Think about it. A Beatles song about sex, drugs and guns! The side 1 closer came about from an American Rifleman magazine article actually titled “Happiness Is A Warm Gun.” (Why that was lying around the studio is anyone’s guess.) John thought it sounded so crazy he came up with this idea. It became another of those efforts where Lennon made the song’s timing fit the lyrics, causing the band to concentrate on their own musicianship. An increasingly rare moment of frivolity for the band, and not a bad outcome. George Martin was not there; his assistant Chris Thomas was behind the glass.
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