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Beatles lyrics auctioned for $300,000While My Wallet Gently WeepsPublished Tuesday 16th January 2007 15:47 GMT The handwritten lyrics to While My Guitar Gently Weeps - penned by George Harrison - have been auctioned in the US for a cool $300,000, the BBC reports. This earliest-known version of the 1968 White Album classic features Harrison's corrections and lines subsequently left out of the final recorded version:
On the back of the sheet of paper are the lyrics to Hey Jude in the hand of Beatles road manager Mal Evans. The Cooper Auctions memorabilia sale, in Scottsdale, Arizona, also offloaded "a picture of a bird drawn by John Lennon when he was 11" for more than $30,000. ®
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