Plagal cadence
IV → I - the 'Amen' cadence, resolving from the subdominant to the tonic. Softer and more hymn-like than a perfect cadence (e.g. C → G, B♭ → F).
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Songs(124 of 143)
Love Me Do
C→G
P.S. I Love You
Please Please Me
A→E
Ask Me Why
A→E
I Saw Her Standing There
A7→E7
There's a Place
A→E7
Misery
Thank You Girl
She Loves You
C→G6, Cm→G6
All I've Got to Do
Am→E
All My Loving
I Wanna Be Your Man
A7→E7
Hold Me Tight
Little Child
I Want to Hold Your Hand
C→G
Sie Liebt Dich
F→C, Fm6→C, Fm6→C6, F→C6
I Call Your Name
Can't Buy Me Love
You Can't Do That
I Should Have Known Better
A Hard Day's Night
C9→G
When I Get Home
I'll Cry Instead
I'm Happy Just to Dance with You
If I Fell
Gm→D
She's a Woman
D7→A7
I'll Follow the Sun
F→C
What You're Doing
G7→D
Eight Days a Week
G→D
Baby's in Black
No Reply
F→C, Fmaj7→C6
Yes It Is
A→E
I'm Down
C→G
Yesterday
B♭→F
I Need You
D→A
The Night Before
G→D
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
You're Going to Lose That Girl
A→E
Tell Me What You See
C→G
Another Girl
D→A
I've Just Seen a Face
D→A
You Like Me Too Much
In My Life
Dm→A
Nowhere Man
Am→E
Run for Your Life
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
A→E
Think for Yourself
C→G
You Won't See Me
D→A
Girl
Fm→Cm
What Goes On
The Word
We Can Work It Out
Day Tripper
Rain
C→G, Cadd9→G
Paperback Writer
the IV chord carries the home key, with the V suppressed throughout
Doctor Robert
And Your Bird Can Sing
A→E
She Said She Said
E♭→B♭
Here, There and Everywhere
C→G
Got to Get You into My Life
Strawberry Fields Forever
E♭→B♭
Penny Lane
E→B
She's Leaving Home
A→E
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
A Day in the Life
as Cmaj7 → G
Getting Better
F→C
With a Little Help from My Friends
A→E
Fixing a Hole
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
C→G
Lovely Rita
Dm→Am
Good Morning Good Morning
D→A
Baby, You're a Rich Man
I Am the Walrus
Hello, Goodbye
Magical Mystery Tour
Flying
Lady Madonna
The Inner Light
A♭→E♭
Revolution
Hey Jude
B♭→F
Helter Skelter
A→E
Yer Blues
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Savoy Truffle
Revolution 1
Mother Nature's Son
Gsus4→D, Gm→D, Gsus4→D7
Cry Baby Cry
C7→G
Back in the U.S.S.R.
D7→A
Birthday
Blackbird
as C → G/B
Sexy Sadie
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Dm6→Am
Good Night
I'm So Tired
Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
Don't Pass Me By
Honey Pie
It's All Too Much
C→G
All Together Now
Don't Let Me Down
Amaj7→E
Get Back
D→A
The Ballad of John and Yoko
Sun King
Oh! Darling
D→A
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Golden Slumbers
You Never Give Me Your Money
F→C
Something
as F → C/E
Here Comes the Sun
D→A
The End
D→A, F→C
Polythene Pam
A→E
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
D→A, D7→A
Across the Universe (Wildlife version)
G→D
Let It Be
F→C
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
I've Got a Feeling
For You Blue
A7→E7
One After 909
Dig a Pony
Dig It
Two of Us
C→G
Across the Universe
G→D
The Long and Winding Road
A♭→E♭
Real Love
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