Imperative

Love Me Do

'Love me do'

Ask Me Why

'Ask me why'

Please Please Me

There's a Place

Go round, dont you

Do You Want to Know a Secret

'Listen', 'Closer'

I'll Get You

'Imagine'; 'resign yourself'

Little Child

'Come on', 'take a chance'

Hold Me Tight

'Hold me tight', 'Tell me'

Don't Bother Me

'Go away', 'leave me alone', 'don't bother me'

All My Loving

'Close your eyes'; 'Remember'

I Wanna Be Your Man

The verses are a string of imperatives

I Want to Hold Your Hand

'Let me hold your hand'

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

'Komm', 'gib mir deine Hand'

Sie Liebt Dich

'Du musst jetzt zu ihr gehen'

Can't Buy Me Love

'Say you don't need...', 'Tell me'

You Can't Do That

'So please listen to me'

When I Get Home

'Come on, out my way'

Any Time at All

'Just look into my eyes'; 'call me tonight'

Tell Me Why

Tell me

Eight Days a Week

'Hold me, love me'

Baby's in Black

Tell me

What You're Doing

Look what, please stop

Yes It Is

'Remember what I said'; 'Understand'

Help!

'Help me', 'Won't you please'

I Need You

Please come, please remember

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

'Hide your love away'; 'gather round'

You're Going to Lose That Girl

'Watch what you do'

Another Girl

'You'd better stop'

Tell Me What You See

'Open up your eyes', 'Listen to me', 'Tell me what you see'

Think for Yourself

'Think for yourself,' 'Do what you want to do'

Run for Your Life

'Run for your life', 'Hide your head'

Wait

'Wait', 'turn me away', 'hold on'

If I Needed Someone

'Carve your number on my wall'

Nowhere Man

'please listen', 'don't worry', 'take your time'

What Goes On

Tell me

The Word

'Say the word', 'Spread the word', 'Give the word'

We Can Work It Out

'Try to see it my way'; 'Think of what you're saying'

Rain

'Can you hear me?' addresses listener

Tomorrow Never Knows

'Turn off your mind', 'Lay down all thoughts', 'surrender to the void'

Love You To

'Love me', 'Make love'

I'm Only Sleeping

Please dont

Got to Get You into My Life

'Got to' as self-directive

Strawberry Fields Forever

'Let me take you down'

When I'm Sixty-Four

'Send me a postcard, drop me a line'

Within You Without You

'Try to realise', 'try our best'

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

'Picture yourself', 'follow her', 'climb in', 'look for'

All You Need Is Love

Implicit imperative tone but no direct command verbs

Blue Jay Way

Please dont, dont be

The Inner Light

Outro: 'Arrive', 'See', 'Do'

Revolution

'Free your mind instead'

Hey Jude

'Don't make it bad', 'remember', 'let it out and let it in'

Blackbird

'Take these broken wings'

Revolution 9

Hold that, please hear, take this

Honey Pie

'Sail across the Atlantic'

Good Night

'Close your eyes', 'Dream sweet dreams'

Why Don't We Do It in the Road?

Rhetorical question functions as a suggestion

Don't Pass Me By

'Don't pass me by, don't make me cry'

Savoy Truffle

Birthday

'Take a cha-cha-cha-chance'

Helter Skelter

"Tell me the answer"; "Look out"

Dear Prudence

'Open up your eyes', 'Look around'

Revolution 1

Take two, dont you

Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

Back in the U.S.S.R.

Take me, let me, come and

Martha My Dear

'Hold your head up', 'help yourself', 'take a good look'

Hey Bulldog

'Quiet, boy, quiet!'

All Together Now

'Sail the ship', 'Chop the tree', 'Skip the rope', 'Look at me'

Get Back

'Get back'

Don't Let Me Down

Carry That Weight

'Carry that weight'

Golden Slumbers

'Sleep, pretty darling, do not cry'

Polythene Pam

'Get a dose of her'

Come Together

'Come together right now over me'

You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

Look up, come on, look look

Let It Be

'Let it be'

I've Got a Feeling

'Oh please, believe me'

The Long and Winding Road

Let me, dont leave, dont keep

One After 909

'Move over', 'Come on, baby, don't be cold'