Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs.
Song count per year
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
| # | Title | Year | Album | Lead Vocal(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There's a Place | 1963 | Please Please Me | John, Paul | As 'the things' in verse 2 |
| 2 | I'll Get You | 1963 | Past Masters | John, Paul | As 'the end' in choruses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 3 | When I Get Home | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John | As 'the cows' in bridge |
| 4 | A Hard Day's Night | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John, Paul | As 'the things' in verses 1, 3 & 5 |
| 5 | I'll Cry Instead | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John | As 'the girls' in verses 3 & 4 |
| 6 | Things We Said Today | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Paul | As 'the end' in verse 2 |
| 7 | She's a Woman | 1964 | Past Masters | Paul | As 'the boys' in verse 2 |
| 8 | I'm a Loser | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | John | As 'the end' in verse 1 |
| 9 | Every Little Thing | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | John | As 'the things' in choruses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 10 | I'll Follow the Sun | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | Paul | As 'the end' in bridges 1 & 2 |
| 11 | Yes It Is×2 | 1965 | Past Masters | John, Paul, George | As 'the clothes', 'the things' in verse 2 |
| 12 | Help!×2 | 1965 | Help! | John | As 'the doors', 'the haze' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 13 | It's Only Love | 1965 | Help! | John | As 'the sight' in verse 2 |
| 14 | I've Just Seen a Face | 1965 | Help! | Paul | As 'the other' in verse 2 |
| 15 | Another Girl×2 | 1965 | Help! | Paul | As 'the girls', 'the end' in verse 2; bridges 1 & 2 |
| 16 | Think for Yourself | 1965 | Rubber Soul | George | As 'the things' in verses 1 & 3 |
| 17 | What Goes On×3 | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Ringo | As 'the other', 'the tides', 'the tide' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 18 | Run for Your Life | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | As 'the end' in choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 19 | Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | As 'the rug' in verse 2 |
| 20 | Girl | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | As 'the times' in verse 2 |
| 21 | Rain×2 | 1966 | Past Masters | John | As 'the shade', 'the weather's' in verse 2; bridges 1 & 2 |
| 22 | Paperback Writer | 1966 | Past Masters | Paul | As 'the rights' in verse 4 |
| 23 | Taxman×2 | 1966 | Revolver | George | As 'the taxman', 'the pennies' in verse 4; choruses 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 |
| 24 | Tomorrow Never Knows×2 | 1966 | Revolver | John | As 'the void', 'the end' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 25 | For No One | 1966 | Revolver | Paul | As 'the things' in verse 3 |
| 26 | I Want to Tell You | 1966 | Revolver | George | As 'the games' in verse 2 |
| 27 | Penny Lane×2 | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Paul | As 'the barber', 'the fireman' in verse 5 |
| 28 | A Day in the Life×5 | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | John, Paul | As 'the news', 'the photograph', 'the english', 'the holes', 'the albert' in verses 1, 3 & 4 |
| 29 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul, John, George | As 'the end' in verse 2 |
| 30 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'the singer's' in verse 2 |
| 31 | Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!×2 | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | John | As 'the hendersons', 'the waltz' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 32 | With a Little Help from My Friends | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Ringo | As 'the end' in verse 2 |
| 33 | When I'm Sixty-Four×3 | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'the fireside', 'the weeds', 'the isle' in verse 2; bridge 2 |
| 34 | Getting Better×2 | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'the teachers', 'the things' in verses 1 & 3 |
| 35 | Lovely Rita | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'the sofa' in verse 2 |
| 36 | Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds×2 | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | John | As 'the shore', 'the turnstile' in verse 3; pre-chorus 2 |
| 37 | Good Morning Good Morning | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | John | As 'the skirts' in verse 4 |
| 38 | She's Leaving Home×3 | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul, John | As 'the backdoor', 'the top', 'the stairs' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 39 | I Am the Walrus×8 | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | John | As 'the van', 'the eggman', 'the english', 'the egg', 'the joker', 'the eiffel', 'the letters', 'the vices' in verses 2, 5 & 6; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4; bridge; outro |
| 40 | Magical Mystery Tour | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Paul | As 'the magical' in intro; verse 3; choruses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 41 | The Inner Light×3 | 1968 | Past Masters | George | As 'the ways', 'the farther', 'the less' in verses 1 & 2; choruses 1 & 2 |
| 42 | I Will×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'the air', 'the things' in verse 3 |
| 43 | Sexy Sadie×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'the greatest', 'the latest' in bridges 1 & 2 |
| 44 | Cry Baby Cry×5 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'the parlour', 'the playroom', 'the children's', 'the duchess', 'the duke' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 45 | The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'the all', 'the jungle' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 46 | Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'the marketplace', 'the jeweler's' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 47 | Dear Prudence×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'the brand', 'the birds' in verses 1, 2 & 4 |
| 48 | Revolution 9×8 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | – | As 'the shortage', 'the uh', 'the third', 'the telegram', 'the headmaster', 'the dentist', 'the night-watchman', 'the watusi' in verses 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 9 |
| 49 | Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'the deeper', 'the higher' in verse 2 |
| 50 | Glass Onion×3 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'the bent', 'the other', 'the cast' in refrains 1 & 2 |
| 51 | Rocky Raccoon×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'the hoedown', 'the top' in verse 2; outro |
| 52 | Piggies | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | George | As 'the bigger' in verse 2 |
| 53 | Happiness Is a Warm Gun×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'the velvet', 'the bits' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 54 | Helter Skelter×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'the top', 'the helter-skelter' in intro; chorus 4; bridge |
| 55 | Yer Blues×3 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'the universe', 'the eagle', 'the worm' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 56 | Don't Pass Me By | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Ringo | As 'the mantel' in verse 2 |
| 57 | Savoy Truffle | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | George | As 'the savoy' in verses 1, 2 & 3; refrain; outro |
| 58 | Back in the U.S.S.R.×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'the u', 'the ukraine' in verse 2; choruses 1 & 2 |
| 59 | Honey Pie×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'the magic', 'the atlantic' in verses 2 & 3 |
| 60 | All Together Now | 1969 | Yellow Submarine | Paul, John | As 'the rope' in bridges 1 & 2 |
| 61 | It's All Too Much×2 | 1969 | Yellow Submarine | George | As 'the more', 'the less' in verse 1; chorus 3 |
| 62 | Only a Northern Song×2 | 1969 | Yellow Submarine | George | As 'the chords', 'the harmony' in verses 1 & 3 |
| 63 | Get Back×2 | 1969 | Let It Be | Paul | As 'the picker', 'the girls' in intro; verse 2 |
| 64 | Old Brown Shoe | 1969 | Past Masters | George | As 'the queue' in chorus 3 |
| 65 | The Ballad of John and Yoko×7 | 1969 | Past Masters | John | As 'the dock', 'the mac', 'the seine', 'the amsterdam', 'the news', 'the men', 'the both' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 5 |
| 66 | Maxwell's Silver Hammer | 1969 | Abbey Road | Paul | As 'the pictures' in verse 1 |
| 67 | Polythene Pam×2 | 1969 | Abbey Road | John | As 'the hilt', 'the news' in verse 2 |
| 68 | She Came in Through the Bathroom Window | 1969 | Abbey Road | Paul | As 'the banks' in verse 1 |
| 69 | Something | 1969 | Abbey Road | George | As 'the things' in verse 3 |
| 70 | The End | 1969 | Abbey Road | Paul | As 'the end' in outro |
| 71 | You Never Give Me Your Money×4 | 1969 | Abbey Road | Paul | As 'the money's', 'the sack', 'the bags', 'the limousine' in verses 3 & 4 |
| 72 | Here Comes the Sun | 1969 | Abbey Road | George | As 'the smile's' in verse 2 |
| 73 | Octopus's Garden×2 | 1969 | Abbey Road | Ringo | As 'the shade', 'the coral' in verses 1 & 3; choruses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 74 | Carry That Weight | 1969 | Abbey Road | Paul, John, George, Ringo | As 'the celebrations' in verse |
| 75 | Across the Universe (Wildlife version) | 1969 | Past Masters | John | As 'the universe' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 76 | The Long and Winding Road | 1970 | Let It Be | Paul | As 'the many' in bridge |
| 77 | Across the Universe | 1970 | Let It Be | John | As 'the universe' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 78 | For You Blue | 1970 | Let It Be | George | As 'the blues' in outro |
| 79 | Dig It | 1970 | Let It Be | John | As 'the angels' in spoken |
| 80 | I've Got a Feeling | 1970 | Let It Be | Paul, John | As 'the sunshine' in verses 4 & 6 |
As 'the things' in verse 2
As 'the end' in choruses 1, 2 & 3
As 'the cows' in bridge
As 'the things' in verses 1, 3 & 5
As 'the girls' in verses 3 & 4
As 'the end' in verse 2
As 'the boys' in verse 2
As 'the end' in verse 1
As 'the things' in choruses 1, 2 & 3
As 'the end' in bridges 1 & 2
As 'the clothes', 'the things' in verse 2
As 'the doors', 'the haze' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'the sight' in verse 2
As 'the other' in verse 2
As 'the girls', 'the end' in verse 2; bridges 1 & 2
As 'the things' in verses 1 & 3
As 'the other', 'the tides', 'the tide' in verses 1 & 2
As 'the end' in choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'the rug' in verse 2
As 'the times' in verse 2
As 'the shade', 'the weather's' in verse 2; bridges 1 & 2
As 'the rights' in verse 4
As 'the taxman', 'the pennies' in verse 4; choruses 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
As 'the void', 'the end' in verses 1 & 2
As 'the things' in verse 3
As 'the games' in verse 2
As 'the barber', 'the fireman' in verse 5
As 'the news', 'the photograph', 'the english', 'the holes', 'the albert' in verses 1, 3 & 4
As 'the end' in verse 2
As 'the singer's' in verse 2
As 'the hendersons', 'the waltz' in verses 1 & 2
As 'the end' in verse 2
As 'the fireside', 'the weeds', 'the isle' in verse 2; bridge 2
As 'the teachers', 'the things' in verses 1 & 3
As 'the sofa' in verse 2
As 'the shore', 'the turnstile' in verse 3; pre-chorus 2
As 'the skirts' in verse 4
As 'the backdoor', 'the top', 'the stairs' in verses 1 & 2
As 'the van', 'the eggman', 'the english', 'the egg', 'the joker', 'the eiffel', 'the letters', 'the vices' in verses 2, 5 & 6; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4; bridge; outro
As 'the magical' in intro; verse 3; choruses 1, 2 & 3
As 'the ways', 'the farther', 'the less' in verses 1 & 2; choruses 1 & 2
As 'the air', 'the things' in verse 3
As 'the greatest', 'the latest' in bridges 1 & 2
As 'the parlour', 'the playroom', 'the children's', 'the duchess', 'the duke' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'the all', 'the jungle' in verses 1 & 2
As 'the marketplace', 'the jeweler's' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'the brand', 'the birds' in verses 1, 2 & 4
As 'the shortage', 'the uh', 'the third', 'the telegram', 'the headmaster', 'the dentist', 'the night-watchman', 'the watusi' in verses 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 9
As 'the deeper', 'the higher' in verse 2
As 'the bent', 'the other', 'the cast' in refrains 1 & 2
As 'the hoedown', 'the top' in verse 2; outro
As 'the bigger' in verse 2
As 'the velvet', 'the bits' in verses 1 & 2
As 'the top', 'the helter-skelter' in intro; chorus 4; bridge
As 'the universe', 'the eagle', 'the worm' in verses 1 & 2
As 'the mantel' in verse 2
As 'the savoy' in verses 1, 2 & 3; refrain; outro
As 'the u', 'the ukraine' in verse 2; choruses 1 & 2
As 'the magic', 'the atlantic' in verses 2 & 3
As 'the rope' in bridges 1 & 2
As 'the more', 'the less' in verse 1; chorus 3
As 'the chords', 'the harmony' in verses 1 & 3
As 'the picker', 'the girls' in intro; verse 2
As 'the queue' in chorus 3
As 'the dock', 'the mac', 'the seine', 'the amsterdam', 'the news', 'the men', 'the both' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 5
As 'the pictures' in verse 1
As 'the hilt', 'the news' in verse 2
As 'the banks' in verse 1
As 'the things' in verse 3
As 'the end' in outro
As 'the money's', 'the sack', 'the bags', 'the limousine' in verses 3 & 4
As 'the smile's' in verse 2
As 'the shade', 'the coral' in verses 1 & 3; choruses 1, 2 & 3
As 'the celebrations' in verse
As 'the universe' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'the many' in bridge
As 'the universe' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'the blues' in outro
As 'the angels' in spoken
As 'the sunshine' in verses 4 & 6
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