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♭III

Flat-three chord - borrowed from parallel minor

songs

41 recordings have it, across almost the whole of the band's recording life, 1963 to 1969. Nothing before 'Do You Want to Know a Secret' has it, and nothing after 'She Came in Through the Bathroom Window', with Abbey Road leaning on it hardest, eight of its seventeen tracks. More of them come from 1967 on than from the first four years, 27 against ten. The singing splits Paul on fourteen, John on twelve, George on eight and Ringo on one. 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)'.

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early4 · 10%

Mid-period17 · 44%

Late18 · 46%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)9

Abbey Road8

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band5

Rubber Soul4

Magical Mystery Tour4

Sheet music

Musicnotes – Beatles Piano/Vocal/Guitar

Musicnotes

Book

The Beatles: Complete Scores

Hal Leonard

Book

All the Songs

Margotin & Guesdon

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Songs(41)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	G (in E minor)
2	Don't Bother Me	1963	With The Beatles	George	G
3	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	C (in A major)
4	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	E (in C♯ minor)
5	You Like Me Too Much	1965	Help!	George	B♭
6	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	F (in D major)
7	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	B♭

8	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	E♭ (in C minor), A♭ (in F minor)
9	Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	A
10	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	A♭ (in F minor)
11	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	G
12	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	B♭ (in G major)
13	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	G (in E major)
14	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	F (in D minor)
15	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	G (in E major)
16	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	A♭ (in F major), B♭ (in G major)
17	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	B♭
18	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	B♭
19	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	C
20	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	G (in E major)
21	Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	C
22	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	C
23	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	G
24	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	C (in A minor)
25	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	C
26	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	E♭
27	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	G
28	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	G

29	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	G
30	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	C (in A minor)
31	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	E♭ (in C minor)
32	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	E♭ (in C major), C (in A major)
33	Carry That Weight	1969	Abbey Road	Paul, John, George, Ringo	Csus4 (in A minor), C (in A minor)
34	Polythene Pam	1969	Abbey Road	John	G
35	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	C
36	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	C
37	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	C (in A major)
38	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	C
39	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	John	C (in A minor), F (in D minor)
40	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	C (in A major)
41	Now and Then	2023	Reunion singles	John	C