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Tonic verse

The verse begins on the tonic chord.

187

songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early40 · 25%

Mid-period63 · 39%

Late58 · 36%

By Album

Past Masters29

The Beatles (The White Album)22

Revolver14

Rubber Soul12

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band12

Help!11

Magical Mystery Tour8

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Songs(163 of 187)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	P.S. I Love You	1962	Please Please Me	Paul	-
2	Love Me Do	1962	Please Please Me	Paul, John	-
3	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	-
4	Ask Me Why	1963	Please Please Me	John	-
5	There's a Place	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	-
6	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	-
7	Misery	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	-

8	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	-
9	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
10	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
11	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
12	She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Paul, John	-
13	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	-
14	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	-
15	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	-
16	It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	John	-
17	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	-
18	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
19	This Boy	1963	Past Masters	John	-
20	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
21	Sie Liebt Dich	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
22	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	-
23	I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	John	-
24	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
25	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
26	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	-
27	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
28	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	-

29	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
30	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
31	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	-
32	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
33	I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	John	-
34	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	-
35	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-
36	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	-
37	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-
38	I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-
39	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-
40	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	-
41	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John	-
42	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	-
43	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	-
44	Help!	1965	Help!	John	-
45	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	-
46	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	-
47	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	-
48	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	-
49	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	-
50	It's Only Love	1965	Help!	John	-
51	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	-
52	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	-
53	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	-
54	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	-
55	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	-
56	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	-
57	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	-
58	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
59	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
60	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
61	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	-
62	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
63	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	-
64	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
65	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	-
66	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
67	Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	-
68	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	-
69	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	-
70	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	-
71	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	-
72	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	-
73	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	-
74	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	-
75	Love You To	1966	Revolver	George	-
76	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	-
77	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	-
78	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	-
79	Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	Paul	-
80	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	-
81	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	-
82	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	-
83	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	-
84	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
85	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
86	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-
87	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-
88	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	-
89	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	-
90	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-
91	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	-
92	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	-
93	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
94	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	-
95	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
96	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
97	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-
98	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-
99	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-
100	Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
101	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	-
102	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
103	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	-	-
104	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	-
105	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	-
106	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	-
107	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	-
108	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
109	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
110	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
111	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
112	Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
113	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	-
114	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
115	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
116	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
117	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	-
118	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	-
119	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
120	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
121	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
122	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
123	Sexy Sadie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
124	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
125	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	-
126	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
127	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
128	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	-
129	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
130	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	-
131	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	-
132	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	-
133	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	-
134	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	-
135	Don't Let Me Down	1969	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
136	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	-
137	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	-
138	Her Majesty	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-
139	Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	John	-
140	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-
141	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-
142	Because	1969	Abbey Road	John, Paul, George	-
143	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	-
144	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-
145	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	-
146	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	-
147	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-
148	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	-
149	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	-
150	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
151	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	-
152	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	-
153	For You Blue	1970	Let It Be	George	-
154	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	-
155	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	-
156	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	-
157	Dig It	1970	Let It Be	John	-
158	The Long and Winding Road	1970	Let It Be	Paul	-
159	I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	George	-
160	Dig a Pony	1970	Let It Be	John	-
161	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	-
162	Real Love	1996	Reunion singles	John	-
163	Now and Then	2023	Reunion singles	John	-

Updated 2026-10-09

Tonic verse

Analysis

By Year

By Songwriter

By Era

By Album

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Songs(163 of 187)

P.S. I Love You

Love Me Do

Please Please Me

Ask Me Why

There's a Place

I Saw Her Standing There

Misery

Do You Want to Know a Secret

From Me to You

Thank You Girl

I'll Get You

She Loves You

I Wanna Be Your Man

Little Child

Hold Me Tight

It Won't Be Long

Not a Second Time

I Want to Hold Your Hand

This Boy

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

Sie Liebt Dich

Can't Buy Me Love

I Call Your Name

You Can't Do That

Tell Me Why

A Hard Day's Night

I'll Cry Instead

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

I'll Be Back

Any Time at All

Things We Said Today

I Should Have Known Better

I Feel Fine

She's a Woman

Eight Days a Week

Baby's in Black

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

I'm a Loser

Every Little Thing

What You're Doing

Yes It Is

Ticket to Ride

I'm Down

Help!

I've Just Seen a Face

Tell Me What You See

The Night Before

I Need You

You're Going to Lose That Girl

It's Only Love

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

Yesterday

Another Girl

We Can Work It Out

The Word

Drive My Car

Michelle

Girl

Nowhere Man

Run for Your Life

What Goes On

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

If I Needed Someone

In My Life

You Won't See Me

Day Tripper

Wait

Rain

Paperback Writer

I Want to Tell You

Eleanor Rigby

She Said She Said