Wah-wah
You've given me a wah-wah
And I'm thinking of you
And all the things that we used to do
Wah-wah, wah-wah
[Verse 2]
Wah-wah
You made me such a big star
Being there at the right time
Cheaper than a dime
Wah-wah, you've given me your wah-wah, wah-wah
[Bridge]
Oh, you don't see me crying
Oh, you don't hear me sighing
[Verse 3]
Wah-wah
I don't need no wah-wah
And I know how sweet life can be
If I keep myself free
Wah-wah
I don't need no wah-wah
Oh, you don't see me crying
Hey baby, you don't hear me sighing
Oh, no no-no no
[Verse 4]
Wah-wah
Now I don't need no wah-wah's
And I know how sweet life can be
If I keep myself free - of wah-wah
I don't need no wah-wah
[Outro]
Wah-wah
Wah-wah
Wah-wah
Wah-wah
Wah-wah
Wah-wah
Wah-wah
Wah-wah
About
George has said he wrote this after walking out of the Let It Be sessions. He was feeling undervalued and pushed around, particularly by McCartney who he was filmed having a disagreement with about his guitar playing on the song Let It Be. ‘Wah-wah’ was a term meaning headache and also a guitar effects pedal.
Q&A
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[In] the Let It Be movie, there’s a scene where Paul and I are having an argument, and we’re trying to cover it up. Then the next scene I’m not there and Yoko’s just screaming, doing her screeching number. Well, that’s where I’d left, and I went home to write ‘Wah-Wah.’ It had given me a wah-wah, like I had such a headache with that whole argument. It was such a headache.
— George Harrison, Crawdaddy, 1977
- 3.Wah-Wah
- 5.What Is Life
- 8.Let It Down
- 11.Apple Scruffs
- 15.I Dig Love
- 16.Art of Dying
- 18.Hear Me Lord
- 19.Out of the Blue
- 21.Plug Me In
- 22.I Remember Jeep
