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Songs whose opening chord is the I scale-degree chord of the home key.

144

songs

It is heard on 144 of the 217 recordings, everywhere from 1962 to 1970. It begins on 'Love Me Do' and finishes on 'Two of Us', with the Let It Be album leaning on it hardest, ten of its twelve tracks. The singing splits John on 53, Paul on 37, George on 17 and Ringo on 7. All four of them take the lead on 'Carry That Weight'. Three of them share it on 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)'. Neither man reaches for it more than the other, 65% of Lennon's songs and 64% of Harrison's.

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Love Me Do	1962	Please Please Me	Paul, John	G
2	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	E
3	Ask Me Why	1963	Please Please Me	John	E
4	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	E7
5	There's a Place	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	E7
6	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	D
7	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	C

8	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	D
9	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	F
10	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	E
11	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	G
12	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	E7
13	It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	John	E
14	This Boy	1963	Past Masters	John	D
15	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G7
16	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	A
17	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G
18	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	A
19	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G
20	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	G7sus4
21	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	G
22	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	A
23	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	A
24	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	D
25	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	C
26	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	A
27	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John	E
28	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	G

29	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	G
30	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	G
31	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	F
32	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	A
33	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	D
34	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	E
35	It's Only Love	1965	Help!	John	C
36	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	A
37	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	A
38	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	E
39	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	D
40	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	D
41	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	A
42	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	G
43	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	E
44	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	A
45	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	E
46	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	D7
47	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	E7
48	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	G
49	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	G7
50	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	A
51	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	B
52	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	C
53	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	G7
54	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	E
55	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	G
56	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	B♭
57	Love You To	1966	Revolver	George	C
58	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	A7
59	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	B
60	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	F
61	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	E
62	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	F7♯9
63	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	C
64	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	A
65	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	G
66	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	A
67	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	G
68	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	G
69	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	-	C
70	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	D6
71	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	D
72	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	C
73	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	A
74	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	E♭
75	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	B7
76	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	F
77	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	G
78	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	A♭
79	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	C
80	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	E7
81	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	G
82	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	F
83	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	E7
84	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	D
85	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	A
86	Wild Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	G7
87	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	E7
88	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	D
89	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	B♭
90	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	E♭
91	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	A
92	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	A7
93	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	G
94	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	E
95	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	E♭
96	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	-	B
97	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	D7
98	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	G
99	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	G
100	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	A
101	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	B7
102	Don't Let Me Down	1969	Past Masters	John, Paul	E
103	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	A
104	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	E
105	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	C7
106	Carry That Weight	1969	Abbey Road	Paul, John, George, Ringo	C
107	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	D
108	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	A
109	Her Majesty	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	D
110	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	A
111	Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	John	E
112	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	E
113	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	D
114	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	D
115	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	C
116	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	A
117	For You Blue	1970	Let It Be	George	E7
118	The Long and Winding Road	1970	Let It Be	Paul	E♭
119	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	D
120	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	G
121	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	B
122	Dig It	1970	Let It Be	John	F
123	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	A

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Songs(123 of 144)

Love Me Do

Please Please Me

Ask Me Why

I Saw Her Standing There

There's a Place

Thank You Girl

From Me to You

I'll Get You

Hold Me Tight

Little Child

Not a Second Time

I Wanna Be Your Man

It Won't Be Long

This Boy

You Can't Do That

I'll Be Back

I'll Cry Instead

When I Get Home

I Should Have Known Better

A Hard Day's Night

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

Baby's in Black

Every Little Thing

What You're Doing

I'll Follow the Sun

Ticket to Ride

Yes It Is

I'm Down

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

Tell Me What You See

Yesterday

I Need You

The Night Before

You're Going to Lose That Girl

It's Only Love

Another Girl

In My Life

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

We Can Work It Out

Run for Your Life

If I Needed Someone

Think for Yourself

Nowhere Man

You Won't See Me

What Goes On

The Word

Day Tripper

Rain

Paperback Writer

I Want to Tell You

For No One

Tomorrow Never Knows

Got to Get You into My Life

And Your Bird Can Sing

Here, There and Everywhere

She Said She Said

Love You To

Doctor Robert

Penny Lane

Fixing a Hole

She's Leaving Home

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

When I'm Sixty-Four

Good Morning Good Morning

A Day in the Life

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Baby, You're a Rich Man

All You Need Is Love

Flying

The Fool on the Hill

Magical Mystery Tour

Blue Jay Way