Released: March 18, 1996
Songwriter: George Harrison
Producer: George Martin
[Intro]
One, two, three, four
One, two... (One, two, three, four)
[Verse 1]
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
[Verse 2]
Should five percent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
[Verse 3]
If you drive a car, car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold, cold, I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, walk, I'll tax your feet
[Bridge]
Taxman
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
[Verse 4]
Don't ask me what I want it for
(Anybody got a bit of money, anybody got a bit of money, anybody got a bit of money)
If you don't want to pay some more
(Anybody got a bit of money, anybody got a bit of money, anybody got a bit of money)
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
[Verse 5]
Now my advice for those who die
(Taxman!)
Declare the pennies on your eyes
(Taxman!)
[Chorus]
Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
[Outro]
And you're working for no one but me (Taxman!)
One, two, three, four
One, two... (One, two, three, four)
[Verse 1]
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
[Verse 2]
Should five percent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
[Verse 3]
If you drive a car, car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold, cold, I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, walk, I'll tax your feet
[Bridge]
Taxman
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
[Verse 4]
Don't ask me what I want it for
(Anybody got a bit of money, anybody got a bit of money, anybody got a bit of money)
If you don't want to pay some more
(Anybody got a bit of money, anybody got a bit of money, anybody got a bit of money)
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
[Verse 5]
Now my advice for those who die
(Taxman!)
Declare the pennies on your eyes
(Taxman!)
[Chorus]
Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
[Outro]
And you're working for no one but me (Taxman!)
Anthology 2
- Penny Lane (Anthology 2 Version)
- Rock and Roll Music (Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo)
- I’m Only Sleeping (Take 1)
- I’m Only Sleeping (Rehearsal)
- Eleanor Rigby (Strings Only)
- Taxman (Take 11)
- And Your Bird Can Sing (Take 2)
- Got to Get You Into My Life (Take 5)
- Tomorrow Never Knows (Mark 1, Take 1)
- I’m Looking Through You (Take 1)
- She’s a Woman (Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo)
- Strawberry Fields Forever (Demo Sequence)
- 12-Bar Original (Take 2, Edited)
- Across the Universe (Take 2)
- Lady Madonna (Alternate Mix / Anthology 2 Version)
- Hello, Goodbye (Take 16)
- Your Mother Should Know (Take 27)
- I Am the Walrus (Take 16)
- Within You, Without You (Instrumental)
- Only a Northern Song (Takes 3 & 12)
- A Day In the Life (Takes 1, 2, 6 and Orchestra)
- Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) [Take 1]
- Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby (Live at Shea Stadium)
- Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Take 7)
- The Fool On The Hill (Take 4)
- Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Takes 1 & 2)
- Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 7 & Edit Piece)
- The Fool On The Hill (Demo)
- Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 1)
- That Means a Lot (Take 1)
- If You’ve Got Trouble
- Real Love
- Good Morning Good Morning (Take 8)
- 12-Bar Original
- Help! (Live on Blackpool Night Out)
- Yesterday (Live on Blackpool Night Out)
- Ticket to Ride (Live on Blackpool Night Out)
- I Feel Fine (Live on Blackpool Night Out)
- It’s Only Love (Takes 3 & 2)
- Yesterday (Take 1)
- You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away (Takes 1, 2 & 5)
- I’m Down (Take 1)
- Yes It Is - Anthology 2 Version
- You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
- Anthology 2 (1996)
- Let It Be
- Yesterday
- Come Together
- Hey Jude
- Something
- Here Comes the Sun
- A Day in the Life
- Blackbird
- I Am the Walrus
- Eleanor Rigby
- In My Life
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- Across the Universe
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- Michelle
- With a Little Help from My Friends
- Help!
- I Want to Hold Your Hand
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
- Yellow Submarine
- Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
- Don’t Let Me Down
- When I’m Sixty-Four