Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs.
Song count per year
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
As 'realized a lot' in verse 3
As 'take a few', 'make a million' in verses 3 & 4
As 'wears a mac' in verse 2
As 'dragged a comb' in bridge
As 'caught a glimpse' in verse 1
As 'mending a fuse', 'rent a cottage' in verse 2; bridge 2
As 'get a tan' in bridge
As 'ask a policeman' in verse 2
As 'make a dovetail' in refrain 3
As 'became a legend' in bridge 1
As 'takes a trolley', 'buys a twenty-karat' in verse 2
As 'see a surgeon' in verse 6
As 'take a cha-cha-cha-chance' in refrains 1 & 2
As 'take a piece' in chorus 2
As 'get a dose' in verse 2
As 'keeps a ten-bob' in verse 1
As 'sing a lullaby' in verses 1 & 2; refrain
As 'dig a pygmy' in intro
As 'dig a pony', 'roll a stoney', 'load a lorry' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'left a pool' in verse 2
Updated
Book
The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
Alan Aldridge
Book
Revolution in the Head
Ian MacDonald
Album
Let It Be
Vinyl
affiliate link – supports this wiki