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You'll Always Play Lead

by Nicht King Kong

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The ultimate tribute song to George Harrison - released 20 years after he passed away, and enriched by numerous quotes of his great music and lyrics. It's probably our only song ever with English lyrics.

"Große Brüder deponierten in meiner Wiege Beatles-Musik, von der ich zum Glück nicht mehr loskomme. Als mein Lieblings-Beatle 2001 von uns ging, war ich nicht nur traurig, sondern fühlte mich auch zu einer Würdigung gleichermaßen inspiriert und verpflichtet." (G.S.)

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YOU'LL ALWAYS PLAY LEAD

I grew up with music of the Beatles
You played lead guitar in this special band
Though there were John Lennon (Help) & Paul McCartney (Hey Jude)
You remained my favourite till the end

You were not the one who would hog the limelight
But your guitar playing made the sound
And your voice was crucial for the vocals (Ha-haaa, Mister Wilson)
Writing great songs you kept gaining ground

There is something in your way that moves me
No one else made his guitar weep so gently
When you played and sang, I felt here comes the sun

You detected the richness of India’s culture
Introduced the sitar into pop
That was the beginning of your heyday (I've got time!)
In such days, the march of time should stop

[Chorus] There is something in your way...

When the Beatles broke up you went on solo (Hallelujah!)
Organised a concert for people in need (Bangladesh, Bangladesh)
Kept on writing lovely tunes like... All those years ago
In my memory you'll always play lead - I got my mind set on you

[Chorus] There is something in your way...

You had overwhelming trust in people (Go where you’re going to)
Everybody loved your great sense of humour (Savoy truffle)
Though you enjoyed your live, you knew all things must pass
All things must pass away

credits

released November 29, 2021
Urgehoben & arrangiert von Gerhard Satke
Eingespielt & produziert von NICHT KING KONG
Gerdi: Gesang, Bass, Westerngitarre, Tasten
Haribo: Gitarren, Gesang, Perkussio
Blitz: Schlagzeug, Slide- & Midi-Gitarre, Aufnahme, Mastering
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All artwork source pictures owned by NICHT KING KONG or in the public domain, except: G.H. 1964 (playing live) used based on the Creative Commons license “Public Domain Dedication 1.0”. G.H. 1967 ("The famous Beatles prints by Richard Avedon") by Ronald Saunders; used (and cropped) based on the Creative Commons license "Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0" (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ ). G.H. 1987 (playing live) by Steve Mathieson; used (and cropped) based on the Creative Commons license "Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0" (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ )

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