While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Love Version

Acoustic Love version with George Martin strings.

Albums 1968 The Beatles (White Album) 1973 1967-1970 (Blue Album) 1996 Anthology 3 2007 Love Info Written by George Harrison, the composition was met with little to no interest by the other Beatles. The band recorded it several times, at first in acoustic style, and later in an electric version featuring a backward guitar solo, but no version seemed to work. Let down but undaunted, Harrison invited his friend Eric Clapton to join him during a day's recording session. Despite Clapton's doubts ("Nobody ever plays on the Beatles' records"), Harrison convinced him otherwise. The inclusion of Clapton allowed a moment's relief from the band's inner turmoil, as well as a chance for Harrison to free himself of lead guitar, playing only rhythm and vocal. The song appeared on the album The Beatles (also known as The White Album) released in 1968. Written by: George Harrison John: guitar Paul: backing vocal, piano, organ, 6-string bass George: double-tracked vocal, backing vocal, guitar, Hammond organ Ringo: drums, tambourine Eric Clapton: lead guitar From Wikipedia. Lyrics While My Guitar Gently Weeps 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 from the wings of the play you are staging, While my guitar gently weeps. As I'm sitting here doing nothing but ageing; Still my guitar gently weeps.