LIVE IN JAPAN

GEORGE HARRISON - LIVE IN JAPAN
Thanks To Roberto.
Lyrics of TAXMAN was corrected.
Thanks To Mickelson.

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I WANT TO TELL YOU 
(words and music:George Harrison)

I want to tell you, my head is filled with things to say, 
when you're here, all those words they seem to slip away. 
When I get near you, the games begin to drag me down, 
it's alright, I'll make you maybe next time around 

But if I seem to act unkind, 
it's only me, it's not my mind,
 that is confusing things. 

I want to tell you, I feel hung up and I don't know why, 
I don't mind, I could wait for ever, I've got time. 
Sometimes I wish I knew you well 
Then I could speak my mind and tell you maybe you'd understand. 

I want to tell you, I feel hung up and I don't know why, 
I don't mind, I could wait for ever, I've got time. 


OLD BROWN SHOE
(words and music:George Harrison)

I want a love that's right, 
but right is only half of what's wrong.
 I want a short haired girl 
who sometimes wears it twice as long.
Now I'm stepping out this old brown shoe,
Baby I'm in love with you
I'm so glad you came here 
it won't be the same now I'm telling you.

I know you pick me up from where some try to drag me down
Well to see your smile replacing every thoughtless frown
Got me scaping from this zoo, baby I'm in love with you
So glad you came here
 it won't be the same now when I'm with you.

If I grow up I'll be a singer wearing rings on every 
finger. Not worrying of what they or you say
I'll live and love and maybe someday, who knows baby
You may comfort me
Though I may appear to be imperfect
My love is something you can't reject
I'm changing faster than the weather
Then you and me should get together
Who knows baby you may comfort me.

My love is yours to miss that love is something I hate.
I'll make an early start making sure that I'm not late
For your sweet top lip I'm in the queue
Baby I'm in love with you
I'm so glad you came here it won't be the same now
When I'm with you


TAXMAN
(words and music:George Harrison, he changed some of the words)

Let me tell you how it will be, 
There's one for you, nineteen for me, 
'Cos I'm the Taxman, Yeah, I'm the Taxman. 

Should five per cent appear too small, 
Be thankful I don't take it all, 
'Cos I'm the Taxman, Yeah, I'm the Taxman. 

If you drive a car, I'll tax the street, 
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat, 
If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat, 
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Taxman. 

Well I'm the Taxman, Yeah, I'm the Taxman. 

Don't ask me what I want it for 
(uhuh Mister Major)
If you don't want to pay some more 
(uhuh Mister Kinnock),
'Cos I'm the Taxman, Yeah, I'm the Taxman. 
(George mistook this part for last at Yokohama)

If I reduce it, can you sleep
(uhuh Boris Yeltsin)
If I avoid the V.A.T.*
(uhuh Mister Bush)
Well I'm the Taxman, Yeah, I'm the Taxman. 

If you get a head, I'll tax your hat
If you get a pet, I'll tax your cat
If you wipe your feet, I'll tax the mat
If you are overweight, I'll tax your fat

Now my advice for those who die, 
Declare the pennies on your eyes, 
'Cos I'm the Taxman,  Yeah, I'm the Taxman. 

And you're working for no-one but me, Taxman. 

* value-added tax


GIVE ME LOVE - George Harrison
(words and music:George Harrison)

Give me love, give me love, 
give me peace on earth
give me light, give me life, 
keep me free from birth.
Give me hope, 
help me cope with this heavy load
trying to touch and reach you 
with heart and soul...
 
Om m  m  my lord.
 
Please  ..  .. take hold of my hand
that I might understand you.
 
 
Won't you please oh won't you.
 
Give me love, give me love, 
give me peace on earth

give me light, give me life, keep me free from birth.
Give me hope, 
help me cope with this heavy load
trying to touch and reach you
 with heart and soul...
Give me love, give me love, 
give me peace on earth
give me light, give me life, 
keep me free from birth.
Give me hope, help me cope with this heavy load
trying to ... touch and reach ...
 
 
IF I NEEDED SOMEONE
(words and music:George Harrison)

If I needed someone
You're the one that I'd be thinking of
If I needed someone
If I had some more time to spend
Then I guess I'd be with you my friend
If I needed someone

Had you come some other day then 
It might not have been like this
But you see now I'm too much in love

Got your number on my wall 
And maybe you will get a call from me
If I needed someone


SOMETHING 
(words and music:George Harrison)

Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

You're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around now it may show
I don't know, I don't know

Something in the way she looks
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how.


WHAT IS LIFE
(words and music:George Harrison)

What I feel I can't say
But my love is there for you any time of day
But if it's not love that you need
Then I'll try my best to make everything succeed

And tell me what is life without your love?
And tell me who am I without you by my side?

What I Know I can do
If I give my love to everyone like you
But if it's not love  that you need
Then I'll try my best to make everything succeed.

And tell me what is life without your love?
And tell me who am I without you by my side?



DARK HORSE
(words and music:George Harrison)

You thought that you knew where I was and when
But it looks like you've been fooling down again
You thought that you'd got me all staked out
But baby looks like I've been breaking out

I'm a dark horse
Running on a dark race course
I'm a blue moon
Since I stepped from out of the womb
I've been a cool jerk
Looking for the source
I'm a dark horse

You thought you had got me in your grip
Baby looks like you was not so smart
And I became to slippery for you
But let me say that was nothing new

I'm a dark horse
Running on a dark race course
I'm a blue moon
Since I picked up my first spoon
I've been a cool jerk
Looking for the source
I'm a dark horse

I thought that you knew it all along

Until you started getting me not right
Seems as if you heard a little late
But I warned you when 
We both were at the starting gate

I'm a dark horse
Running on a dark race course
I'm a blue moon
Since I stepped from out of the womb
I've been a cool jerk
Cooking at the source
I'm a dark horse


PIGGIES
(words and music:George Harrison)

Have you seen the little piggies 
Crawling in the dirt
And for all the little piggies
Life is getting worse
Always having dirt to play around in.

Have you seen the bigger piggies
In their starched white shirts
You will find the bigger piggies
You will find the bigger piggies
Stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts to play around in.

In their styes with all their backing
They don't care what goes on around
In their eyes there's something lacking
What they need's a damn good whacking.

Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner 
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon.


GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU
(words and music:Rudy Clark)

I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you

But it's gonna take money.
A whole lotta spending money.
It's gonna take plenty of money.
To do it right, child.
It's gonna take time.
A whole lot of precious time.
It's gonna take patience and time.
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it, to do it right child.
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you

And this time I know it's real.
The feelings that I feel.
I know if you put my mind to it.
I know that I really can do it.
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you

But it's gonna take money.
A whole lotta spending money.
It's gonna take plenty of money.
To do it right, child.
It's gonna take time.
A whole lot of precious time.
It's gonna take patience and time.
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it, to do it right child.

I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you

And this time I know it's real.
The feelings that I feel.
I know if I put my mind to it.
I know that I really can do it.
But it's gonna take money.
A whole lotta spending money.
It's gonna take plenty of money.
To do it right, child.
It's gonna take time.
A whole lot of precious time.
It's gonna take patience and time.
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it, to do it right child.

Set on you, set on you.


CLOUD 9
(words and music:George Harrison)

Have my love.
It fits you like a glove.
Join my dream, tell me yes.
Bail out should there be a mess.
The pieces you don't need are mine.

Take my time.
I'll show you cloud nine.
Take my smile and my heart.
They were yours from the start.
The pieces to omit are mine.

Have my love.
Use it while it does you good.
Share my highs but the times that he hurts pay no mind.
This pieces you don't need are mine.
I'll see you there on cloud nine.

Take my hope.
Maybe even share a joke.
If there's good to be shown.
You may make it all your own.
But if you want to quit that's fine.
While you're out looking for cloud nine.
Ooh, cloud nine.


HERE COMES THE SUN
(words and music:George Harrison)

Here comes the sun, Here comes the sun, and I say
It's alright
Little darling, it's been a long calm 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 alright

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 alright.

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Little darling, I feel like ice 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 alright.


MY SWEET LORD
(words and music:George Harrison)

My sweet Lord, my Lord, my sweet 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, my Lord, my sweet 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.

My sweet Lord, my Lord, my sweet Lord.


ALL THOSE YEARS AGO
(words and music:George Harrison)

I'm shouting all about love
While they treated you like a dog
When you were the one who had made it so clear
All those year sago

I'm talking all about how to give
They don't act with much honesty
But you point the way to the truth when you say
All you need is love

Living with good and bad
I always looked up to you
Now we're left cold and sad
By someone the devil's best friend
Someone who offended all

We're living in a bad dream
They've forgotten all about mankind
And you were the one they backed up to the wall
All those years ago
You were the one who imagined it all
All those years ago

Deep in the darkest night 
I send out a prayer to you
Now in the world of light
Where the spirit free of the lies
And all else that we despised

They've forgotten all, about God
He's the only reason we exist
Yet you were the one that they said was so weird
All those years ago
you said it all though not many had ears
All those years ago
You had control of our smiles and our tears 
All those years ago


CHEER DOWN
(words and music:George Harrison, Tom Petty)

I can see by your grin
That you're trembling within
It's all over town, cheer down
And the smile on your face
Is sometimes out of place
Don't mind, no frowns, cheer down

If your hair should fall
If your shares should crash
You'll get by even without getting a rash

There's no tears to be shed
I'm gonna love you instead
I want you around, cheer down

When your teeth drop out
You'll get by even without taking a bite

If your dog should be dead
I'm gonna love you instead
The world loves a clown, cheer down
I want you around cheer down


DEVIL'S RADIO
(words and music:George Harrison)

Gossip, gossip, gossip, gossip.
I heard it in the night.
Words that thoughtless speak.
Like vultures whopping down below on the devil's radio.
I hear it through the day. 
Airwaves getting filled.
With gossip broadcast to and fro on the devil's radio.

Oh yeah, gossip, gossip, oh yeah.

He's in the clubs and bars.
And never turns it down.
Talking about what he don't know on the devil's radio.

He's in your T.V. set. 
Won't give you a rest.
That soul betrayed so and so the devil's radio.

Gossip, gossip, gossip, gossip.
Oh yeah, gossip, gossip, oh yeah.

It's white and black like industrial waves
Pollution on the highs to greet.
You wonder why I don't hang out much.
I wonder how you can't see.

He's in the films and songs.
And at all your magazines. 
It's everywhere that you may go the devil's radio.

Oh yeah, gossip, gossip, oh yeah.

Runs to confess no one really sees.
Quite what Betty can do.
As he shapes you into something cold like an eskimo igloo.

It's all across our lives.
Like we didn't sweat.
Till nothing else has space to grow the devil's radio.

Can creep up in the dark.
Make us hide behind shades.
And puzzling like a dynamo the devil's radio.

Gossip, gossip, gossip, gossip


ISN'T IT A PITY
(words and music:George Harrison)

Isn't it a pity, isn't it a shame
How we break each other's hearts
and cause each other pain
How we take each other's love
Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Somethings take so long
But how do I explain?
When not too many people
Can see we're all the same
And because of all their tears
Their eyes can't hope to see
The beauty that surrounds them
Isn't it a pity


WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS 
(words and music:George Harrison)

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping 
Still my guitar gently weeps
I don't know why nobody told you how to unfold your love
I don't know how someone controlled you 
They bought and sold you.

I look at the world and I notice it's turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps 
I don't know how you were diverted
You were perverted too
I don't know how you were inverted
No one alerted you.

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
Look at you all...
Still my guitar gently weeps.


ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN

I'm gonna write a little letter 
Gonna mail it to my local D.J.
It's a rockin' little record I want my jockey to play
Roll over Beethoven 
I gotta hear it again today

You know my temperature's rising
And the juke box's blowing a fuse
My heart's beatin' rhythm 
And my soul keeps singin' the blues
Roll over Beethoven
And tell Tchaikovski the news

Well I got a rockin' pneumonia 
I need a shot of rhythm and blues
I think I got it off the writer sittin' down by the rhythm review
Roll over Beethoven 
We're rockin' in two by two

Well if you feel you like it
Well get your lover and reel and rock it
Roll it over and move on up just
Jump around and reel and rock it
Roll it over 
Roll over Beethoven 
A rockin' in two by two

Early in the morning
I'm giving you the warning
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
Hey little little gonna play my fiddle
Ain't got nothing to lose
Roll over Beethoven 
And tell Tchaikovski the news

You know she wigs like a glow worm
Dance like a spinnin' top
She got a crazy partner
Oughta see 'em reel and rock
Long as she's got a dime
The music will never stop

Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
And dig this rhythm and blues


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