| "Tomorrow
Never Knows" (Lennon [and McCartney]) [2:56] |
| Recorded EMI Recording Studios, London: 6, 7, and 22
April 1966. |
| 5 August 1966 on Revolver (Parlophone PMC 7009 / PCS 7009) |
| John Lennon (vocal, tambourine, tape loops), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, tape loop), George Harrison (lead guitar, tambura), Ringo Starr (drums), George Martin (piano) |
| Produced by George
Martin with Geoff Emerick, engineer. |
|
| The Beatles. 1966. Revolver [14]. EMI Records Ltd. [Parlophone CDP 7 46441 2] |
| Notes and Quotes |
| |
Section |
Time |
Meas. |
Description |
Text |
| — |
intro |
|
|
Tambura
loop and drum/bass loop begins.
Drum track by two people; one on cymbals, the other drumming.
Tambourine and backwards guitar loop faded in and out. |
— |
| A |
verse |
|
|
Double-tracked
vocal over backing loop.
Various loops faded in and out. |
a |
| A |
verse |
|
|
As
above. |
b |
| A |
verse |
|
|
As
above, with voice to single track at end of line. |
c |
| B |
verse |
|
|
Various
loops, followed by a backwards guitar solo. |
— |
| A |
verse |
|
|
As
in verses above, with voice through Leslie speaker. |
d |
| A |
verse |
|
|
As
above. Add tambourine back into mix. |
e |
| A |
verse |
|
|
As
above. |
f |
| — |
coda |
|
|
As
above; repeat last words and fade to loops. |
g |
| Text |
|
| Turn
off your mind, relax and float downstream. It is not dying. It is not
dying. |
a |
| Lay
down all thought, surrender to the void. It is shining. It is shining. |
b |
| That
you may see the meaning of within. It is being. It is being. |
c |
| But
love is all and love is everyone. It is knowing. It is knowing. |
d |
| That
ignorance and hate may mourn the dead. It is believing. It is believing. |
e |
| But
listen to the colour of your dreams. It is not living. It is not living. |
f |
| Or
play the game existence to the end of the beginning, of the beginning. |
g |