1546 – George Harrison – This guitar can't keep from crying (1975)

 

Escrita por George Harrison, foi gravada entre abril e maio de 1975 e foi lançada em 22 de setembro de 1975 no disco Etra texture (Read all about it). Sairia depois em compacto com Maya love como Lado B, em 8 de dezembro de 1975. É uma sequencia de sua popular While my guitar gently weeps, dos Beatles. É uma resposta à revista Rolling Stone, que o criticou duramente ao falar de sua turnê norte americana com Ravi Shaknar. George ficou com magoa. A gravação tem solos de guitarra de George e de Jesse Ed Davis. David Foster, Gary Wright e George Harrison tocaram teclado. Foi escrita enquanto estava de férias no Hawaii, com sua então namorada, Olivia Arias. George cantou, tocou violão de 12 cordas, baixo ARP e slide guitar. Jesse Ed Davis tocou guitarra. David Foster tocou piano. Gary Wright tocou ARP Strings. Jim Keltner tocou bateria.

A letra:

Found myself out on a limb
But I'm happier than I've ever been
But this guitar can't keep from crying

Learned to get up when I fall
Can even climb Rolling Stone walls
But this guitar can't keep from crying

This guitar can feel quite sad
Can be high strung, sometimes get mad
Can't understand or deal with hate
Responds much better to love

I though by now you knew the score
But you missed the point just like before
This guitar can't keep from crying.

This guitar can't keep from crying.
This guitar can't keep from crying.

This guitar can feel quite sad
And can be high strung, sometimes gets mad
It can't understand or deal with hate
Responds much better to love

While you attack, create offence
I'll put it down to your ignorance
But this guitar can't keep from crying
This guitar can't keep from crying

This guitar can't keep from crying

This guitar can't keep from crying

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