Here Comes the Sun

The song's harmony is characterized by the juxtaposition of bright A-major folk tonality with sophisticated modal borrowing in the bridge. While the verse/chorus use standard major-key functions and a secondary dominant for lift, the bridge utilizes a sequence of fourths and borrowed chords (bIII, bVII) that, when combined with shifting time signatures (11/8, 4/4, 7/8), creates a unique tension and release cycle that mimics the rising of the sun.

George Harrison wrote the song while 'playing truant' from a series of stressful business meetings at Apple Corps. He spent the day at his friend Eric Clapton's country house, walking around the garden with one of Clapton's acoustic guitars when the lyrics and melody came to him.

Written by George Harrison during a moment of personal reprieve, this 'Abbey Road' masterpiece is a landmark of folk-rock. It perfectly captures a universal sense of relief through its warm melodic structure and groundbreaking incorporation of electronic textures.