It Don't Come Easy

Thursday July 16, 2009
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It Don’t Come Easy

Written and performed by Ringo Starr & George Harrison
and others
on Ringo’s 2nd solo album

It don't come easy,

You know it don't come easy.

It don't come easy,

You know it don't come easy.

Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues,

And you know it don't come easy.

You don't have to shout or leap about,

You can even play them easy.

Forget about the past and all your sorrows,

The future won't last,

It will soon be over tomorrow.

I don't ask for much,

I only want your trust,

And you know it don't come easy.

And this love of mine keeps growing all the time,

And you know it just ain't easy.

Open up your heart, let's come together,

Use a little love

And we will make it work out better.

(ah -)(ah -)(ooh-ooh)(ah-ooh-ooh)

Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues,

And you know it don't come easy.

You don't have to shout or leap about,

You can even play them easy.

Peace, remember peace is how we make it,

Here within your reach

If you're big enough to take it.

I don't ask for much,

I only want your trust,

And you know it don't come easy.

And this love of mine keeps growing all the time,

And you know it don't come easy.

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"It Don't Come Easy" is a song released as an Apple Records single by Ringo Starr in April 1971, reaching #4 in both the U.S. and UK singles charts. It was Starr's first solo single in the UK, but his second in the U.S. (the first was "Beaucoups of Blues") - following the breakup of the Beatles.
Starr reportedly composed the song in 1970. Decades later, he admitted that the song's producer George Harrison "co-wrote" the song (as he did with other hits such as "Photograph.")
* --> But controversy still surrounds the assertion that Ringo really wrote the complex and mature song – especially since demo tapes have surfaced by Harrison where Ringo is absent and the song is more or less in its final form. Whether Harrison really wrote it or not (and gave it to his friend to start him on his career), the released version (recorded on March 8, 1970) included George Harrison on guitar, Klaus Voorman on bass guitar, Stephen Stills, Ron Cattermole (brass), Badfinger members Pete Ham and Tom Evans performing background vocals, and Starr on drums and lead vocals. Starr was featured performing the song at the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971.
The B-side of the single, "Early 1970," featured Starr on acoustic guitar, piano, drums and vocals, with Harrison playing guitar and providing backing vocals. Its lyrics refer to the lives of the Beatles around the time of their breakup (hence, the title).
Both tracks were produced by Harrison, and published by Startling Music.


Watch a video montage of Richard Starkey’s life while listening to this 1971 top 10 song …

by clicking here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZfAik7wP8U

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LARRY..CURTIS..SPURLOCK

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