Music · Ending chord

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Songs whose final chord is the I scale-degree chord of the home key.

137

songs

It turns up on 137 of the 217 recordings, well over half of everything they recorded, across the whole of the band's recording life, 1962 to 1970. It begins on 'Love Me Do' and finishes on 'Two of Us', with the Help! album leaning on it hardest, twelve of its fourteen tracks. Paul sings lead on 44 of them, John on 39, George on 19 and Ringo on 9. McCartney has it on 69% of his songs, such as 'Magical Mystery Tour' and 'Hello, Goodbye', and Harrison on 56% of his.

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	P.S. I Love You	1962	Please Please Me	Paul	D
2	Love Me Do	1962	Please Please Me	Paul, John	G
3	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	E
4	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	E7
5	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	E
6	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	D
7	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	D

8	She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Paul, John	G6
9	All I've Got to Do	1963	With The Beatles	John	E
10	All My Loving	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	E
11	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	F
12	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	E7
13	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	E
14	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	G
15	Sie Liebt Dich	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	C6
16	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	G
17	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	C
18	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G7
19	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	D
20	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G
21	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	E6
22	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	D
23	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G
24	I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	John	G
25	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	A7
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	No Reply	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	C6

29	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	A
30	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	D
31	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	C
32	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	A
33	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John	E
34	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	G
35	Help!	1965	Help!	John	A6
36	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	G
37	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	G
38	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	F
39	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	D
40	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	E
41	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	A
42	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	A
43	You Like Me Too Much	1965	Help!	George	G
44	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	A
45	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	E
46	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	A
47	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	G
48	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	E
49	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	A
50	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	E
51	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	E7
52	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	G
53	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	G7
54	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	A
55	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	G
56	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	A7
57	Love You To	1966	Revolver	George	C
58	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	C
59	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	B
60	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	B♭
61	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	E
62	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	C
63	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	C
64	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	E
65	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	G
66	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	C
67	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	D
68	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	-	C
69	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	C
70	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	A
71	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	E♭
72	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	B
73	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	F
74	Wild Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	G
75	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	E
76	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	D
77	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	E♭
78	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	B♭
79	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	A
80	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	A7
81	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	G
82	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	G
83	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	A
84	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	E♭
85	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	-	B
86	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	D7
87	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	A♭
88	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	C
89	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	G
90	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	F
91	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	D7
92	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	G
93	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	G
94	Don't Let Me Down	1969	Past Masters	John, Paul	E
95	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	A
96	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	E
97	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	C7
98	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	E6
99	Her Majesty	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	D
100	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	A
101	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	A7
102	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	E
103	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	D
104	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	A
105	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	C
106	Golden Slumbers	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	C
107	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	A
108	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	D
109	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	D
110	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	C
111	Dig a Pony	1970	Let It Be	John	A
112	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	A
113	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	G
114	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	B
115	The Long and Winding Road	1970	Let It Be	Paul	E♭
116	For You Blue	1970	Let It Be	George	E7
117	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	A

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Songs(117 of 137)

P.S. I Love You

Love Me Do

Please Please Me

I Saw Her Standing There

Do You Want to Know a Secret

Thank You Girl

I'll Get You

She Loves You

All I've Got to Do

All My Loving

Hold Me Tight

I Wanna Be Your Man

Little Child

I Want to Hold Your Hand

Sie Liebt Dich

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

Can't Buy Me Love

You Can't Do That

Any Time at All

I'll Cry Instead

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

Tell Me Why

I Should Have Known Better

I Feel Fine

She's a Woman

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

Baby's in Black

No Reply

Every Little Thing

What You're Doing

I'll Follow the Sun

Ticket to Ride

Yes It Is

I'm Down

Help!

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

Tell Me What You See

Yesterday

The Night Before

You're Going to Lose That Girl

Another Girl

I've Just Seen a Face

You Like Me Too Much

In My Life

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

If I Needed Someone

Think for Yourself

Nowhere Man

You Won't See Me

What Goes On

Day Tripper

Rain

Paperback Writer

I Want to Tell You

Here, There and Everywhere

Doctor Robert

Love You To

Tomorrow Never Knows

Penny Lane

Strawberry Fields Forever

She's Leaving Home

When I'm Sixty-Four

Getting Better

With a Little Help from My Friends

All You Need Is Love

Hello, Goodbye

Magical Mystery Tour

Flying

Blue Jay Way

Lady Madonna

The Inner Light

Revolution