Nació en Liverpool, Reino Unido, 25 de febrero de 1943 - † Los Angeles, Estados Unidos, 29 de noviembre de 2001. Uno de los cuatro genios de Liverpool, integrante de la banda de música más importante e influyente del siglo XX: The Beatles. Como guitarrista, dueño de un estilo único, como compositor creador de canciones tan extrordinarias como las de sus compañeros Lennon-McCartney.
George formó parte desde el principio de The Beatles, de la mano de Paul se unió al grupo, y ya no lo abandonaría hasta su disolución.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
BbD7F#m7(b5) G Someone else may want to use it BbA7 So far we've seen Dm This planet's rape, G#7G how we've abused it G7 We've got to save the world
Interlude [C Co Fm7(b5)]
CG The Russians have the biggest share CG With their long fingers everywhere FA7 And now they've bombs in outer space FFmC |Co Fm7(b5)| (fast passage) With laser beams and atomic waste CG Rain forest chopped for paper towels CG One acre gone in every hour* FA7 Our birds and wildlife all destroyed FFm [C Co F/CG] To keep some millionaires employed (different interlude)
G7CCmaj7 We've got to save the whale BbDF#m7(b5) G Greenpeace they've tried to diffuse it BbA7 But dog food salesmen DmG#7G Persist on kindly to harpoon it G7 We've got to save the world
[C Co F/C]
CG The armament consortium CG They're selling us plutonium FA7 Now you can make your own H-bomb FFmC |Co Fm7(b5)| (fast passage) Right in the kitchen with your mom
CG The nuclear power that costs you more CG Than anything you've known before FA7 The half-wit's answer to a need FFmC |Co Fm7(b5)| (fast passage) For cancer, death, destruction, greed
[SOLO: repeat the verses above chords]
[Repeat the intro]
G7CCmaj7 We've got to save the world BbDF#m7(b5) G Someone's children they may need it BbA7 So far we've seen DmG#7G The big business of extinction bleed it G7C Co F We've got to save the world
CG We're at the mercy of so few CG With evil hearts determined to FA7 Reduce this planet into hell FFmC |Co Fm7(b5)| (fast passage) Then find a buyer and make quick sale
CG To end upon a happy note CG Like trying to make concrete float FA7 Is very simple knowing that FFmC Co F God in your heart lives
GG7CCmaj7 We've got to save the world BbDF#m7(b5) G Someone else may want to use it BbA7 It's time you knew Dm How close we've come G#7GG7 We're gonna lose it - We gotta save, we gotta save C Co Fm7(b5) C We gotta save the world.
Comments:
1) The slide guitar interludes vary. I've transcripted one from the introduction (there are two, making a dobro) just in case of identifying the main melody.
2) I really dislike this song. It has a quite bizarre chords sequency that doesn't make a beautiful result. And the lyrics are very poor, not to mention the "Russians" part, that reveals a very shallow knowledge about the facts or, at least, a kind of ingenuity from my (our) favorite songwriter/musician. I'm the biggest George Harrison fan in the world, for sure... but this song, along with only 2 or 3 other songs from his entire career, is unpassable.
3) Why had I spent my time transcripting it? Well, "a friend came to me, and told me that he wanted help"... so it was worthwile.