Not Guilty.txt


"Not Guilty" is a song written by George Harrison. It is featured on his 1979 album entitled George Harrison and 
on the The Beatles' Anthology 3 album. While Harrison's solo version is mellower and features acoustic guitar 
and electric piano, The Beatles' original version is harsher, driven by distorted electric guitar and harpsichord.

Although worked on by The Beatles for at least three days in 1968 during the White Album sessions, "Not Guilty"
was not officially released by The Beatles until "take 102" from their recording sessions was remixed for the 
aborted Sessions album in the early 1980s by Geoff Emerick and this remix was finally released in 1996 on Anthology 3.

Harrison commented about this song: "I wrote that in 1968. It was after we got back from Rishikesh in the 
Himalayas on the Maharishi trip, and it was for the White Album. ... 'Not guilty for getting in your way/
While you're trying to steal the day' — which was me trying to get a space. 'Not guilty/For looking like a 
freak/Making friends with every Sikh/For leading you astray/On the road to Mandalay' — which is the Maharishi 
and going to the Himalayas and all that was said about that. I like the tune a lot; it would make a great tune 
for Peggy Lee or someone."



Not guilty
For getting in your way
While you're trying to steal the day.
Not guilty
And I'm not here for the rest,
I'm not trying to steal your vest.

I am not trying to be smart,
I only want what I can get.
I'm really sorry for your ageing head.
But like you heard me said:
Not guilty.

No use handing me a writ
While I'm trying to do my bit.

I don't expect to take your heart.
I only want what I can get.
I'm really sorry that you're underfed.
But like you heard me said:
Not guilty.

Not guilty
For looking like a freak,
Making friends with every Sikh.
Not guilty
For leading you astray
On the road to Mandalay.