"Only a Northern Song" Lyrics

by George Harrison

Original Manuscript (1967)

(1) If you're listening to this song
You may think the words are going wrong
But they're not. He wrote it like that

(2) If you're listening late at night
You may think the band is not quite right
But they are - they just play it like that

It doesn't really matter what chords I play
What words I say or time of day it is
As it's only a northern song

(3) If you think the harmony is a little dark
And out of key. You're correct -
There's nobody there -

As Released by the Beatles (1969)

If you're listening to this song
You may think the chords are going wrong,
But they're not, we just wrote it like that.

When you're listening late at night
You may think the band are not quite right
But they are, they just play it like that.

It doesn't really matter what chords I play
What words I say or time of day it is
As it's only a Northern song.

It doesn't really matter what clothes I wear
Or how I fare or if my hair is brown
When it's only a Northern song.

If you think the harmony
Is a little dark and out of key
You're correct, there's nobody there.

And I told you there's no-one there.

... Make it...