Lyric shape
Lyric templates (2-6 tokens) where content words are abstracted to placeholders ([VERB], [WORD]) and function words stay literal. Matches across songs that share a structural pattern even with different content - e.g. '[VERB] me [VERB]' matching both 'hold me tight' and 'love me do'.
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All Values(3378)
| # | Value | Songs | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 156 | 0.8% |
| 2 | i [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 149 | 0.8% |
| 3 | to [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 146 | 0.8% |
| 4 | [VERB] to Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 136 | 0.7% |
| 5 | you [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 136 | 0.7% |
| 6 | [VERB] you Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 125 | 0.7% |
| 7 | a [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 123 | 0.7% |
| 8 | [VERB] me Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 118 | 0.6% |
| 9 | my [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 107 | 0.6% |
| 10 | [VERB] the Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 91 | 0.5% |
| 11 | the [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 89 | 0.5% |
| 12 | [VERB] to [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 85 | 0.5% |
| 13 | [VERB] a Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 81 | 0.4% |
| 14 | your [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 73 | 0.4% |
| 15 | [VERB] that Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 72 | 0.4% |
| 16 | and [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 70 | 0.4% |
| 17 | [VERB] the [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 69 | 0.4% |
| 18 | [VERB] it Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 62 | 0.3% |
| 19 | a [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 62 | 0.3% |
| 20 | don't [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 59 | 0.3% |
| 21 | [WORD] the Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 57 | 0.3% |
| 22 | [VERB] in Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 56 | 0.3% |
| 23 | you [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 53 | 0.3% |
| 24 | [VERB] on Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 53 | 0.3% |
| 25 | [VERB] my Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 53 | 0.3% |
| 26 | i [VERB] you Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 53 | 0.3% |
| 27 | a [ADJ] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 53 | 0.3% |
| 28 | [VERB] and Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 53 | 0.3% |
| 29 | the [ADJ] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 52 | 0.3% |
| 30 | [NOUN] i Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 52 | 0.3% |
| 31 | [WORD] i Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 51 | 0.3% |
| 32 | that [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 51 | 0.3% |
| 33 | [WORD] of Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 50 | 0.3% |
| 34 | [VERB] a [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 50 | 0.3% |
| 35 | me [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 50 | 0.3% |
| 36 | [VERB] i Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 46 | 0.2% |
| 37 | [WORD] you Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 45 | 0.2% |
| 38 | [VERB] my [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 45 | 0.2% |
| 39 | she [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 44 | 0.2% |
| 40 | [VERB] me [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 44 | 0.2% |
| 41 | [NOUN] to Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 44 | 0.2% |
| 42 | [NOUN] and Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 43 | 0.2% |
| 43 | and [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 43 | 0.2% |
| 44 | [VERB] your Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 42 | 0.2% |
| 45 | [VERB] of Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 41 | 0.2% |
| 46 | you [VERB] me Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 41 | 0.2% |
| 47 | [VERB] you [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 40 | 0.2% |
| 48 | can [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 40 | 0.2% |
| 49 | be [ADJ] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 39 | 0.2% |
| 50 | [VERB] her Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 39 | 0.2% |
| 51 | [WORD] to Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 39 | 0.2% |
| 52 | [NOUN] of Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 37 | 0.2% |
| 53 | [VERB] your [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 37 | 0.2% |
| 54 | [VERB] for Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 36 | 0.2% |
| 55 | is [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 36 | 0.2% |
| 56 | [WORD] the [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 36 | 0.2% |
| 57 | i'll [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 36 | 0.2% |
| 58 | of [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 35 | 0.2% |
| 59 | will [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 34 | 0.2% |
| 60 | [VERB] i [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 34 | 0.2% |
| 61 | in the [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 34 | 0.2% |
| 62 | [WORD] and Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 34 | 0.2% |
| 63 | it [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 34 | 0.2% |
| 64 | a [ADJ] [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 33 | 0.2% |
| 65 | of [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 33 | 0.2% |
| 66 | i'm [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 33 | 0.2% |
| 67 | [VERB] and [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 33 | 0.2% |
| 68 | [NOUN] you Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 33 | 0.2% |
| 69 | [VERB] you [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 33 | 0.2% |
| 70 | me [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 32 | 0.2% |
| 71 | [NOUN] is Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 32 | 0.2% |
| 72 | to [VERB] you Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 32 | 0.2% |
| 73 | [WORD] i [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 31 | 0.2% |
| 74 | [NOUN] in Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 31 | 0.2% |
| 75 | i've [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 31 | 0.2% |
| 76 | [VERB] up Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 31 | 0.2% |
| 77 | [WORD] a Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 30 | 0.2% |
| 78 | [VERB] the [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 29 | 0.2% |
| 79 | when i [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 28 | 0.2% |
| 80 | [VERB] that [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 28 | 0.2% |
| 81 | i [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 28 | 0.2% |
| 82 | [NOUN] that Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 28 | 0.2% |
| 83 | the [NOUN] [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 28 | 0.2% |
| 84 | just [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 28 | 0.2% |
| 85 | can't [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 28 | 0.2% |
| 86 | [VERB] with Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 27 | 0.1% |
| 87 | if you [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 27 | 0.1% |
| 88 | to [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 27 | 0.1% |
| 89 | [VERB] is Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 27 | 0.1% |
| 90 | [NOUN] to [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 26 | 0.1% |
| 91 | in [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 26 | 0.1% |
| 92 | so [ADJ] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 26 | 0.1% |
| 93 | my [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 26 | 0.1% |
| 94 | [ADV] i Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 26 | 0.1% |
| 95 | [ADV] to Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 25 | 0.1% |
| 96 | [WORD] to [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 25 | 0.1% |
| 97 | [ADJ] and Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 25 | 0.1% |
| 98 | [VERB] what Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 25 | 0.1% |
| 99 | they [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 25 | 0.1% |
| 100 | [VERB] out Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 24 | 0.1% |
| 101 | and i [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 24 | 0.1% |
| 102 | [VERB] it's Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 24 | 0.1% |
| 103 | [VERB] a [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 24 | 0.1% |
| 104 | her [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 23 | 0.1% |
| 105 | i [VERB] [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 23 | 0.1% |
| 106 | me [ADJ] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 23 | 0.1% |
| 107 | [VERB] so Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 23 | 0.1% |
| 108 | [NOUN] i [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 23 | 0.1% |
| 109 | [WORD] in Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 22 | 0.1% |
| 110 | [VERB] to [VERB] you Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 22 | 0.1% |
| 111 | of [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 22 | 0.1% |
| 112 | it's [ADJ] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 22 | 0.1% |
| 113 | [ADJ] to Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 22 | 0.1% |
| 114 | i don't [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 22 | 0.1% |
| 115 | [NOUN] you [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 22 | 0.1% |
| 116 | gonna [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 22 | 0.1% |
| 117 | no [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 22 | 0.1% |
| 118 | [VERB] me [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 22 | 0.1% |
| 119 | he [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 22 | 0.1% |
| 120 | [VERB] to me Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 21 | 0.1% |
| 121 | [WORD] my Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 21 | 0.1% |
| 122 | we [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 21 | 0.1% |
| 123 | she's [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 21 | 0.1% |
| 124 | the [NOUN] of Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 21 | 0.1% |
| 125 | your [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 21 | 0.1% |
| 126 | have [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 21 | 0.1% |
| 127 | [VERB] me [ADJ] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 21 | 0.1% |
| 128 | a [NOUN] [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 21 | 0.1% |
| 129 | his [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 21 | 0.1% |
| 130 | [NOUN] for Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 21 | 0.1% |
| 131 | [WORD] on Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 21 | 0.1% |
| 132 | this [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 20 | 0.1% |
| 133 | you [ADJ] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 20 | 0.1% |
| 134 | you don't [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 20 | 0.1% |
| 135 | you [VERB] to Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 20 | 0.1% |
| 136 | who [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 20 | 0.1% |
| 137 | you [VERB] that Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 20 | 0.1% |
| 138 | [VERB] to be Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 20 | 0.1% |
| 139 | a [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 19 | 0.1% |
| 140 | one [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 19 | 0.1% |
| 141 | [VERB] in the Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 19 | 0.1% |
| 142 | in the [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 19 | 0.1% |
| 143 | [VERB] at Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 19 | 0.1% |
| 144 | [VERB] down Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 19 | 0.1% |
| 145 | when you [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 19 | 0.1% |
| 146 | [WORD] you [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 19 | 0.1% |
| 147 | it [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 19 | 0.1% |
| 148 | you're [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 19 | 0.1% |
| 149 | so [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 19 | 0.1% |
| 150 | i [VERB] to Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 19 | 0.1% |
| 151 | [NOUN] i'm Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 19 | 0.1% |
| 152 | you [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 18 | 0.1% |
| 153 | [VERB] a [ADJ] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 18 | 0.1% |
| 154 | you [VERB] you Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 18 | 0.1% |
| 155 | [NOUN] the Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 18 | 0.1% |
| 156 | i can [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 18 | 0.1% |
| 157 | [VERB] no Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 18 | 0.1% |
| 158 | the [NOUN] [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 17 | 0.1% |
| 159 | [NOUN] with Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 17 | 0.1% |
| 160 | i [VERB] [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 17 | 0.1% |
| 161 | so [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 17 | 0.1% |
| 162 | [VERB] his Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 17 | 0.1% |
| 163 | i'm [ADJ] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 17 | 0.1% |
| 164 | could [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 17 | 0.1% |
| 165 | [VERB] i'm Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 17 | 0.1% |
| 166 | [WORD] the [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 17 | 0.1% |
| 167 | i [VERB] a Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 17 | 0.1% |
| 168 | is [ADJ] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 169 | i [VERB] that Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 170 | in [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 171 | [WORD] for Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 172 | would [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 173 | you [VERB] the Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 174 | [WORD] that Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 175 | a [NOUN] [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 176 | [WORD] [VERB] me Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 177 | the [NOUN] that Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 178 | be [ADV] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 179 | in my [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 180 | be [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 181 | [WORD] [VERB] to Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 182 | i can't [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 183 | a [NOUN] [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 184 | [WORD] my [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 185 | and [ADJ] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 186 | only [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 187 | [VERB] around Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 188 | me [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 189 | on the [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 190 | the [WORD] of Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 191 | the [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 192 | is [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 193 | i will [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 194 | [ADV] i [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 16 | 0.1% |
| 195 | you [ADV] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 15 | 0.1% |
| 196 | you can [VERB] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 15 | 0.1% |
| 197 | no [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 15 | 0.1% |
| 198 | i'm [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 15 | 0.1% |
| 199 | the [WORD] [WORD] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 15 | 0.1% |
| 200 | for [NOUN] Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs. | 15 | 0.1% |
| Showing the 200 most-used of 3378 values. The rest are reachable from the songs that use them. | |||