"Good Morning Good Morning" (Lennon) [2:41]

Recorded 8 & 16 February, 13, 28, 29 March.

Produced by George Martin, Geoff Emerick, Richard Lush.

The Beatles: John Lennon (lead and supporting vocals), Paul McCartney (bass, supporting vocal, and guitar solo on Fender Esquire right-handed?), George Harrison (guitar), Ringo Starr (drums); with members of Sounds Inc. (formerly Sounds Incorporated): Barrie Cameron, David Glyde, and Alan Holmes (saxophones), John Lee and A. N. Other (trombones), and Tom ? (French horn). (See Dowlding 1989:178 and Lewisohn 1988:102.)

The Beatles. 1967. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [11]. London: EMI Records Ltd.

cf. Anthology [2:2:6]

John composed this song as a bit of pop culture: a breakfast cereal commercial. (Compare The Who Sell Out released later that year.)

Lennon (Dowlding 1989:178): I often sit at the piano, working at songs, with the telly on low in the background. If I'm a bit low and not getting much done then the words on the telly come through. That's when I heard "Good Morning, Good Morning" . . . it was a cornflakes advertisement.

John chose the order of animal sounds at the end for who chases whom.

The verse are mixtures of measures of 3 and 4 following the meter of the text creating phrases of ten beats duration. (Compare with the Who's "Happy Jack.")

	Sect	Time	Meas.	Description	Text
	Intro	0:00	2	Rooster crows. Horn section and chorus introduce song with refrain.	a
A	Verse			Double-tracked solo voice (Lennon) with ensemble.	b
	end 1			—	bx
	Refrain			Horns and chorus.	a
A	Verse			As in verse above.	c
	end 2			Solo voice over horns and ensemble.	d
A	Verse			As in verses above.	e
	end 1			—	ex
	Refrain			As in refrains above.	a
A	Verse			Guitar solo (McCartney)	—
	end 2			As above	f
A	Verse			As above	g
	end 1			—	gx
	Refrain			Repeat and fade with different animal sounds.	a

Text
Good morning, Good morning, Good morning, Good morning, (Good morning)	a
Nothing to do to save his live call his wife in. Nothing to say but what a day, how's your boy been.	b
Nothing to do it's up to you. I've got nothing to say but it's OK.	b'
Going to work, don't want to go, feeling low down. Heading for home you start to roam, then you're in town.	c
Everybody knows there's nothing doing. Everything is closed, it's like a ruin. Everyone you see is half asleep. And you're on your own, you're in the street.	d
After a while you start to smile, now you feel cool. Then you decide to take a walk by the old school.	e
Nothing had changed it's still the same, I've got nothing to say, but it's OK.	e'
People running round it's five o'clock. Everywhere in town is getting dark. Everyone you see if full of life. It's time for tea and Meet the Wife.	f
Somebody needs to know the time, glad that I'm here. Watching the skirts, you start to flirt, now you're in gear.	g
Go to a show, you hope she goes. I've got nothing to say, but it's OK.	g'

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