A stanza rhyming on the pattern ABCB – letters mark which lines share an end-rhyme.
Top rhyme schemes by writer – Lennon: AA (25), ABAB (22), AB (16); McCartney: AA (27), ABAB (16), ABCB (16); Harrison: AA (7), AAB (7), AAAA (4).
Song count per year
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
| # | Title | Year | Album | Lead Vocal(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P.S. I Love You | 1962 | Please Please Me | Paul | A: letter · B: to/you · C: always – choruses |
| 2 | Thank You Girl | 1963 | Past Masters | John, Paul | A: me · B: do/true · C: love – bridge |
| 3 | From Me to You | 1963 | Past Masters | John, Paul | A: want · B: do/you · C: along – verses 1, 2, 3 & 5 |
| 4 | It Won't Be Long | 1963 | With The Beatles | John | A: alone · B: home · C: should – bridges |
| 5 | Little Child | 1963 | With The Beatles | John, Paul | A: child · B: me · C: lonely – verses 1 & 2 |
| 6 | Hold Me Tight | 1963 | With The Beatles | Paul | A: know · B: tight/right · C: you – bridges |
| 7 | Tell Me Why | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John | A: done · B: apologize/eyes · C: on – verse 2 |
| 8 | I'll Be Back | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John | A: go · B: again · C: goodbye – verses |
| 9 | What You're Doing | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | Paul | A: doing · B: lonely/me · C: you – verse 1 |
| 10 | The Night Before | 1965 | Help! | Paul | A: night · B: by/cry · C: did – bridges |
| 11 | Yesterday | 1965 | Help! | Paul | A: go · B: say/yesterday · C: wrong – choruses |
| 12 | Run for Your Life | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | A: guy · B: mind/line · C: trying – verses 2 & 3 |
| 13 | In My Life | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | A: moments · B: recall/all · C: living – verse 2; choruses |
| 14 | I Want to Tell You | 1966 | Revolver | George | A: you · B: say/away · C: here – verses 1 & 2 |
| 15 | Yellow Submarine | 1966 | Revolver | Ringo | A: sun · B: green/submarine · C: waves – verse 2 |
| 16 | For No One | 1966 | Revolver | Paul | A: nothing · B: tears/years · C: one – choruses |
| 17 | Got to Get You into My Life | 1966 | Revolver | Paul | A: ride · B: there · C: I – verses |
| 18 | Strawberry Fields Forever | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | John | A: closed · B: see/me · C: out – verse 1 |
| 19 | With a Little Help from My Friends | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Ringo | A: tune · B: me/key · C: song – verse 1 |
| 20 | Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | John | A: river · B: skies/eyes · C: slowly – verses |
| 21 | The Fool on the Hill | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Paul | A: hill · B: down/'round · C: head – choruses |
| 22 | Yer Blues | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | A: sky · B: earth/worth · C: universe – verses; refrains 3 & 4 |
| 23 | I Will | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | A: you · B: still/will · C: lifetime – verses 1 & 2 |
| 24 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | George | A: sleeping · B: weeps · C: all – verse 3 |
| 25 | Mother Nature's Son | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | A: boy · B: son/everyone · C: songs – verses |
| 26 | Blackbird | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | A: night · B: fly/arise · C: life – verses |
| 27 | Cry Baby Cry | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | A: garden · B: play/holiday · C: playroom – verses 2, 3 & 4 |
| 28 | All Together Now | 1969 | Yellow Submarine | Paul, John | A: ship · B: tree/me · C: rope – bridges |
| 29 | It's All Too Much | 1969 | Yellow Submarine | George | A: eyes · B: me/see · C: inside – verses |
| 30 | Get Back | 1969 | Let It Be | Paul | A: loner · B: last/grass · C: Arizona – verses |
| 31 | Don't Let Me Down | 1969 | Past Masters | John, Paul | A: time · B: last/past · C: forever – bridge |
| 32 | The Ballad of John and Yoko | 1969 | Past Masters | John | A: Southampton · B: France/chance · C: back – verses 1, 2, 4 & 5; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 33 | Old Brown Shoe | 1969 | Past Masters | George | A: right · B: wrong/long · C: girl – verses |
| 34 | Octopus's Garden | 1969 | Abbey Road | Ringo | A: storm · B: waves/cave · C: seabed – verse 2 |
| 35 | She Came in Through the Bathroom Window | 1969 | Abbey Road | Paul | A: window · B: spoon/lagoon · C: wanders – verse 1; choruses |
| 36 | Oh! Darling | 1969 | Abbey Road | Paul | A: me · B: harm · C: you – verses 1 & 2 |
| 37 | Because | 1969 | Abbey Road | John, Paul, George | A: Ah · B: round · C: on – verses 1 & 2 |
| 38 | Across the Universe (Wildlife version) | 1969 | Past Masters | John | A: eyes · B: universe · C: box – verse 2 |
| 39 | I've Got a Feeling | 1970 | Let It Be | Paul, John | A: year · B: down · C: up – verse 5 |
| 40 | Across the Universe | 1970 | Let It Be | John | A: eyes · B: universe · C: box – verse 2 |
A: letter · B: to/you · C: always – choruses
A: me · B: do/true · C: love – bridge
A: want · B: do/you · C: along – verses 1, 2, 3 & 5
A: alone · B: home · C: should – bridges
A: child · B: me · C: lonely – verses 1 & 2
A: know · B: tight/right · C: you – bridges
A: done · B: apologize/eyes · C: on – verse 2
A: go · B: again · C: goodbye – verses
A: doing · B: lonely/me · C: you – verse 1
A: night · B: by/cry · C: did – bridges
A: go · B: say/yesterday · C: wrong – choruses
A: guy · B: mind/line · C: trying – verses 2 & 3
A: moments · B: recall/all · C: living – verse 2; choruses
A: you · B: say/away · C: here – verses 1 & 2
A: sun · B: green/submarine · C: waves – verse 2
A: nothing · B: tears/years · C: one – choruses
A: ride · B: there · C: I – verses
A: closed · B: see/me · C: out – verse 1
A: tune · B: me/key · C: song – verse 1
A: river · B: skies/eyes · C: slowly – verses
A: hill · B: down/'round · C: head – choruses
A: sky · B: earth/worth · C: universe – verses; refrains 3 & 4
A: you · B: still/will · C: lifetime – verses 1 & 2
A: sleeping · B: weeps · C: all – verse 3
A: boy · B: son/everyone · C: songs – verses
A: night · B: fly/arise · C: life – verses
A: garden · B: play/holiday · C: playroom – verses 2, 3 & 4
A: ship · B: tree/me · C: rope – bridges
A: eyes · B: me/see · C: inside – verses
A: loner · B: last/grass · C: Arizona – verses
A: time · B: last/past · C: forever – bridge
A: Southampton · B: France/chance · C: back – verses 1, 2, 4 & 5; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4
A: right · B: wrong/long · C: girl – verses
A: storm · B: waves/cave · C: seabed – verse 2
A: window · B: spoon/lagoon · C: wanders – verse 1; choruses
A: me · B: harm · C: you – verses 1 & 2
A: Ah · B: round · C: on – verses 1 & 2
A: eyes · B: universe · C: box – verse 2
A: year · B: down · C: up – verse 5
A: eyes · B: universe · C: box – verse 2
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