Deceptive cadence

V → vi - the dominant resolves to the relative minor instead of the expected tonic, creating surprise and extending the phrase (e.g. D → Em, G → Am).

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	P.S. I Love You	1962	Please Please Me	Paul	A→Bm
2	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	B→C♯m
3	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	B→C♯m
4	There's a Place	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	B7→C♯m
5	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	A→Bm
6	She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Paul, John	D→Em
7	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	D7→Em

8	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	D→Em
9	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	D→Em
10	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	A7→Bm
11	And I Love Her	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	B→C♯m
12	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	A→Bm
13	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G→Am
14	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	B→C♯m
15	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	A→Bm
16	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	D7→Em
17	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John	E→F♯7
18	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	A→Bm
19	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	turns toward the relative minor at the start of the third phrase
20	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	G7→A
21	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	E→F♯m
22	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	D→Em
23	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	F→G7
24	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	B→C♯m, B7→C♯m
25	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	G→Am
26	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	D→Em7, D→Em
27	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	G→Am
28	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	E♭7→Fm, E♭→Fm
29	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	F→Gm
30	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	C7→Dm
31	Her Majesty	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	A→Bm
32	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	E→F♯m
33	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	B→C♯m
34	Carry That Weight	1969	Abbey Road	Paul, John, George, Ringo	G→A
35	Because	1969	Abbey Road	John, Paul, George	G♯7→A
36	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	G→Am, G7→A
37	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	G→Am
38	Real Love	1996	Reunion singles	John	B♭→Cm

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P.S. I Love You

Please Please Me

Do You Want to Know a Secret

There's a Place

Thank You Girl

She Loves You

Not a Second Time

I Want to Hold Your Hand

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

Tell Me Why

And I Love Her

Any Time at All

When I Get Home

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

Eight Days a Week

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

Yes It Is

The Night Before

I'm Looking Through You

Drive My Car

In My Life

Yellow Submarine

Strawberry Fields Forever

Lovely Rita

When I'm Sixty-Four

All You Need Is Love

Hello, Goodbye

Piggies

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

I Will

Her Majesty

Oh! Darling

Octopus's Garden

Carry That Weight

Because

Something

Let It Be

Real Love