After discussing his unique approach to lead solos, which “were melodic runs, or counter melodies,” contrary to more conventional rock solos, George Harrison noted one of his proudest moments on Revolver.
In the song ‘I Want to Tell You’, George Harrison brought some compositional nuances into play, including a strange, dissonant chord at the end of each line.
The interviewer noted that it was the first time a musician had braved such an idea and that it has since become common in rock music.
George identified the memorable punctuating chord as “an E7th with an F on the top,” which he played on the piano. “I’m really proud of that because I literally invented that chord,” he beamed. “The song was about the frustration we all feel about trying to communicate certain things with just words. I realised the chords I knew at the time just didn’t capture that feeling. So after I got the guitar riff, I experimented until I came up with this dissonant chord that really echoed that sense of frustration.”
Today, Revolver is frequently ranked as The Beatles’ overall masterpiece, thanks to its psychedelic edge, which was prescient of the coming wave. From the propulsive and conceptually resonant ‘Taxman’ to the avant-garde marvel ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’, the record has inspired incalculable masses of subsequent artists and continues to do so to this day. Although Harrison’s idea of the dissonant chord has appeared in plenty of music over the past five decades, his specific invention has only resurfaced a couple of times.
George noted that John Lennon used the chord in ‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’ just
after the line “It’s driving me mad”. “To my knowledge, there’s only
been one other song where somebody copped that chord: ‘Back on the Chain
Gang’ by The Pretenders”.
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