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By Paul McCartney
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Version: 12" version 4'34" and "Extended" version 6'06"
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PICKING UP SCALES AND BROKEN CHORDS,
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PUPPY DOG TAILS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS,
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TELL ME, DARLING, WHAT CAN IT MEAN?
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MAKING UP MOONS IN A MINOR KEY,
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WHAT HAVE THOSE TUNES GOT TO DO WITH ME?
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TELL ME, DARLING, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
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ONCE UPON A LONG AGO,
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CHILDREN SEARCHED FOR TREASURE.
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NATURE'S PLAN WENT HAND IN HAND WITH PLEASURE,
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SUCH PLEASURE.
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BLOWING BALLOONS ON A WINDY DAY,
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DESOLATE DUNES WITH A LOT TO SAY,
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TELL ME, DARLING, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN?
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ONCE UPON A LONG AGO,
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CHILDREN SEARCHED FOR TREASURE.
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NATURE'S PLAN WENT HAND IN HAND WITH PLEASURE,
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MY PLEASURE.
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PLAYING GUITARS ON AN EMPTY STAGE,
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COUNTING THE BARS OF AN IRON CAGE,
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TELL ME, DARLING, WHAT CAN IT MEAN? - MM-MM
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PICKING UP SCALES AND BROKEN CHORDS,
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PUPPY DOG TAILS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS,
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TELL ME, DARLING, WHAT CAN IT MEAN?
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ONCE UPON A DA-DA LONG, LONG, LONG AGO.
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ZA-ZA-ZA-ZA-ZA-ZA, AH-AH, ZA-ZA-ZA,
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NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA.
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ONCE UPON A LONG AGO,
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CHILDREN SEARCHED FOR TREASURE.
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NATURE'S PLAN WENT HAND IN HAND WITH PLEASURE,
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SUCH PLEASURE.
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OH, PLAYING GUITARS ON AN EMPTY STAGE,
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COUNTING THE BARS OF AN IRON CAGE,
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TELL ME, DARLING, WHAT CAN IT MEAN?
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WITH PICKING UP SCALES AND BROKEN CHORDS,
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PUPPY DOG TAILS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS,
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TELL ME, DARLING, OH, WHAT CAN IT MEAN?
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ONCE UPON A LONG AGO,
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CHILDREN SEARCHED FOR TREASURE.
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NATURE'S PLAN WENT HAND IN HAND WITH PLEASURE,
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SUCH PLEASURE.
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ONCE UPON A LONG AGO
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Paul Mccartney |