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Songs(139 of 161)
P.S. I Love You
Love Me Do
'Woah', 'Hey', 'Yeah'
Ask Me Why
'cause, you're, I've
Please Please Me
'Come on', 'woah yeah'
There's a Place
'Don't you know', contractions
Do You Want to Know a Secret
'Whoa', 'ooh'
I Saw Her Standing There
From Me to You
'oh so true', 'ooh'
She Loves You
'Yeah'; 'ooh'; 'can't be bad'
I'll Get You
'Oh yeah'; 'my friend'
All I've Got to Do
'I got to do', 'kissin'', 'runnin''
Don't Bother Me
'Go away', 'don't come near'
All My Loving
'Lovin'' contraction
Little Child
'Baby', 'come on', 'woo'
It Won't Be Long
'Yeah', 'ooh'
I Wanna Be Your Man
Not a Second Time
'oh', 'yeah', 'no, no, no'
I Want to Hold Your Hand
'wanna', 'yeah', 'oh'
Sie Liebt Dich
'yeah, yeah, yeah'; 'woo'
Can't Buy Me Love
'my friend', 'Ow!', 'no-no'
I Call Your Name
'Oh', 'woo', contractions throughout
You Can't Do That
'Well', 'oh', ''Cause'
I Should Have Known Better
'Gonna', 'hey, hey, hey'
If I Fell
'Oh, please', 'like her'
Tell Me Why
'Well', 'oh, so bad', ''Cause'
I'm Happy Just to Dance with You
'Cause', 'gonna'-style contractions
Any Time at All
'Gotta', direct address
I'll Be Back
''Cause', 'oh-oh-oh', 'goodbye'
I'll Cry Instead
'Gonna', 'wanna', 'cause'
When I Get Home
A Hard Day's Night
'Gonna', ''Cause', 'okay'
She's a Woman
'don't give', 'fooling'
I Feel Fine
'You know', 'mmm'
What You're Doing
Eight Days a Week
'babe', 'girl', 'ain't'
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
'I don't care', 'a drink or two', 'I'll take a walk'
Baby's in Black
'Oh, dear', 'baby', 'tell me'
Every Little Thing
'yeah', 'ooh', 'lucky guy'
Ticket to Ride
'Gonna', 'don't care', 'do right by me'
I'm Down
'baby', 'yeah', 'ow'
Help!
'feeling down', 'being 'round'
Another Girl
'I ain't no fool', 'quite a few'
I've Just Seen a Face
'fallin'', 'callin''
I Need You
'lovin'', 'thing or two'
The Night Before
'Wanna cry', 'yeah'
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
'Hey'; ''round'; 'clowns'
Yesterday
'Oh', conversational phrasing
Tell Me What You See
Plain, direct phrasing
You Like Me Too Much
'Cause', conversational tone
Run for Your Life
'Well', 'you better', 'wicked guy'
Wait
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
'crawled off', 'bird'
Drive My Car
'Baby', 'yeah', contractions
Nowhere Man
Think for Yourself
'Gonna,' ''cause'
You Won't See Me
'Act your age', 'I can't get through'
What Goes On
'Tearin'', 'so unkind'
Girl
'Ah', conversational phrasing
We Can Work It Out
'My friend', 'say good night'
Day Tripper
'Got a good reason', 'half the way there'
Rain
'Might as well be dead', 'slip into the shade'
Paperback Writer
'Give or take a few', 'a man named Lear'
Love You To
'screw you in the ground'
I Want to Tell You
Plainspoken, conversational
And Your Bird Can Sing
'You don't get me' colloquial register
Good Day Sunshine
'I feel good', 'she do', 'good day'
She Said She Said
Conversational 'I said' / 'she said'
Got to Get You into My Life
'Ooh', contractions throughout
Doctor Robert
'Ring my friend', 'pick you up'
For No One
Plain everyday diction
Taxman
''Cause' contraction; conversational opening
Yellow Submarine
'Aye-aye, sir', 'ha-ha'
Penny Lane
'Mac', 'four of fish'
Strawberry Fields Forever
'er-yes', 'you know'
Lovely Rita
'Nearly made it', 'wink'
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
'Sit back', 'yeah'
With a Little Help from My Friends
'Mm', 'Oh', conversational fillers
Fixing a Hole
'Ooh-ooh-ooh', 'Hey, hey'
Getting Better
'Me used to be', 'Man, I was mean'
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
'It's time to go', 'thank you once again'
When I'm Sixty-Four
'Doing the garden', 'scrimp and save'
Good Morning Good Morning
'How's your boy been', 'it's okay'
A Day in the Life
'Oh boy', 'fell out of bed'
Baby, You're a Rich Man
'Baby', 'Wow!'
Hello, Goodbye
I Am the Walrus
'stupid bloody'; 'naughty boy'
The Fool on the Hill
Plain everyday phrasing throughout
Your Mother Should Know
'Let's all get up and dance'
Magical Mystery Tour
'Roll up'
Blue Jay Way
'Well, it only goes to show'
Revolution
'well, you know', 'gonna', 'ain't', 'brother'
Hey Jude
'Hey', 'don't', 'gonna' phrasing
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
'Come on', 'yeah', 'woo'
Rocky Raccoon
Colloquial cowboy idiom
Back in the U.S.S.R.
'Gee', 'honey', 'man'
Martha My Dear
'Silly girl', 'a bit of what is all around you'
Revolution 9
British colloquialisms: 'cheeky bitch', 'any road', 'bloody navy'
Honey Pie
'Ooh-ah'; 'tee-tee-tee'
Cry Baby Cry
'For a lark', 'tea'
Piggies
'Damn good whacking'
Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
'why don't we', 'd-do it'
Don't Pass Me By
'a'ticking', 'darling', 'that's alright'
I Will
Simple direct register
Yer Blues
"Ain't dead already", "woo"
Birthday
'goin'', 'gonna', 'yeah'
Helter Skelter
"do you, don't you", "ain't no", "come on"
Sexy Sadie
'You'll get yours yet'
Glass Onion
'Yeah', 'man', 'you all'
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
'Brah', 'yeah'
Revolution 1
'Well, you know', 'gonna', 'ain't', 'brother'
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
'mum', 'Eyup'
I'm So Tired
'Stupid git', 'on the blink'
All Together Now
Only a Northern Song
It's All Too Much
'home for tea'
Hey Bulldog
'Boy', 'man', 'woof', 'okay'
Don't Let Me Down
'done me good', 'Can you dig it?'
Get Back
'Jo Jo', 'okay', 'ooh', 'yeah'
Old Brown Shoe
'Hey', 'yeah yeah yeah', 'doo-dah'
The Ballad of John and Yoko
'ain't', 'gonna', 'okay'
Her Majesty
'wanna', 'gonna', 'belly full of wine'
Octopus's Garden
Oh! Darling
'Never do you no harm' double negative
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
You Never Give Me Your Money
'Got the sack', 'jobber', 'lorry'
Polythene Pam
'Well', 'yeah', 'ah-ah'
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
'Oh, yeah'; 'heh, heh'
Mean Mr. Mustard
'go-getter', 'ten-bob note'
Come Together
'He one', 'he just do what he please'
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
'Ha-hey', 'Prrr', 'Huh huh'
For You Blue
'Them ol'', 'got nothing on this'
Dig It
Dig a Pony
'Well, you can…', 'Oh, now'
I've Got a Feeling
'Yeah', 'oh no', 'woo-hoo'
One After 909
'honey', 'baby', 'fooling round'
Two of Us
Free as a Bird
Real Love
Now and Then
Plain conversational diction
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