The Beatles – “Here Comes The Sun”
Here Comes The Sun…
Written by George Harrison in Eric Clapton’s garden using one of the blues icon’s guitars, ‘Here Comes the Sun’ was born.
When the Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein died in 1967, the band had to handle more of their accounting and business affairs, which Harrison hated. He wrote this after attending a round of business meetings, and was inspired by the long winters in England.
Eric Clapton said of writing this song with Harrison, “It was one of those beautiful spring mornings. I think it was April, we were just walking around the garden with our guitars. I don’t do that, you know? This is what George brought to the situation. He was just a magical guy…“
There’s something so special about viewing rare clips of John, George, Paul and Ringo. Whether is was behind the scenes at the studio, television shows, or them just goofing off – it’s incredible we are able to access such great moments in music history.
Fun Facts!
- John Lennon did not play on this. Around this time, he was making a habit of not playing on Harrison’s compositions as the two were not on the best of terms. The two eventually settled their differences as George contributed to Lennon’s album, Imagine 2 years later.
- In 2006, this was voted by the members of the GeorgeHarrison.com forum as their favorite song of his.
- When Harrison died in 2001, many artists performed this at their concerts as a tribute. It was played at the induction ceremonies of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the all-star jam.
+Here Come the Sun lyrics below+
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun,
and I say, It’s all right
Little darling
It’s been a long, cold lonely winter
Little darling
It feels like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun,
and I say, It’s all right
Little darling
The smiles returning to the faces
Little darling
It seems like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun,
and I say, It’s all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Little darling
I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling
It seems like years since it’s been clear
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun,
and I say, It’s all right
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
It’s all right
It’s all right
