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IV

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

8
songs
Eight recordings have it, from 1962 to 1969, most of their years in the studio. 'P.S. I Love You' is the earliest and 'Something' the last. 'Misery' and 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' have it too. It goes quiet after 1964 and comes back in 1967 for 'Getting Better'. The lead vocals go John on two, Paul on two and George on one. McCartney and Lennon reach for it at the same rate, 6% and 5% of their own songs. Among them, 'Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand' has Rickenbacker 425 on it, one of only two of their recordings that do.
See alsoOpening chord:IOpening chord:iOpening chord:VScale degree:VII7Chord degree:IV–V–IV–V–IV–V–IChord shape:C → D → C → D → C → D → GChord shape:C → F → E7Chord degree:VII–I

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early5 · 63%
Mid-period1 · 13%
Late2 · 25%

By Album

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