Mixolydian
Major with flat 7th - bluesy, rock feel (Norwegian Wood, A Hard Day's Night)
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Songs(48)
Love Me Do
G Mixolydian verses - V chord appears only in bridge
I'll Get You
When I Get Home
Chorus
A Hard Day's Night
F6/9 (♭VII), F7 (♭VII)
I Feel Fine
The intro riff moves D to C to G, a flat-VII move
I'm a Loser
Alan W.
Every Little Thing
Chorus
Help!
Verse
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Alan W.
In My Life
Chorus
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Verse
The Word
Verse
If I Needed Someone
Verse, with a G major over an A pedal in the fifth bar
Drive My Car
Repeated V to I motion in G with flat-7 F naturals in the melody
Paperback Writer
Alan W.
I Want to Tell You
A flattened 7th, G natural, in the opening guitar figure
Doctor Robert
Tomorrow Never Knows
Verse
Taxman
D Mixolydian - ♭7 (C♮) prominent, avoids V chord entirely
She Said She Said
Verse
Got to Get You into My Life
Verse
For No One
Verse
A Day in the Life
Verse, Bridge
Within You Without You
Indian raga-influenced Mixolydian over drone
Good Morning Good Morning
Verse, Chorus
With a Little Help from My Friends
Chorus
She's Leaving Home
Chorus
Baby, You're a Rich Man
Verse
I Am the Walrus
Verse
Hello, Goodbye
Chorus
Hey Jude
Extended coda: I-♭VII-IV Mixolydian vamp dominates half the song
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Dear Prudence
Alan W.
Cry Baby Cry
Chorus
Wild Honey Pie
Birthday
Bridge
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Section C
Hey Bulldog
Get Back
Chorus
Sun King
Verse
The End
Section D
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
Chorus
Here Comes the Sun
G (♭VII)
Something
Bridge
You Never Give Me Your Money
Bb (♭VII), Bbmaj7 (♭VII), G (♭VII)
Polythene Pam
Dig a Pony
Chorus
I've Got a Feeling
Verse
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