12-string guitar

Guitar strung with twelve strings in six pairs, producing a shimmering chorused tone.

songs

12-string guitar use collapsed from 23% (23 of 102) of songs in the early years (1962–65) to 2% (2 of 112) from Revolver onward (1966–70).

Performed byGeorge Harrison John Lennon

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)

By Era

Early12 · 50%

Mid-period10 · 42%

Late2 · 8%

By Album

Songs(24 of 25)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Performer(s)	Notes
1	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	–	Harrison 12-string
2	I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	John	George Harrison	Harrison's Rickenbacker 360/12
3	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	George Harrison	–
4	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	George Harrison	–
5	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	George Harrison	–
6	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	George Harrison	–
7	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	George Harrison	–
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8	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	George Harrison	–
9	If I Fell	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	George Harrison	Harrison 12-string
10	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	George Harrison	–
11	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	John Lennon	–
12	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	George Harrison	Chiming ostinato riff
13	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	George Harrison	John's 12-string ostinato over the drone
14	Help!	1965	Help!	John	John Lennon	John on rhythm
15	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	George Harrison	–
16	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	George Harrison	Harrison's solo voice
17	It's Only Love	1965	Help!	John	John Lennon	–
18	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	George Harrison,John Lennon	12-string acoustic
19	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	George Harrison	Harrison, capo high for bouzouki tone
20	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	George Harrison	Jangling capo-7 figure
21	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	–	Harrison played a 12-string acoustic (Lennon's Framus Hootenanny) on the basic rhythm track, a documented instrumental contribution with no corresp…
22	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	George Harrison	Harrison, on Lennon's Framus Hootenanny
23	Polythene Pam	1969	Abbey Road	John	John Lennon	Acoustic 12-string
24	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	John Lennon	–