The Beatles Theme

The Beatles Theme

This collection contains songs written or covered by the Beatles,
written by John or Paul but not performed by the Beatles,
and other songs written or performed by John, Paul, George or Ringo
after the breakup of the Beatles.

Beta 0.40 Version

As of Sept. 9, 2022

The Beatles Songbook_- Print_Edition (73 Songs – 212 Pages)

The Beatles Songbook_- Display_Edition (73 Songs – 213 Pages)

Beatles_PDF_Files.zip

Beatles_Word Processing_Files.zip

The above are temporary songbooks. The first "real" songbook (Version 1) will be compiled when I finish adding all of the #1 songs (US & UK) (8 more songs) plus provide an additional key for any existing song that is now only in one key (9 songs).
These temporary songbooks are provided because an online group will be doing a Beatles theme in a few weeks.

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Existing Beatles Songbooks

Beatles Songbook for February 1964

On Feb. 9, 1964, The Beatles first appeared live on American television during a broadcast of the Ed Sullivan Show. They would make televised appearances for three consecutive weeks plus they performed three concerts. Below is a collection of the 12 songs the Beatles performed in the US in the month of February, 1964.

The Beatles performances in the US, February, 1964.

The Beatles_Feb 1964_Display_Edition (February 9, 2022)
The Beatles_Feb 1964_Print_Edition (February 9, 2022)

Here are the the usual compressed files:

Beatles Songbook for April 1964

The first two weeks of April, 1964, saw the Beatles set two Billboard Hot 100 chart records. On April 4th, the group held the top five songs on the Hot 100, and had 7 other songs on the chart. The following week, April 11^th, the Beatles had 14 songs on the Hot 100. These two records would stand for over 50 years. To celebrate these accomplishments, the 14-song "The Beatles Songbook for April, 1964" is now available.

Individual songs in PDF, MS Word and OpenDocument formats:

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The largest number of these song sheets were created by our friend and former leader, Keith Fukumitsu.
Thank you, Keith!

Some on-line sources for information:

Alan W. Pollack "Notes on" Series
- Notes on at recmusicbeatles
- Notes on at Soundscapes
Beatles Music History, Beatles ebooks (often with very indepth articles)
Flip Side Beatles (Blog), Aaron Krerowicz
The Beatles Bible, beatlesbible.com
The Beatles, Songfacts
The Beatles, Second Hand Songs
The Beatles, thebeatles.com
The Beatles, Billboard
The Beatles, Wikipedia
Beatles Songwriting Academy (Blog)

Sept. 12

Six new songs, all with a blues progression basis:

Here are the word processing files for these songs: Sept 12 Word Processing.zip

Sept. 9

Correcting an error (an extra page): Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (C D G)_2022-09-08.pdf

Sept. 6

Ten new files, with five more coming in a few days. All of these are songs that have a connection to the Blues Progressions. They have not yet been added to the full listing below.

July 22

Updated:

The Medley:

July 15

Updated:

Good Day Sunshine (C & G)

April 13

An update for the collection:

In My Life (C G) and In My Life (A)

All Songs

All songs performed by the Beatles unless otherwise indicated.

The key of the song's performance is in [square brackets] behind the link to YouTube.

Title	YouTube Link
A Hard Days Night (C & G)	A Hard Days Night [C]
A World Without Love (C F & G)	A World Without Love by Peter and Gordon [E]
Act Naturally (C F G)	Act Naturally [G]
All My Loving (C F G) & All My Loving (C & G)	All My Loving [E]
All Together Now	All Together Now [Bm]
And I Love Her	And I Love Her [Db]
Can't Buy Me Love (C & G)	Can't Buy Me Love [C]
Do You Want To Know A Secret (A D G) & Do You Want To Know A Secret (A D)	Do You Want To Know A Secret [E]
Don't Pass Me By (C F G)
Drive My Car (C D G)	Drive My Car [D]
Eight Days a Week (C D G)	Eight Days a Week [D]
End of the Line (C & G)	End of the Line by The Traveling Wilburys [D]
Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (A & E)
For You Blue (C F G)
From Me To You (C F G) & From Me To You (C & G)	From Me To You [C]
Golden Slumbers-Carry That Weight-The End_(Am) & Golden Slumbers-Carry That Weight-The End (Em)	Golden Slumbers-Carry That Weight-The End [Am] Medley by Paul McCartney (Live, Undated) Medley by Paul McCartney (Live in Tokyo 2013)
Good Day Sunshine (C & G)	Good Day Sunshine [B]
Hello Goodbye (C G)	Hello, Goodbye [C]
Here Comes the Sun (A & D) plus Here Comes the Sun (A & D) (With Time Signaures)	Here Comes the Sun [A]
Here, There and Everywhere (C)	Here, There and Everywhere [G]
I Feel Fine (G)	I Feel Fine [G]
I Saw Her Standing There (C F G) & I Saw Her Standing There (C & G)	I Saw Her Standing There [E]
I Wanna Be Your Man (C F G)	I Wanna Be Your Man [E]
I Want To Hold Your Hand (C F G) & I Want To Hold Your Hand (C & G)	I Want To Hold Your Hand [G] I Want To Hold Your Hand on the Ed Sullivan Show (Feb. 1964)
I Will (C)	I Will [F]
I'll Follow the Sun (C & G)	I’ll Follow the Sun [C]
I'm Down (C F G)
In My Life (C G) and In My Life (A)	In My Life [A]
Let It Be	Let It Be [C]
Little Child (A E)
Long And Winding Road, The (Am Em)	Long And Winding Road, The [Cm]
Long Tall Sally (C F G)	Long Tall Sally [C]
Love Me Do (C & G)	Love Me Do [C]
Martha My Dear (C)	Martha My Dear [Bb]
Maxwell's Silver Hammer (C D G)	Maxwell's Silver Hammer [D]
	My Sweet Lord by Billy Preston (Concert for George, 2002) [Dbm]
No, No Song (A C G NN)	No, No Song [C]
Nowhere Man (C)	Nowhere Man [E]
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (C F G)	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da [Bb]
Octopus' Garden (C E G)	Octopus' Garden [E]
One After 909 (A D)
Penny Lane (D & G) Penny Lane (A)	Penny Lane [B]
Please Mr. Postman - The Beatles (A C G)	Please Mr. Postman [A]
Please Please Me (C F G) & Please Please Me (C G)	Please Please Me [E]
Rain (C) & Rain (G)	Rain [C]
Roll Over Beethoven (C D G) & Roll Over Beethoven (C G)	Roll Over Beethoven [Eb]
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (C, F & G)	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [G]
Sgt. Pepper's LHC Band-With A Little Help (G & E) Sgt. Pepper's LHC Band-With A Little Help (G & C)	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [G] & With A Little Help From My Friends [E]
She's A Woman (A E)
She Loves You (C F G) & She Loves You (C G)	She Loves You [G]
Silly Love Songs (C & G)	Silly Love Songs [C]
Slow Down (C F G)
Something (C & G)	Something [C] Something by Paul McCartney (on Ukulele) with Eric Clapton & Ringo (Live, Undated)
Tell Me Why (C D G)	Tell Me Why [D]
Thank You Girl (C & G)	Thank You Girl [D]
The Ballad Of John And Yoko (A & E)
The Long And Winding Road (Am & Em)	The Long and Winding Road [Cm]
There's A Place (C & G)	There's A Place [E]
This Boy (C D & G)	This Boy on the Ed Sullivan Show, Feb 16 1964 [D]
Ticket to Ride (C A G)	Ticket to Ride [A]
Till There Was You (C F G)	Till There Was You [F]
Twist and Shout (C D G) & Twist and Shout (C G)	Twist and Shout [D] Twist and Shout on the Ed Sullivan Show, Feb 23 1964
When I’m Sixty-Four (C F G)	When I’m Sixty-Four [Db]
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Am & Dm)	While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Em] While My Guitar Gently Weeps by George Harrison and Eric Clapton with Ringo Starr (1987). George and Eric "dueling" with a Fender Strat and Gibson Les Paul. Fabulous. While My Guitar Gently Weeps from "Concert With George" which was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29 November 2002 as a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death. Featuring "George's Band" and included the surviving members of the Beatles (Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr), Harrison's son Dhani Harrison, as well as musicians Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Billy Preston, Jools Holland, Albert Lee, Sam Brown, Gary Brooker, Joe Brown, Ray Cooper, Andy Fairweather-Low, Marc Mann, Dave Bronze, Klaus Voormann, Jim Keltner and several other musicians who had appeared on Harrison's recordings over the years. Joe Brown closed the show with a rendition of "I'll See You in My Dreams" on ukulele, one of Harrison's favourite instruments. Concert for George, Wikipedia.
With A Little Help from My Friends (C E F G)	With A Little Help from My Friends by The Beatles [E] With A Little Help From My Friends by Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band (Live At The Greek Theatre, 2008) With A Little Help from My Friends by Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and friends in the finale performance at the 2015 Hall of Fame Ceremony With A Little Help from My Friends by Joe Cocker (Woodstock 69)
Yellow Submarine (G & C)	Yellow Submarine [Db]
Yer Blues (A & E)
You Can’t Do That (C & G)	You Can’t Do That [G]

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