Song

Yer Blues

Release date: 22 November 1968

Yes, I'm lonely wanna die.
Yes, I'm lonely wanna die.
If I ain't dead already, ooh,
girl, you know the reason why.

In the morning, wanna die.
In the evening, wanna die.
If I ain't dead already, ooh,
girl, you know the reason why.

My mother was of the sky.
My father was of the earth.
But I am of the universe
and you know what that's worth.

I'm lonely, wanna die.
If I ain't dead already, ooh,
girl, you know the reason why.

The eagle picks my eye.
The worm he licks my bones.
I feel so suicidal
just like Dylan's Mister Jones.

Lonely, wanna die.
If I ain't dead already, ooh,
girl, you know the reason why.

Black clouds cross'd my mind.
Blue mist round my soul,
I feel so suicidal
even hate my rock and roll,

Wanna die. Yeah, wanna die.
If I ain't dead already, ooh,
girl, you know the reason why.

"Yer Blues"
Song by the Beatles from the album The Beatles
Released 22 November 1968
Recorded 13 August 1968,
EMI Studios, London
Genre Blues rock, hard rock
Length 4:01 (stereo)
4:16 (mono)
Label Apple Records
Writer Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
The Beatles track listing
30 tracks
Side one
  1. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
  2. "Dear Prudence"
  3. "Glass Onion"
  4. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
  5. "Wild Honey Pie"
  6. "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"
  7. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
  8. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun"
Side two
  1. "Martha My Dear"
  2. "I'm So Tired"
  3. "Blackbird"
  4. "Piggies"
  5. "Rocky Raccoon"
  6. "Don't Pass Me By"
  7. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?"
  8. "I Will"
  9. "Julia"
Side three
  1. "Birthday"
  2. "Yer Blues"
  3. "Mother Nature's Son"
  4. "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
  5. "Sexy Sadie"
  6. "Helter Skelter"
  7. "Long, Long, Long"
Side four
  1. "Revolution 1"
  2. "Honey Pie"
  3. "Savoy Truffle"
  4. "Cry Baby Cry"
  5. "Revolution 9"
  6. "Good Night"

"Yer Blues" is a song by the Beatles, the second song on the third side (or second disc) of The Beatles, also known as The White Album. It is credited to Lennon-McCartney, but was written by John Lennon while in Rishikesh, India.

©1968 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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