George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

HQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =KRoyfEpJE20&fmt=18

Copyright - 1970 Apple/EMI Records

My Sweet Lord" is a song by former Beatle lead guitarist, the late George Harrison from his UK number one hit triple album All Things Must Pass. Session musicians on the track included Eric Clapton. The song is primarily about God, and features repetitions of the avatars of Lord Vishnu, the preserving deva in Hinduism. It is ranked #454 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Writing and recording
The song was originally intended for Billy Preston, who had a minor hit with it in early 1970, in his album Encouraging Words. It was written in December 1969, when Harrison and Billy Preston were in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The recording of the song took place in London. Preston was the principal musician while Harrison was engineering the sessions. The drumming was performed by Alan White, now better known for his long association with Yes. White was introduced to Harrison by John Lennon, after he had worked with the Plastic Ono Band and on Lennon's second solo album, Imagine.

Single release
When released as a single, "My Sweet Lord" topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. In October, 1970, Harrison told the British press that it was going to be his first solo single, but a few days later he changed his mind and said it would not be made available thus, as he did not want sales in that format to detract from those of the album. (The other three former Beatles had also released solo albums earlier that year, without releasing a single in Britain from any of them). It was released as a single in the US on 23 November 1970. Within a few weeks, EMI and Apple Records bowed to media and public demand, and the UK release followed on 15 January 1971.

Entering the British charts in the first week at No. 7 and then hitting the summit for five weeks, it was the first single by an ex-Beatle to reach No. 1. It did so again in the UK when reissued in January 2002 after Harrison's death from cancer. It also reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 26, 1970.

Legal controversy
Following the song's release, musical similarities between "My Sweet Lord" and The Chiffons' hit "He's So Fine" led to a lengthy legal battle over the rights to the composition. Billboard magazine, in an article dated 6 March 1971, stated that Harrison's royalty payments from the recording had been halted worldwide. Harrison stated that he was inspired to write "My Sweet Lord" after hearing the Edwin Hawkins Singers' "Oh Happy Day".

Lyrics:
My sweet Lord
Mm my Lord
Mm my Lord
I really want to see you
I really want to be with you
I really want to see you Lord
But it takes so long my Lord

My sweet Lord
Mm my Lord
Mm my Lord
I really want to know you
I really want to go with you
I really want to show you Lord
That it Won't take long my Lord

(Hallelujah) My sweet Lord
(Hallelujah) Mm 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) Mm my Lord
(Hallelujah) My my my Lord
(Hallelujah) I really want to know you
(Hallelujah) I really want to go with you
(Hallelujah) I really want to show you
(Ah) That it Won't take long my Lord

(Hallelujah) Mm mm mm
(Hallelujah) My sweet Lord
(Hallelujah) My my Lord

Mm my Lord
(Hare Krishna) My my my Lord
(Hare Krishna) Ooh, my sweet Lord
(Krishna Krishna) Ooh
(Hare Hare) Now I really want to see you
(Hare Rama) Really want to be with you
(Hare Rama) Really want to see you Lord
(Ah) But it takes so long my Lord

(Hallelujah) Mm my Lord
(Hallelujah) My my my Lord
(Hare Krishna) My sweet Lord
(Hare Krishna) My sweet Lord
(Krishna Krishna) My Lord
(Hare Hare) Mm mm
(Gurur Brahma) Mm mm mm
(Gurur Vishnu) Mm mm mm
(Gurur Devo) Mm mm mm
(Mahesh Nara) My sweet Lord
(Gurur Sakshat) My sweet Lord
(Param Bramha) My my my Lord
(Tasmai Shri) My my my my Lord
(Guruve Namah) My sweet Lord
(Hare Rama, Hare Krishna) My sweet Lord
(Krishna Krishna) My Lord
(Hare Hare)

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I know I spelled video wrong, sorry for the typo.

Enjoy!

I was tired of my lady
We'd been together too long
Like a worn-out recording
Of a favorite song
So while she lay there sleeping
I read the paper in bed
And in the personal columns
There was this letter I read

"If you like Pina Coladas
And getting caught in the rain
If you're not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you'd like making love at midnight
In the dunes on the Cape
Then I'm the love that you've looked for
Write to me and escape."

I didn't think about my lady
I know that sounds kind of mean
But me and my old lady
Have fallen into the same old dull routine
So I wrote to the paper
Took out a personal ad
And though I'm nobody's poet
I thought it wasn't half bad

"Yes I like Pina Coladas
And getting caught in the rain
I'm not much into health food
I am into champagne
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon
And cut through all this red-tape
At a bar called O'Malley's
Where we'll plan our escape."

So I waited with high hopes
And she walked in the place
I knew her smile in an instant
I knew the curve of her face
It was my own lovely lady
And she said, "Oh it's you."
Then we laughed for a moment
And I said, "I never knew."

That you like Pina Coladas
Getting caught in the rain
And the feel of the ocean
And the taste of champagne
If you'd like making love at midnight
In the dunes of the Cape
You're the lady I've looked for
Come with me and escape

"If you like Pina Coladas
And getting caught in the rain
If you're not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you'd like making love at midnight
In the dunes on the Cape
Then I'm the love that you've looked for
Write to me and escape."

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