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Tonic opening

The song opens on the tonic chord.

162

songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early27 · 20%

Mid-period53 · 38%

Late58 · 42%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)24

Magical Mystery Tour8

A Hard Day's Night7

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band7

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Songs(140 of 162)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Love Me Do	1962	Please Please Me	Paul, John	G
2	Ask Me Why	1963	Please Please Me	John	E
3	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	E
4	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	Em
5	There's a Place	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	E7
6	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	E7
7	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	C
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8	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	D
9	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	D
10	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	G
11	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	E7
12	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	E
13	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	F
14	It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	John	E
15	This Boy	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul, George	D
16	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G7
17	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	G7sus4
18	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G
19	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Am
20	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	A
21	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G
22	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	A
23	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	C
24	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	D
25	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	A
26	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	G
27	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	A
28	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	A
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29	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul, George	E
30	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	G
31	It's Only Love	1965	Help!	John	C
32	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	D
33	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	E
34	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	A
35	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	G
36	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	G
37	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	A
38	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	F
39	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Cm
40	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	E7
41	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	E
42	Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	F♯m
43	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	D
44	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	D7
45	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	A
46	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	E
47	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Fm
48	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	D
49	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	A
50	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	G
51	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	A
52	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	E
53	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	G
54	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	G7
55	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	C
56	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	G
57	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	A7
58	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	Em
59	Love You To	1966	Revolver	George	C
60	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	Em
61	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	A
62	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	B♭
63	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	E
64	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	G7
65	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	B
66	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	B
67	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	E
68	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	F7♯9
69	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	A
70	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	C
71	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	A
72	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	G
73	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	F
74	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	G
75	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	G
76	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	–	C
77	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	D6
78	Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Am
79	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	C
80	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	D
81	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	A
82	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	E♭
83	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	B7
84	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	F
85	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	G
86	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Am7
87	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Am
88	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	E♭
89	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	D7
90	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	A♭
91	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	C
92	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	E7
93	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	F
94	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	G
95	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	E7
96	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	D
97	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	A
98	Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Am
99	Wild Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	G7
100	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	E7
101	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	D
102	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	B♭
103	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	E♭
104	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	A
105	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	A7
106	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	G
107	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	–	B
108	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	E
109	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	B7
110	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	G
111	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	G
112	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	A
113	Don't Let Me Down	1969	Past Masters	John, Paul	E
114	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	A
115	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	C7
116	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	E
117	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	A
118	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	A
119	Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	John	E
120	Carry That Weight	1969	Abbey Road	Paul, John, George, Ringo	C
121	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	E
122	Because	1969	Abbey Road	John, Paul, George	C♯m
123	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Am7
124	Her Majesty	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	D
125	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	John	Dm
126	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	D
127	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	Dm7
128	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	D
129	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	C
130	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	D
131	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	G
132	I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	George	Am
133	The Long and Winding Road	1970	Let It Be	Paul	E♭
134	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	B
135	Dig It	1970	Let It Be	John	F
136	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	D
137	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	A
138	For You Blue	1970	Let It Be	George	E7
139	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	A
140	Now and Then	2023	Reunion singles	John	Am