"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

This week I’ve chosen to do “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” by the Beatles.  This song is definitely an interesting song because it is different from what the Beatles usually did. This song was written by George Harrison of the Beatles. Harrison had fought to get this song onto the Beatles The White Album. Harrison had guitar legend Eric Clapton play the lead guitar on this song, but Clapton was worried about the other Beatles not welcoming him into the studio to record with them.

Little did Clapton know that he would relieve tension that was stirring up between the band members. The Beatles were at the rough spot in their career where everyone was swaying in different directions, and no one knew what to do. Ringo had left for a couple weeks, frustrated with everyone in the band. The band members were at each other’s throats, and needed a break. This recording with Clapton helped relieve the band of all their issues amongst each other, and got them back to the Beatles they were before.

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Lyrics

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

Well

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 at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
Look at you all
Still my guitar gently weeps

Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, ooh