The beatles recorded rocky raccoon during a single session on 15 august 1968. Rocky raccoon for piano solo, easy piano sheet music. I agree with the view of the song as being a drawn out double entendre on the word revival. Rocky raccoon sheet music the beatles lead sheet fake book. Rocky raccoon, beatles songs, beatles history, recording history, songwriting history.
Beatles rocky raccoon lyrics meaning lyric interpretations. Cover of the maclen music sheet music depicting george harrison and ringo starr. A jokey song about a cuckolded young american man seeking revenge against a love rival, rocky raccoon was written in india by paul. Paul mccartney started to write this song when the beatles were in india, studying meditation in a camp. Tranposable music notes for easy piano sheet music by paul mccartney. Print and download rocky raccoon sheet music in pdf. It was primarily written by paul mccartney, although credited to the lennon mccartney partnership.
What is the meaning of rocky raccoon by the beatles. Not every song the beatles produced is in here, but just about any one youd want to play. Now somewhere in the black mining hills of dakota there lived a young boy named rocky raccoon and one day his woman ran off. Jun 17, 2018 provided to youtube by universal music group rocky raccoon remastered 2009 the beatles the beatles. Rocky racoon john lennon, paul mccartney, the beatles on. The beatles best 2nd edition for easy piano hal leonard online. Tranposable music notes for pianovocalguitar chords only sheet music by paul mccartney. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalchords in a minor. George martin played the honkytonk piano solo, and lennon, mccartney and harrison. The beatles rocky raccoon sheet music for beginners in a. The great adventures of rocky raccoon is one of those super special jewels that are still born among a sea of other imaginations and talents. Rocky raccoon is a song by the beatles from the doubledisc album the beatles also known as the white album. Transpose printable composition or download, save ez play today pdf.
Thanks to thomas johnson for correcting these lyrics. The beatles the white album book 1 beatles, the on. Rocky raccoon is a musical western written by paul when he was in india. They recorded nine takes of the basic rhythm track, with mccartney on vocals and acoustic guitar, starr on drums and lennon on bass. Jan 06, 2016 rocky raccoon by abbey road allstars originally performed by the beatles now somewhere in the black mining hills of dakota there lived a young boy named rocky raccoon, and one day his woman ran. The beatles taped rocky raccoon during a single session on 15 august 1968. Several beatles songs feature piano parts, which were usually played by either martin, lennon, nicky hopkins or billy preston. Hey jude the beatles best piano tutorial how to really play like the original duration.
Each song remains true to the spirit of its original performance and is presented in the classic fashion youve come to know from the real book with easytoread musical notation and chord symbols. The beatles this real book edition pays tribute to the fab four with over 100 arrangements of their masterful songs. Onto the master, take nine, the beatles added another bass and drum track. Blackbird the continuing story of bungalow bill dear prudence happiness is a warm gun im so tired martha my dear obladi, oblada rocky raccoon while my guitar gently weeps. Rocky raccoon by paul mccartney digital sheet music for. The nicest thing about playing beatles songs on the piano is you already know the distinctive melody and how its supposed to sound. Download and print rocky raccoon sheet music for piano solo by the beatles. The beatles rocky raccoon sheet music pdf notes, chords. This book has the coolest hero and lead character, but, is written with so much heart, creativity and even a dash of young genius.
Learn how to play the beatles songs for bass, acoustic guitar, harmonica, accordion, drums, piano. Transpose, print or convert pdf and learn to play easy guitar score in minutes. The beatles real book c instruments hal leonard online. Provided to youtube by universal music group rocky raccoon take 8 the beatles the beatles. I am the walrus is exhibit a to show people who claim lennon was a great songwriter while paul wrote drivel.
Rocky raccoon the beatles sheet music at musicaneo. The beatles rocky raccoon bass, acoustic guitar, harmonica. Get the beatles rocky raccoon sheet music notes, chords. The song was primarily written by paul mccartney, who was inspired while playing acoustic guitar with john lennon and donovan in india where the beatles had gone on a. Transpose printable composition or download, save ez.
How to play rocky raccoon learn to play beatles on guitar. Yes indeed, tensions were very high during the white album sessions as history shows, but when it came to subject matter, many of the songs it contained were less. The beatles rocky raccoon sheet music notes, chords. In pauls book many years from now, he goes into more detail about the. The group had met on this and the previous day to record demos of songs they were to bring to emi studios in the upcoming months for inclusion on their next album. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in a minor transposable. The great adventures of rocky raccoon by cameron ferweda. The beatles for acoustic guitar edition guitar recorded.
Beatles rocky raccoon sheet music for piano solo pdf. Rocky raccoon once characterized by mccartney as a mack sennett movie set to music, the beatles talkingblues pastiche came together in a singalong setting in rishikesh. Blackbird the continuing story of bungalow bill dear prudence happiness is a warm gun im so tired martha my dear obladi, oblada rocky raccoon while my guitar gently weeps why dont we do it in the road wild honey pie more. The sound is very near original beatles for an easy piano book. The beatles rocky raccoon sheet music leadsheet in c. Beatlemania, 19671970 pianovocalguitar songbook the beatles on. They recorded nine takes of the basic rhythm track, with paul mccartney on vocals and acoustic guitar, ringo starr on drums, and john lennon on sixstring bass guitar. Pepper album, as well as their remaining 1967 output, the beatles found themselves exhibiting a much more playful attitude.
Now somewhere in the black mining hills of dakota there lived a young boy named rocky raccoon and one day his woman ran off with another guy hit young rocky in the eye. Transpose, print or convert, download rock pdf and learn to play easy piano score in minutes. Rocky raccoon the beatles guitar chords and tabs echords. The beatles rocky raccoon high quality sheet music available for download. Rocky raccoon by paul mccartney digital sheet music for piano. Am7 now somewhere in the black mountain hills of dakota there lived a young boy named rocky d7 raccoon g7 and one day his woman ran off with c. Mar 08, 2019 rocky raccoon is a musical western written by paul when he was in india. Check out rocky raccoon anthology 3 version by the beatles on amazon music. The original name of this songs character was rocky sassoon, but paul mccartney wanted it to sound more cowboyish and he changed in to rocky raccoon. Transpose, print or convert, download rock pdf and learn to play easy guitar score in minutes. Hal leonard digital sheet music at sheet music plus. Rocky raccoon john lennon paul mccartney after the serious tone of the sgt. High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along and easy practice by changing the tempo, and more. The beatles the white album book 1 hal leonard online.
The beatles this matching songbook to the first album of this doublealbum masterpiece. Its always been clear to me that paul was doing an imitation, if not a parody, of bob dylan in this song. Am7 rocky raccoon, checked i d7 nto his room, o g7 nly to find gideons bi c ble. Yes indeed, tensions were very high during the white album sessions as history shows, but when it came to subject matter, many of the songs it contained were less serious than its. The beatles rehearsed, recorded and completed a song during a single session on this day. The song was primarily written by paul mccartney, who was inspired while playing acoustic guitar with john lennon and donovan in india where the beatles had gone on a retreat. Rocky raccoon sheet music the beatles piano, vocal.
The beatles rocky raccoon sheet music, notes and chords. Download and print rocky raccoon sheet music for lead sheet fake book by the beatles from sheet music direct. High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along. With that being said, rocky raccoon is a simple tale in the western style, and just a good old song that anyone could play around the campfire. Sheet music arranged for piano vocalchords in a minor. Rocky raccoon anthology 3 version by the beatles on amazon. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. Rocky raccoon anthology 3 version by the beatles on. There was a jangle piano at abbey road studio that they used, it was called the mrs mills piano, after the middleaged woman artist that banged on it and had a hit in the 50s or somethingit is described in the mammoth recording the beatles book. Followed by another plain verse, with the same rhyming scheme again. The beatles rocky raccoon sheet music notes printable. Print and download rocky raccoon sheet music by the beatles. Its a great song with a good story and quite funny in places e.
The whole pattern and chords are the same all throughout the song. The beatles rocky raccoon sheet music notes printable pop. Beatles rocky raccoon sheet music for ukulele chords pdf. Rocky raccoon the beatles piano cover lesson with chordslyrics duration. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. Paul stated that in every hotel room he and the beatles stayed, there was always a gideons bible and even though he had no idea who gideon was, he said that was the reason when rocky raccoon checks into his room rocky finds a gideons bible. Learn the chords and you are on your way in playing this beatles song. The beatles rocky raccoon piano tutorial synthesia. Oct 14, 2018 the beatles recorded rocky raccoon during a single session on 15 august 1968 around halfway through the recording sessions for the album with mccartney on vocals and acoustic guitar, starr on drums and unusually lennon on sixstring bass. Cb am7 rocky had come, e d7 quipped with a gun, to s g7 hoot off the legs of his ri c val cb his ri am7 val it seems, had b d7 roken his dreams, by s g7 tealing the girl of his fan c cy cb her n am7 ame was mcgill, and she c d7 alled herself lil, but e g7 veryone knew her as n c ancy cb. Rocky raccoon is a song by the english rock band the beatles from their 1968 double album. This is an easy one once you get the hang of the strumming pattern and the chords. More detail explanation in text can be found after the video.
Next is a plain verse, with the story continued, and the rhyming scheme just like the previous one. All four beatles were present for the 7pm3am session, although george harrison did not play on the backing track, instead choosing to observe from the studio control room. The beatles rocky raccoon sheet music, piano notes, chords. Rocky raccoon is a song by the english rock band the beatles from their 1968 double album the beatles also known as the white album. The beatles recorded rocky raccoon during a single session on 15 august 1968 around halfway through the recording sessions for the album with mccartney on vocals and acoustic guitar, starr on drums and unusually lennon on sixstring bass.
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