cause. In a period of only four or five weeks all of this was done. To conceive, plan and execute in such short time must be setting a record in the history of world entertainment - thanks to all of these participants.
"And now I heel a great joy. With George's single, "Bangla Desh," my single, the film that has been made of the concert, the album coming out and whatever the gate monies from this concert . . . it will all add up to a substantial amount. Though, when you think of the amount being spent on almost eight million refugees, and so many of them children, of course it is like a drop in the ocean. Maybe it will take care of them for only two or three days. But that is not the point. The main issue - beyond the sum of money we can raise - is that we feel that all the young people who came to the concerts (maybe 40 or 50 thousand of them) they were made aware of something very few of them felt or knew clearly -about Bangla Desh and what has happened to cause such distress.
"It is like trying to ignite - to pass on the
responsibilities as much as possible to everyone
else. I think this aim has been achieved."*
*Ravi Shankar (Edited by Michael Vosse from the
transcript of an informal interview held two days
after the August 1st concerts)
The Concert for Bangla Desh
was held on August 1, 1971
at Madison Square Garden,
New York City. The following
people contributed their
talents and time to help in the
production of this event for
which we express our
sincere thanks.
- George Harrison & Ravi Shankar
ERIC CLAPTON (courtesy of Polydor Records Ltd.) BOB DYLAN (courtesy of Columbia Records, Inc.) BILLY PRESTON (appears by the Grace of God) LEON RUSSELL (with love from Shelter Records, Inc.) RINGO STARR KLAUS VOORMANN BADFINGER Pete Ham Tom Evans Joey Molland Mike Gibbons ALAN BEUTLER JESSE ED DAVIS (courtesy of Atlantic Records, Inc.) CHICK FINDLEY MARLIN GREEN (from Elektra Records - Peace) JEANIE GREENE (from Elektra Records - Peace) JO GREEN DOLORES HALL JIM HORN (with love from Shelter Records, Inc.) KAMALA CHAKRAVARTY JACKIE KELSO JIM KELTNER USTED ALIAKBAR KHAN CLAUDIA LINNEAR LOU McCREARY DON NIX (from Elektra Records - Peace) DON PRESTON CARL RADLE ALLA RAKAH RAVI SHANKAR performed courtesy of Gramophone Co. of India Ltd. PRODUCTION COORDINATON Steve Lieber Allan Steckler Jon Taplin SOUND Band Concert Productions Ed Anderson Clare Brothers Inc. STAGING & LIGHTING Bruce De Forrest Chip Monck Enterprises INTRUMENTS AND SUPPLIES Ampeg Corp. Carrol Music Instrument Rental Manny's Music Total Piano & Organ Service Warren Arhcer, Mike Mahoney & Color Service Al Aronowitz Neil Aspinall Nick Bell Pete Bennett Mal Evans Gary Haber Kevin Harrington Paul Mozian Queens Lithographing Shyamsundar - Das Album package, photography and design by Barry Feinstein & Tom Wilkes for Camouflage Productions. Additional photography by Alan Pariser. (c) 1971 APPLE RECORDS, INC. (California) All Rights Reserved.This recording was made using up to 44 microphones at one time.
Special thanks go to Gary Kellgren, Lillian, Dennis and Tom of Record Plant, New York and to Norman and Steve mix down engineers of A&M Studio, Los Angeles for their time and energy.
Mastered at Sterling Sound
All Glories to SRI KRSNA
Produced by George Harrison and Phil Spector
Song: George Harrison/Ravi Shankar IntroductionDuration: 6.18 Track No.: 1-1 Composer: - Speech - Vocals: George Harrison, Ravi Shankar Year: 1971
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Song: Bangla Duhn
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- Intrumental -
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SITAR & SAROD DUET DADRA TAL - 6 Beats TEENTAL - 16 Beats Ravi Shankar, Sitar -Ali Akbar Khan, Sarod Alla Rakah - Tabla Kamala Chakravarty - Tamboura
Song: Wah-Wah
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Wah-wah You've given me your wah-wah And I'm thinking of you And all the things that we used to do Wah-wah, wah-wah Wah-wah You made me such a big star Being there at the right time Cheaper than a dime Wah-wah, wah-wah Oh, you don't see me crying, oh no Yeah, you don't hear me sighing, no, no no-no no Wah-wah Now I don't need no wah-wah And I know how sweet life can be If I keep myself free from the wah-wah I don't need no wah-wah Wah-wah, wah-wah, wah-wah [*]
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vocal - George Harrison Other versions on All Things Must Pass
Song: My Sweet Lord
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(Hare Krishna) My sweet lord Hm, my lord My sweet lord I really want to see you Really want to be with you Really want to see you lord But it takes so long, my lord Hm, my lord My sweet lord My sweet lord Really want to know you Really want to go with you Really want to show you lord That it won't take long, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Really want to see you Really want to see you Really want to see you, lord Really want to see you, lord But it takes so long, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Really want to see you (hallelujah) I really want to be with you (hallelujah) Really want to see you lord (aaah) But it takes so long, my lord (hallelujah) Hm, my sweet lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hare krishna) My sweet lord (hare krishna) Hm, my lord (krishna krishna) My sweet lord (hare hare) I really want to know you (hare rama) Really want to go with you (hare rama) Really want to show you lord (aaah) That it won't take long, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hallelujah) Gurur Brahma (hare krishna) Gurur Vishnu (hare krishna) Gurur Devo (krishna krishna) Maheshwara (hare hare) Gurur Sakshaat (hare rama) Parabrahma (hare rama) Tasmayi Shree Guruve Namaha (hare hare) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Hmm (hallelujah) [*]
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vocal - George Harrison Other versions on All Things Must Pass The Best of George Harrison Live In Japan
Song: Awaiting On You All
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You don't need no love in You don't need no bed pan You don't need a horoscope or a microscope The see the mess that you're in If you open up your heart You will know what I mean We've been polluted so long Now here's a way for you to get clean By chanting the names of the lord and you'll be free The lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see Chanting the names of the lord and you'll be free The lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see You don't need no passport And you don't need no visas You don't need to designate or to emigrate Before you can see Jesus If you open up your heart You'll see he's right there He always was and will be He'll relieve you of your cares By chanting the names of the lord and you'll be free The lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see Chanting the names of the lord and you'll be free The lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see You don't need no And you don't need no You don't need no rosary beads or them books to read To see that you have fallen If you open up your heart You will see what I mean We've been kept down so long Someone's thinking that we're all green Oh, while the Pope owns 51% of General Motors And the stock exchange is the only thing he's qualified to quote us But the lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see By chanting the names of the lord and you'll be free [*]
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vocal - George Harrison Other versions on All Things Must Pass
Song: That's The Way God Planned It
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Why can't we be humble Like the good lord said? He promised to exault us [...] How man be so greedy When there's so much land? All things are God give And they all have been blessed That's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be That's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be Let not your heart beat trotta [...] sees Learn how to help each one another And live in perfect peace If we'd all just be humbler Like the good lord said He promised to exault us But [..] in the way That's the way God planned it That's the way he wants it to be You've got to believe me That's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be I hope you get this message When you [...] You may not understand me But [...] That's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be Come on, come on, come on now You've got to believe me That's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be Come on, yeah, yeah, come on now That's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be Yeah yeah yeah That's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be Yeah yeah yeah That's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be [**]
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vocal - Billy Preston
Song: It Don't Come Easy
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(It don't come easy, you know it don't come easy) (It don't come easy, you know it don't come easy) Got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues And you know it don't come easy You don't have to shout or leap about You can even play them easy Forget about the past and all your sorrow The future won't last It will soon be your tomorrow I don't ask for much, I only want your trust And you know it don't come easy And this love of mine keeps growing all the time And you know it don't come easy Open up your heart, let's come together Use a little luck, and we will make it work out better Got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues And you know it don't come easy You don't have to shout or leap about You can even play them easy Please remember peace is how we make it Here withing your reach, is your freedom to take it I don't ask for much, I only want your trust And you know it don't come easy (de de de) growing all the time And you know it don't come easy (thank you) [**]
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vocal - Ringo Starr
Song: Beware Of Darkness
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Watch out now, take care Beware of falling swingers Dropping all around you The pain that often mingles In your fingertips Beware of darkness Watch out now, take care Beware of the thoughts that linger Winding up inside your head The hopelessness around you In the dead of night Beware of sadness It can hit you (oh no) It can hurt you (oh yeah) Make you sore and what is more That is not what you are here for (Leon:) Watch out now, take care Beware of soft shoe shufflers Yeah they're dancing down the sidewalks As each unconscious sufferer Wanders aimlessly Beware of Maya (George:) Watch out now, take care Beware of greedy leaders They take you where you should not go While Weeping Atlas Cedars They just want to grow, grow and grow Beware of darkness (beware of darkness) [*]
Instruments & additional info.:
vocals - George Harrison, Leon Russell saxophone - Jim Horn Other versions on All Things Must Pass
Song: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps I don't know why nobody told you how to unfold your love I don't know how someone controlled you They bought and sold you. I look at the world and I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps With every mistake we must surely be learning Still my guitar gently weeps I don't know how you were diverted You were perverted too I don't know how you were inverted No one alerted you. I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps Look at you all . . . Still my guitar gently weeps. [*]
Instruments & additional info.:
vocal - George Harrison solo guitars - Eric Clapton, George Harrison Other versions on The Beatles Anthology 3 The Best of George Harrison Live In Japan
Song: Jumpin' Jack Flash / Youngblood
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(George: a couple of numbers from Leon) [Jumpin' Jack Flash] I was born in a crossfire hurricane And I howled at my mama in the driving rain But it's alright now in fact it's a gas And it's alright, hey I'm Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas gas gas I was raised by a toothless bearded hag I was schooled with a strap right across my back But it's alright now in fact it's a gas And it's alright, hey I'm Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas gas gas But it's alright now in fact it's a gas And it's alright I'm Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas gas gas [...] But it's alright now in fact it's a gas It's alright now in fact it's a gas But it's alright now in fact it's a gas But it's alright now, but it's alright now But it's alright [Jumpin' Jack Flash end - 3:48] Well, you know that I love my woman But just sometimes she just don't treat me right Yeah, I woke up this morning and I looked her in the eye She said sweet daddy, you got what I want But you ain't givin' it to me Oh, and it hurt me deep down into my soul And I had [...] out of the door I was [..] my heart [...] Gonna ever see my baby no more I went a-walkin' down the street And I was ashamed to look at anyoone I meet Ooh, [..] and there she was standing Leaning up against a lamp post (Well, tell it, tell it) [Youngblood - 4:35] I saw her standing on the corner A yellow ribbon in her hair All night long my heart was shudder Look at there, look at there You're the one, look at there Youngblood, youngblood, youngblood Woo, I can't get you out of my mind And I couldn't sleep, I went on crying And I saw the risin' of the sun All night long my heart was crying You're the one, you're the one You're the one, you're the one Youngblood, youngblood, youngblood Well, I can't get you out of my mind [...] she looked so tough I had to follow her all the way home And when we were there I met her dad, he said: You'd better leave my daughter alone And I couldn't sleep, I went on crying And I saw the risin' of the sun All night long my heart was crying You're the one, you're the one You are the one, you're the one Youngblood, youngblood, youngblood Woo, I can't get enough of your love (Youngblood) Woo, you're breaking my heart in two (Youngblood, youngblood, youngblood) [Youngblood end - 7:08] Ooh, and I looked at that 19 year old girl Right in the eye. And I said you look so sweet to me darlin' But there's one thing I got to tell you. You know, I've got me a fine old lady Lying back there in that bedroom at home And I think I got to get hack to her. Ooh, you ain't interested in my, she said. [...] walkin' home down the street, back to my pet And I crawled and I snugged and I crawled back in the bedroom My baby looked at me with her great big blue bedroom eyes And she said: Wooh, dad where have you been all night long? Yet I know I told you to get away from me I told you to leave me alone Wooh, but I had a chain in your heart And I've been needin' you all night long [...] needin' the good thing I ain't had none of the good thing Yeah and I looked at my baby and I said Baby, I said, what is it that I've got that you want, yeah? She looked at me and she said, real slow, real soft, real sweet She said this right here: [Jumpin' Jack Flash reprise - 8:24] Yeah, it's alright now, in fact it's a gas Well, it's alright now, in fact it's a gas But, it's alright now, in fact it's a gas It's alright, it's alright now [Jumpin' Jack Flash end - 9:14] Yeah, now ev'rybody's got a young lady at home that they love But sometimes the things, they just don't go right But I want to tell you one thing, and it's for sure You treat your woman like you treat yourself Ev'rything is gonna be alright Yeah it's gonna be alright now. [**]
Instruments & additional info.:
Jumpin' Jack Flash vocal - Leon Russell bass - Carl Radle lead guitar - Don Preston Youngblood vocals - Leon Russell, Don Preston
Song: Here Comes The Sun
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Here comes the sun (du dn du du) Here comes the sun And I say It's alright Little darling It's been a long cold lonely winter Little darling It seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun And I say It's alright Little darling The smiles returning to the faces Little darling It seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun (du dn du du) Here comes the sun And I say It's alright Sun, sun, sun, here it comes (four times) Little darling I see the ice is slowly melting Little darling It seems like years since it's been clear Here comes the sun (du dn du du) Here comes the sun It's alright Here comes the sun (Du du du du) Here comes the sun It's alright It's alright [*]
Instruments & additional info.:
vocal & guitar - George Harrison acoustic guitar - Pete Ham Other versions on Abbey Road The Best of George Harrison Live In Japan
Song: A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
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(George: Like to bring on a friend of us all, Mr. Bob Dylan!) Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? And where have you been, my darling young one? I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains, I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways, I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests, I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans, I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard, It's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall. Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son? And what did you see, my darling young one? I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it, I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it, I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin', I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin', I saw a white ladder all covered with water, I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken, And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall. What did you hear, my blue-eyed son? And what did you hear, my darling young one? I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin', I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world, Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin', Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin', I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin', Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter, And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall. Who did you meet, my blue-eyed son? Who did you meet, my darling young one? I met a young child beside a dead pony, I met a white man who walked a black dog, I met a young woman whose body was burning, I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow, I met one man who was wounded in love, I met another man who was wounded in hatred, It's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall. Oh, what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son? And what'll you do now, my darling young one? I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin', I'll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest, Where the people are many and their hands are all empty, Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters, Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison, The executioner's face is always well hidden Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten, Where black is the color and none is the number, And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it, Reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it, Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin', But I'll know my song well before I start singin', And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall. It's a hard rain's a gonna fall It's a hard rain's a gonna fall [*]
Instruments & additional info.:
vocal, harmonica, acoustic guitar - Bob Dylan bass - Leon Russell electric guitar - George Harrison tambourine - Ringo Starr
Song: It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
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Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby, Can't buy a thrill. I've been up all night, baby, Leanin' on the window sill. If I die On top of the hill And if I don't make it, You know my baby will. Don't the moon look good, mama, Shinin' down through the trees? Don't the brakeman look good, mama, Flagging down the "Double E"? Don't the sun look good Goin' down over the sea? Don't my gal look fine When she's comin' after me? Wintertime is coming, The windows are filled with frost. I went to tell everybody, But I could not get across. Well, I wanna be your lover, baby, I don't wanna be your boss. Don't say I never warned you If your train gets lost. [*]
Instruments & additional info.:
vocal, harmonica, acoustic guitar - Bob Dylan bass - Leon Russell electric guitar - George Harrison tambourine - Ringo Starr
Song: Blowin' In The Wind
Lyrics:
How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? How many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. How many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea? How many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free? How many times can a man turn his head, Pretending he just doesn't see? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. How many times can a dumb man look up Before he can see the sky? How many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? How many deaths will it take till he knows Too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. [*]
Instruments & additional info.:
vocal, harmonica, acoustic guitar - Bob Dylan bass - Leon Russell electric guitar - George Harrison tambourine - Ringo Starr
Song: Mr. Tambourine Man
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Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand, Vanished from my hand, Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping. My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet, I have no one to meet And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship, My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip, My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels To be wanderin'. I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind, Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves, The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach, Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow. Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands, With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves, Let me forget about today until tomorrow. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. [*]
Instruments & additional info.:
vocal, harmonica, acoustic guitar - Bob Dylan bass - Leon Russell electric guitar - George Harrison tambourine - Ringo Starr
Song: Just Like A Woman
Lyrics:
Nobody feels any pain Tonight as I stand inside the rain Ev'rybody knows That Baby's got new clothes But lately I see her ribbons and her bows Have fallen from her curls. She takes just like a woman And she makes love just like a woman And she aches just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl. Queen Mary, she's my friend Yes, I believe I'll go see her again Nobody has to guess That Baby can't be blessed Till she sees finally that she's like all the rest With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls. She takes just like a woman She makes love just like a woman And she aches just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl. It was raining from the first And I was dying there of thirst So I came in here And your long-time curse hurts But what's worse Is this pain in here I can't stay in here Ain't it clear that That I just can't fit Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit But when we meet again Introduced as friends Please don't let on that you knew me when I was hungry and it was your world. Ah, you fake just like a woman, yeah you do and You make love just like a woman, yeah and You ache just like a woman But you break just like a little girl. [*]
Instruments & additional info.:
vocal, harmonica, acoustic guitar - Bob Dylan bass - Leon Russell electric guitar - George Harrison tambourine - Ringo Starr
Song: Something
Lyrics:
Something in the way she moves Attracts me like no other lover Something in the way she woos me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how Somewhere in the way she smiles That I don't need no other lover Something in her style that shows me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how You're asking me will my love grow I don't know, I don't know You stick around and it may show I don't know, I don't know Something in the way she knows All I have to do is think of her Something in the things she shows me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how (Thank you very much) [*]
Instruments & additional info.:
vocal - George Harrison [Note:] There are 37 seconds between Just Like A Woman and Something. Other versions on Abbey Road Anthology 3 The Best of George Harrison Live In Japan
Song: Bangla Desh
Lyrics:
My friend came to me, with sadness in his eyes He told me that he wanted help Before his country dies Although I couldn't feel the pain, I knew I had to try Now I'm asking all of you To help us save some lives Bangla Desh, Bangla Desh Where so many people are dying fast And it sure looks like a mess I've never seen such distress Now won't you lend your hand and understand Relieve the people of Bangla Desh Bangla Desh, Bangla Desh Such a great disaster - I don't understand But it sure looks like a mess I've never known such distress Now please don't turn away, I want to hear you say Relieve the people of Bangla Desh Relieve Bangla Desh Bangla Desh, Bangla Desh Now it may seem so far from where we all are It's something we can't neglect It's something I can't neglect Now won't you give some bread to get the starving fed We've got to relieve Bangla Desh Relieve the people of Bangla Desh We've got to relieve Bangla Desh Relieve the people of Bangla Desh [*]
Instruments & additional info.:
vocal - George Harrison saxophone - Jim Horn Other versions on The Best of George Harrison