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Get Back (Live / Take 3)

The Beatles
Track 39 on Anthology 3 

Featuring

Billy Preston

Producer

George Martin
Oct. 28, 19961 viewer

Get Back (Live / Take 3) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner
But he knew it couldn't last
Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona
For some California grass

[Chorus]
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, Jojo

[​​Interlude]​​
Go home

[Chorus]
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, Jo

[Electric Piano Solo: Billy Preston]

[Verse 2]
Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman
But she was another man
All the girls around her say she's got it coming
But she gets it while she can
[Chorus]
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, Loretta

[Guitar solo: John Lennon]
Hoo
Go home

[Chorus]
Oh, get back, yeah, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Yeah, get back, get back
Get back to where you once...

Ooo

[Outro]
Get back, ooh
Thanks, Moe
I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we passed the audition!

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Originally performed at their famous January 1969 rooftop concert, this was The Beatles' third performance of Get Back that day, and the last performance of the concert, with the police showing up to stop the show. This performance was included on Anthology 3 in 1996.

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Anthology 3 (1996)
The Beatles
  1. 1.
    A Beginning
  2. 2.
    Happiness is a Warm Gun (Anthology 3 Version)
  3. 3.
    Helter Skelter (Take 2 / Edited)
  4. 4.
    Mean Mr. Mustard (Esher Demo)
  5. 5.
    Polythene Pam (Esher Demo)
  6. 6.
    Glass Onion (Esher Demo)
  7. 7.
    Junk (Esher Demo)
  8. 8.
    Piggies (Esher Demo)
  9. 9.
    Honey Pie (Esher Demo)
  10. 10.
    Don’t Pass Me By (Takes 3 & 5)
  11. 11.
    Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Take 5)
  12. 12.
    Good Night (Rehearsal & Take 34)
  13. 13.
    Cry Baby Cry (Take 1)
  14. 14.
    Blackbird (Take 4)
  15. 15.
    Sexy Sadie (Take 6)
  16. 16.
    While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Anthology 3 Version)
  17. 17.
    Hey Jude (Take 2)
  18. 18.
    Not Guilty (Take 102)
  19. 19.
    Mother Nature’s Son (Take 2) (Missing Lyrics)
  20. 20.
    Glass Onion (Take 33)
  21. 21.
    Rocky Raccoon (Take 8)
  22. 22.
    What’s the New Mary Jane (Take 4)
  23. 23.
    Step Inside Love / Los Paranoias
  24. 24.
    I’m So Tired (Take 3, 6 & 9) (Missing Lyrics)
  25. 25.
    I Will (Take 1)
  26. 26.
    Why Don’t We Do It In the Road? (Take 4)
  27. 27.
    Julia (Take 2)
  28. 28.
    I’ve Got a Feeling (Savile Row Sessions) (Missing Lyrics)
  29. 29.
    She Came In Through the Bathroom Window (Savile Row Sessions)
  30. 30.
    Dig a Pony (Savile Row Sessions)
  31. 31.
    Two of Us (Savile Row Sessions)
  32. 32.
    For You Blue (Savile Row Sessions)
  33. 33.
    Teddy Boy (Savile Row Sessions)
  34. 34.
    Medley: Rip It Up / Shake, Rattle and Roll / Blue Suede Shoes
  35. 35.
    The Long and Winding Road (Savile Row Sessions)
  36. 36.
    Oh! Darling (Savile Row Sessions) (Missing Lyrics)
  37. 37.
    All Things Must Pass (Demo)
  38. 38.
    Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
  39. 39.
    Get Back (Live / Take 3)
  40. 40.
    Old Brown Shoe (Demo)
  41. 41.
    Octopus’s Garden (Take 2 & 8) (Missing Lyrics)
  42. 42.
    Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (Take 5)
  43. 43.
    Something (Studio Demo)
  44. 44.
    Come Together (Take 1) (Missing Lyrics)
  45. 45.
    Come and Get It (Studio Demo)
  46. 46.
    Ain’t She Sweet (Anthology 3 version)
  47. 47.
    Because
  48. 48.
    Let It Be (Take 1)
  49. 49.
    I Me Mine (Take 16)
  50. 50.
    The End (Anthology Version)
  51. Junk
  52. Anthology 3 [Booklet]
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Release Date
October 28, 1996
Get Back (Live / Take 3) Is A Live Version Of
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