Half cadence
A phrase or section ending on the dominant (V), creating an unresolved, questioning feeling that demands continuation.
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Songs(120 of 135)
Please Please Me
Bridge ends on B (V)
There's a Place
Verses end on B (V)
Do You Want to Know a Secret
Intro & verses end on B (V)
Misery
Intro & choruses end on G (V)
Thank You Girl
Intros & bridge end on A (V)
She Loves You
Intro & verses end on D (V)
I'll Get You
Verses & bridge end on A (V)
I Wanna Be Your Man
Verses & chorus 2 end on B (V)
It Won't Be Long
Verses & bridges end on B (V)
Not a Second Time
Verses end on D (V)
All I've Got to Do
Choruses end on B (V)
Little Child
Verse 1, 2 & 3 & choruses end on B (V)
Hold Me Tight
Verses & bridges end on C (V)
This Boy
Intro, verse 1 & 3, bridge & outro end on A (V)
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Verse 4 ends on G (V)
Sie Liebt Dich
Verses end on G (V)
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
Verse 4 ends on G (V)
Can't Buy Me Love
Intro & choruses end on G (V)
I Call Your Name
Intro, verse 1 & choruses end on B (V)
You Can't Do That
Verses & choruses end on D (V)
Tell Me Why
Intro, verses & choruses end on A (V)
I Should Have Known Better
Intro, verse 1, 3 & 4 & solo end on D (V)
I'll Be Back
Choruses end on E (V)
When I Get Home
Verses & bridge end on G (V)
I'm Happy Just to Dance with You
Intro & choruses end on B (V)
And I Love Her
Bridge ends on B (V)
A Hard Day's Night
Choruses end on D (V)
If I Fell
Intro, verses & choruses end on A (V)
I Feel Fine
Intro & choruses end on D (V)
What You're Doing
Choruses end on A (V)
Baby's in Black
Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 & bridges end on E (V)
I'm a Loser
Intro, choruses & outro end on D (V)
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
Choruses end on D (V)
Every Little Thing
Intro & verses end on E (V)
Eight Days a Week
Choruses end on A (V)
Ticket to Ride
Verses & bridges end on E (V)
I Need You
Choruses end on E (V)
The Night Before
Intro ends on A (V), Verse 4 & outro end on D (V)
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Verses & choruses end on D (V)
You're Going to Lose That Girl
Verses & choruses end on B (V)
It's Only Love
Verses end on G (V)
Another Girl
Verses end on E (V)
You Like Me Too Much
Verses, choruses & solo end on D (V)
Nowhere Man
Choruses end on B (V)
Michelle
Intro, verses, choruses & outro end on C (V)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Choruses end on B (V)
Wait
Bridges end on C♯ (V)
In My Life
Intro ends on E (V)
If I Needed Someone
Choruses end on E (V)
You Won't See Me
Choruses end on E (V)
Girl
Chorus 1, 2, 3 & 5 end on B♭ (V)
We Can Work It Out
Verses end on A (V), Choruses end on F♯ (V)
Day Tripper
Choruses & bridge end on B (V)
Good Day Sunshine
Intro, verse 1 & 3 & choruses end on E (V), Verse 2 ends on A (V), Coda ends on F (V)
And Your Bird Can Sing
Choruses end on B (V)
Got to Get You into My Life
Bridges end on D (V)
Yellow Submarine
Intro ends on D (V)
Doctor Robert
Bridges end on F♯ (V)
Here, There and Everywhere
Intro, verses & choruses end on D (V)
Penny Lane
Verse 1 & 4 end on F♯ (V)
Good Morning Good Morning
Intro & bridges end on E (V)
Lovely Rita
Intro, verses & choruses end on B (V)
When I'm Sixty-Four
Chorus 2 ends on G (V)
She's Leaving Home
Verses end on B (V)
With a Little Help from My Friends
Verses end on B (V)
Getting Better
Verses & chorus 2 end on G (V)
A Day in the Life
Bridge ends on B (V)
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Intro & verses end on G (V)
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Choruses & outro end on D (V)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Chorus & interlude end on D (V)
All You Need Is Love
Intro & bridge end on D (V)
Hello, Goodbye
Outro ends on G (V)
The Fool on the Hill
Verses end on A (V)
Magical Mystery Tour
Choruses end on A (V), Bridge ends on B (V)
Your Mother Should Know
Verse 1, 2 & 3 & choruses end on E (V)
Lady Madonna
Intro, verse 1, 2 & 3 & choruses end on E (V)
Hey Jude
Choruses end on C (V)
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Chorus (Section D) & verse (Section E) end on G (V)
Piggies
Intro, verse 3 & interludes end on E♭ (V)
Honey Pie
Intro ends on D (V)
Yer Blues
Verses, solos & outro end on B (V)
I Will
Verse 1 & 2 & bridge end on C (V)
Savoy Truffle
Verses & bridges end on B (V)
Revolution 1
Intro, pre-choruses & choruses end on E (V)
Julia
Verses end on A (V)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Bridges end on F (V)
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
Choruses end on B♭ (V)
Sexy Sadie
Intro & outro end on D (V)
Birthday
Interlude 1 ends on E (V)
Good Night
Intro & choruses end on D (V)
Long, Long, Long
Intro, verses & bridge end on C (V)
Martha My Dear
Intro, verses & chorus 1 end on B♭ (V)
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Intro, verses & choruses end on E (V)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Intro, verses, choruses & outro end on E (V)
Blackbird
Choruses end on D (V)
All Together Now
Bridges end on D (V)
Don't Let Me Down
Bridge ends on B (V)
Old Brown Shoe
Chorus 2 ends on G (V)
The Ballad of John and Yoko
Bridge ends on B (V)
Something
Intro, verse 1 & 3 & solo end on G (V)
Oh! Darling
Verse 1 & choruses end on E (V)
Octopus's Garden
Intro, verses, pre-choruses & chorus 1 end on B (V)
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Intro, interludes & outro end on A (V)
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Verses, chorus 1 & 2 & solo end on A (V)
Mean Mr. Mustard
Verses end on B (V)
Polythene Pam
Outro ends on B (V)
Because
Bridge ends on G♯ (V)
Here Comes the Sun
Intro, verses, choruses & bridge end on E (V)
Come Together
Choruses end on A (V)
Across the Universe (Wildlife version)
Intro & verse 2 & 3 end on A (V)
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
Intro, interludes & coda end on A (V)
Across the Universe
Intro & verse 2 & 3 end on A (V)
I Me Mine
Verses & choruses end on E (V)
Dig a Pony
Verses end on E (V)
For You Blue
Verses & bridge end on B (V)
One After 909
Choruses end on F♯ (V)
The Long and Winding Road
Bridge ends on B♭ (V)
Free as a Bird
Intro, verse 1, 2, 3 & 4 & chorus 1 end on E (V), Chorus 2 ends on G (V)
Real Love
Intro, pre-choruses, choruses & outro end on B♭ (V)
Now and Then
Intro, verses, choruses & bridge end on E (V)
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