Jim from West Palm Beach, FlI like the shift in key from the brief opening into the chorus.George from Vancouver, CanadaI hear, from my own history (true) a girlfriend who uses tears to try to add veracity to her lies.

And as David from CA pointed out the song swings as well as rocks which makes this song so cool. The fact that Lennon 'just knocked it off' is a testament to how truly great the band was.

Steven from Lancaster, Pa.Tell Me Why is definitely a very underrated Beatles song.For being a song with such a short life-span in their career, all four musicians give the performance of a lifetime.Another great work of George Martin on piano with his 1905 Steinway Vertegrand. George’s lead and rhythm guitar work (1963 Gretsch Country Gentleman) is also stellar in that it punctuates the intricate chords of the song while he simultaneously provides a lower harmony vocal part, to create the rich Beatles three-part block harmonies that fans love to hear.Ringo also rises to the occasion with his triplet-based, tumbling drum fills throughout the song as well as a swing beat that has a booming resonance. Paul brings everything he has to the song as he’s used to doing, supplying spot-on harmony vocals and smooth, appropriate walking bass lines (1963 Hofner 500/1) in the refrains that give the impression that there are more chord changes than there actually are. Even though the sting of bitterness is evident in his vocals, his performance vocally and on rhythm guitar (1962 Gibson J160E) has the overall effect of an effervescent and fun-loving toe-tapper. In “Tell Me Why”, A Hard Day’s Night album and film, 1964, John stands tall again with his vocals at the top of his register, sometimes on the verge of cracking.

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