"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Lyrics

by George Harrison

Original Manuscript (1968)

Tampering - tapering, Tempering, Thundering
Tittering, Tottering, Towering, Toppling
Wandering, Watering, Wavering, Weathering
Whispering, Wintering, Whispering, Wondering

and love that sleeps
whilst 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, how they
blindfolded you.

Second Manuscript, "While My Guitar (Gently Weeps)" (1968)

I look at you all see the love there's that's
sleeping... While my guitar gently weeps.
The problems you sow are the troubles you're reaping
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 why, you were diverted, you were
perverted too. I don't know how...you got inverted
no one alerted you
I look at the trouble and hate that is raging
while my guitar gently weeps
as I'm sitting here doing nothing but ageing
still my guitar gently weeps.

As Released by the Beatles (1968)

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.

(Aah - aah)

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, look at you all
Still my guitar gently weeps ((eee)).

Oh, oh, oh - oh, oh.
Oh - oh, oh - oh, oh - oh, oh ((eee)).
Oh - oh, oh - oh, oh - oh ((eee)).
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ((eee))
Oh - wuh ... ((eee)).