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Songs(170 of 194)
Love Me Do
'Love, love me do' opens every verse
P.S. I Love You
'P.S. I love you' ends each verse
Please Please Me
Last night, I said these wo... ×2 (verses)
I Saw Her Standing There
'Since/when I saw her standin' there'
There's a Place
'Don't you know that it's so?'
Do You Want to Know a Secret
'Do you want to know a secret?'
Misery
'The world is treating me bad'
From Me to You
'Just call on me and I'll send it along'
I'll Get You
'I'll get you in the end'
She Loves You
'She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah'
All My Loving
'And I'll send all my lovin' to you'
I Wanna Be Your Man
'I wanna be your man'
Hold Me Tight
'It feels so right'
Not a Second Time
'Not a second time'
All I've Got to Do
All I got to do ×3 (verses); Is call you on the phone ×2 (verses) + more
Don't Bother Me
'Don't bother me' closes every chorus
I Want to Hold Your Hand
'I wanna hold your hand'
Sie Liebt Dich
'Sie liebt dich, yeah, yeah, yeah'
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
'Komm, gib mir deine Hand'
I Call Your Name
'I call your name' opens and closes the song
Can't Buy Me Love
'Money can't buy me love'
You Can't Do That
'Oh, you can't do that'
Things We Said Today
'Things we said today' closes every verse
I'll Cry Instead
'But I can't so I'll cry instead' closes each verse
And I Love Her
'And I love her' closes each verse
Any Time at All
'Any time at all'
I'll Be Back
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh ×3 (choruses); But I'll be back again ×2 (verses, outro)
A Hard Day's Night
'It's been a hard day's night'
If I Fell
If I fell in love with you ×2 (intro, outro)
I'm Happy Just to Dance with You
'I'm happy just to dance with you' closes verses
Tell Me Why
'Tell me why you cried and why you lied to me'
I Feel Fine
'I'm in love with her and I feel fine'
She's a Woman
'My love don't give me presents'
No Reply
'no reply' ends each verse
I'm a Loser
'I'm a loser' opens every chorus
I'll Follow the Sun
'Tomorrow may rain, so / I'll follow the sun'
Eight Days a Week
'Eight days a week'
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
'I still love her' answers each bridge couplet
Baby's in Black
'What can I do?' across every chorus
What You're Doing
'What you're doing to me?'
Every Little Thing
'Every little thing she does'
Ticket to Ride
'She's got a ticket to ride'
Yes It Is
'Yes it is' ends every verse
I'm Down
'I'm down' across all choruses
Help!
'Help me if you can...' across choruses
I Need You
'I need you' closes each verse
The Night Before
'Treat me like you did the night before'
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
'Hey, you've got to hide your love away'
It's Only Love
'It's only love and that is all' across choruses
You're Going to Lose That Girl
'You're gonna lose that girl'
Another Girl
'Another girl' across every chorus
I've Just Seen a Face
'Fallin', yes, I am fallin''
Tell Me What You See
'Tell me what you see' across choruses and refrains
You Like Me Too Much
'Cause you like me too much and I like you'
Yesterday
'Oh, I believe in yesterday'
You Won't See Me
'You won't see me' across choruses
Run for Your Life
'Little girl' ends nearly every line
In My Life
'In my life' closes each bridge and the outro
If I Needed Someone
'If I needed someone' closes each verse
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
'Isn't it good, Norwegian wood?' returns in verse 3
Drive My Car
'Baby, you can drive my car'
Think for Yourself
'Think for yourself / 'Cause I won't be there with you'
What Goes On
'What goes on in your mind?'
I'm Looking Through You
'I'm looking through you, you're not the same'
Girl
'Ah, girl / Girl, girl' across choruses
The Word
'Have you heard the word is love?'
Michelle
'Michelle, ma belle' opens every verse
We Can Work It Out
'We can work it out' across refrains
Day Tripper
'It took me so long to find out' across choruses
Rain
Each verse's opening phrase repeated as closer
Paperback Writer
'Paperback writer' closes every verse
Doctor Robert
'Doctor Robert' tag-line ends nearly every couplet
Eleanor Rigby
'All the lonely people' across refrains and chorus
For No One
Your day breaks, your mind ... ×2 (verses)
Tomorrow Never Knows
'Of the beginning' repeated through outro
Yellow Submarine
'We all live in a yellow submarine'
I'm Only Sleeping
'I'm only sleeping' closes every chorus
Taxman
'Cause I'm the taxman / Yeah, I'm the taxman' refrain
I Want to Tell You
'I want to tell you' opens verses 1 & 3
Good Day Sunshine
'Good day sunshine' across every chorus
And Your Bird Can Sing
'I'll be 'round' returns each chorus
She Said She Said
'I know what it's like to be dead'
Got to Get You into My Life
'Got to get you into my life'
Strawberry Fields Forever
'Strawberry Fields forever'
Penny Lane
'Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes'
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
'Lucy in the sky with diamonds'
With a Little Help from My Friends
'With a little help from my friends'
Fixing a Hole
'Where it will go'
Getting Better
'It's getting better all the time'
Within You Without You
'Life flows on within you and without you' closes both choruses
She's Leaving Home
'She's leaving home... for so many years'
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' repeated throughout
When I'm Sixty-Four
'Will you still need me, will you still feed me'
Lovely Rita
'Lovely Rita, meter maid'
A Day in the Life
'I'd love to turn you on'
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'
Good Morning Good Morning
'Good morning' across chorus, intro, outro
Baby, You're a Rich Man
'How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people?'
All You Need Is Love
Love is all you need ×27 (choruses, outro); Love, love, love ×6 (intro, bridge) + more
I Am the Walrus
'I am the eggman... I am the walrus'
Blue Jay Way
'Please, don't be long' across every chorus
Your Mother Should Know
'Your mother should know' repeats across every chorus and the fade
The Fool on the Hill
'But the fool on the hill' opens every chorus
Magical Mystery Tour
'Roll up for the mystery tour'
Lady Madonna
'See how they run' closes each bridge
Revolution
'Don't you know it's gonna be alright?'
Hey Jude
'Take a sad song and make it better' returns in verse 4
Blackbird
'You were only waiting...' across verses & outro
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
'Happiness is a warm gun' across choruses
Martha My Dear
'Martha my dear' opens and closes both verses
Honey Pie
'You are making me crazy / I'm in love, but I'm lazy'
Cry Baby Cry
'Cry, baby, cry / Make your mother sigh'
Good Night
'Good night, sleep tight'
Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
Title question repeats across all three verses
Don't Pass Me By
'Does it mean you don't love me any more?'
Yer Blues
"If I ain't dead already, woo / Girl, you know the reason why"
Savoy Truffle
After the Savoy truffle ×5 (verses, refrain, outro); But you'll have to have the... ×4 (verses, refrain)
Mother Nature's Son
Do-do-do-do ×3 (choruses); Mother Nature's son ×2 (verses) + more
Julia
'So I sing a song of love, Julia'
Birthday
'They say it's your birthday'
Helter Skelter
Helter-skelter ×6 (choruses); When I get to the bottom, I... ×2 (intro, bridge) + more
Back in the U.S.S.R.
'Back in the U.S.S.R.'
Wild Honey Pie
'Honey pie' constitutes nearly the entire lyric
Sexy Sadie
'Sexy Sadie' across all sections
Glass Onion
'Looking through a glass onion'
Dear Prudence
'Dear Prudence' opens every verse
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
'Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah'
Revolution 1
'Don't you know it's gonna be all right'
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
'Hey, Bungalow Bill / What did you kill'
I'm So Tired
'I'd give you everything I've got'
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
'While my guitar gently weeps'
Revolution 9
'Hold that line!', 'Block that kick!', 'Number nine'
Rocky Raccoon
Do-do-do, dooroo-do-do ×9 (bridge, outro); Do-dooroo-do-do, do-do ×8 (bridge, outro) + more
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
'Everybody's got something to hide'
Long, Long, Long
Title phrase opens each verse
Hey Bulldog
'You can talk to me'
Only a Northern Song
'It's only a Northern song'
It's All Too Much
'It's all too much' across choruses
All Together Now
'I love you'; 'All together now'
Get Back
'Get back to where you once belonged'
Don't Let Me Down
'Don't let me down' across choruses
Old Brown Shoe
'Baby, I'm in love with you'
The Ballad of John and Yoko
'Christ, you know it ain't easy'
Her Majesty
'Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl'
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
'Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head'
Octopus's Garden
'I'd like to be under the sea'
Oh! Darling
'I'll never do you no harm'
Something
'I don't want to leave her now'
Golden Slumbers
'Sleep, pretty darling, do not cry'
You Never Give Me Your Money
'Nowhere to go' across verse 3
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
'Didn't anybody tell her?' across choruses
Sun King
'Here come the sun king'
Carry That Weight
Chorus hook returns after verse
Here Comes the Sun
'Here comes the sun' across choruses
Because
'Because the...' opens every verse
Come Together
Shoot me ×16 (intro, interludes); Come together, yeah ×9 (outro)
Across the Universe (Wildlife version)
'Nothing's gonna change my world'
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
'You know my name'
Let It Be
'Mother Mary comes to me'
I've Got a Feeling
'I've got a feeling' across verses
Dig It
'Like a rolling stone' x3
Dig a Pony
'I told you so' closes each verse
One After 909
'Said she's traveling on the one after 909'
Two of Us
'We're on our way home'
The Long and Winding Road
'Lead me to your door'
I Me Mine
'All through the...'
Across the Universe
'Nothing's gonna change my world'
Free as a Bird
'Free as a bird' across verses
Real Love
'Seems that all I really was doing / Was waiting for...'
Now and Then
'It's all because of you'
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