# Beatles: Abbey Road

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-abbey-road/80500>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 9, 2001, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-abbey-road/80500 "2001-09-09T07:25:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-abbey-road/80500/1 "2001-09-09T07:25:51Z")

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“The End”, the last (if you don’t count “Her Majesty”) song on Abbey Road, is the one with Ringo’s drum solo, then the three guitars in succession, but also blending together.

Now, I always forget, and I don’t trust my musicology skills to discern, the order in which they soloed. Is it Lennon-McCartney-Harrison, or Harrison-McCartney-Lennon? Or is McCartney first? I’m almost sure the last solo is not his. Anyone?

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-abbey-road/80500/2 "2001-09-09T07:30:27Z")

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I’m not too sure, but I thought it was McCartney, Lennon, Harrison.

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-abbey-road/80500/3 "2001-09-09T07:41:20Z")

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I was wrong, it was Paul, George, John (in this order, 3 times over)

here is a link: [http://aristoteles.ciencias.uchile.cl/beatles/songs/te.html](http://aristoteles.ciencias.uchile.cl/beatles/songs/te.html)

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**Author:** ![jaimest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaimest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaimest)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-abbey-road/80500/4 "2001-09-09T08:03:51Z")

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\*\* Mudshark \*\* is right, the liner notes of “The Beatles Anthology” also say that in " The End " Paul, George and John, in that order, play two bars each (about 4 seconds) 3 times over.  
To my untrained ear, Paul and George’s sections blend into each other rather smoothly, but John’s soloing is more distinct (and a lot rougher and snarlier).

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-abbey-road/80500/5 "2001-09-09T18:18:11Z")

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Thank you all! Boy, was I wrong!

Now for another question: When they play those two bars three times over, what phrase are they singing? (Maybe no one knows.)

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**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-abbey-road/80500/6 "2001-09-09T18:21:36Z")

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I believe they’re singing, “Love you, love you…”

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-abbey-road/80500/7 "2001-09-09T18:29:29Z")

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Sounds about right. Thank you!