The Beatles Julia, Guitar Cover

, gtroldie, thebeatles, guitarcover Julia is a song by The Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as the White Album ). The song was written by John Lennon in the key of D major and features Lennon on vocals and acoustic guitar. It was written during the Beatles 1968 visit to Rishikesh in northern India, where they were studying under the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It was here that Lennon learned the song s fingerpicking guitar style (known as Travispicking ) from the Scottish musician Donovan. Julia was written for John s mother, Julia Lennon.