Recording for the third version of " It Do n't Come Easy " began at Trident Studios on 8 March 1970 . Harrison produced the sessions and played guitar . Voormann and Stills contributed as before , while the other participants included Mal Evans ( on tambourine ) and Ron Cattermole ( saxophone , trumpet ) . Overdubs were added to the new basic track on 11 March , again at Trident . The song was then left until October 1970 , at which point further overdubs were made , including a new piano part , performed by Gary Wright . In a 2002 interview , Jim Keltner said he added maracas to the finished recording , at Trident , having arrived in London in February 1971 to escape the Los Angeles earthquake
Los Angeles earthquake
1971 San Fernando earthquake
It Don't Come Easy