Aeolian

Natural minor – dark, melancholic (While My Guitar Gently Weeps)

songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early3 · 11%

Mid-period10 · 36%

Late15 · 54%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)8

Abbey Road5

Revolver4

Rubber Soul2

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band2

Please Please Me1

With The Beatles1

A Hard Day's Night1

Magical Mystery Tour1

Songs(29 of 30)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	P.S. I Love You	1962	Please Please Me	Paul	Alan W.
2	Don't Bother Me	1963	With The Beatles	George	Verse, Chorus
3	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	–
4	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Chorus
5	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	Chorus
6	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Verse, Bridge, Chorus
7	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	–
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8	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	–
9	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	Verse
10	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	Chorus
11	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Verse
12	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	–
13	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Chorus
14	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	–
15	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Section A, Section B, Section C
16	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	–	Every source describing the piece's tonal center agrees it is minor, not major.
17	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	The outro retreats to the parallel minor and ends on an ambiguous cadence
18	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Alan W.
19	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	–
20	Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Bridge
21	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Verse
22	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	Chorus
23	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	John	Chorus
24	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Section A
25	Carry That Weight	1969	Abbey Road	Paul, John, George, Ringo	Bridge
26	Because	1969	Abbey Road	John, Paul, George	The verse follows the intro exactly, on a minor tonic with a half-diminished second degree
27	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	Solo
28	I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	George	–
29	Now and Then	2023	Reunion singles	John	–