<P> McCartney, George Harrison and Lennon perform a rotating sequence of three, two - bar guitar solos . The idea for a guitar instrumental over this section was Harrison's, and Lennon suggested that the three of them each play a section . The solos begin approximately 53 seconds into the song . Geoff Emerick, the Beatles' recording engineer, later recalled: "John, Paul and George looked like they had gone back in time, like they were kids again, playing together for the sheer enjoyment of it . More than anything, they reminded me of gunslingers, with their guitars strapped on, looks of steely - eyed resolve, determined to outdo one another . Yet there was no animosity, no tension at all--you could tell they were simply having fun ." </P> <P> The first two bars are played by McCartney, the second two by Harrison, and the third two by Lennon, then the sequence repeats . Each has a distinctive style which McCartney felt reflected their personalities . Immediately after Lennon's third solo, the piano chords of the final line "And in the end ..." begin . Then the orchestration arrangement takes over with a humming chorus and Harrison playing a final guitar solo that ends the song . </P> <P> "The End" was initially intended to be the final track on Abbey Road, but it ended up being followed by "Her Majesty". Although "The End" stands as the last known new recording involving all four members of the Beatles, one additional song, "I Me Mine", was recorded by three members of the group (Lennon being absent due to being on holiday in Denmark) in January 1970 for the album Let It Be . </P> <P> The 1996 compilation album Anthology 3 contains a remixed version of "The End", restoring tambourine and guitar overdubs mixed out of the original, and edited to emphasise the guitar solos and orchestral overdub . The track is followed by a variant on the long piano chord that ends "A Day in the Life", concluding the compilation . The drum solo was later used at the beginning of "Get Back" on the 2006 album Love . </P>

In the end the love you take is equal to the love you make