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Paperback Writer
The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney; released on single "Paperback 
Writer / Rain"

A good rocker again, I like the "a capella" (only vocals) intro and 
refrains. Also that guitar riff, and Paul's bassline is excellent again. I 
don't know why Paul put the child song "Frere Jacques" in the backing 
vocals for the third and fourth verses, but I think it's funny :-)

Intro:
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    Madam, wil
              

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l you read    
              

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my      book, 
              

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it    me
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write,     wil

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l you take a  

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a   novel   by

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  a   man     

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named   Lear, 

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job,        so

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  I   want to 

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be  a   pa- pe

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ty  man,      

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wor -  king fo

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ly  Mail,     

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job,        bu

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ve or take    a   few,        I'll be
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  a   week or two             I   could
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  make    it  
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lon -  ger  if
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  you like    the style,      I   can
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  change  it  
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round,      an
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d I   want to be  a   pa- perback
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like    it, yo
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u can have    the rights,     I   could
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mil  - lion fo
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r you o - vernight            If  you
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turn    it, yo
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u can send    it  here,       but I
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break,      an
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d I   want to be  a   pa- perback
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Refrain:
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Outro:
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        Pa- perback
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repeat and fad

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e...

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