Beatles Lyrics
We're all familiar with The Beatles' songs, but could you name one of their songs based on just a few of the lyrics? It sounds easy. But is it? Let's find out... See how many of these 20 songs/lyrics you can get right!
Get 15-20 right: Fab-ulous
10-14: Fab-pretty good
5-9: Fab-could be better
0-4: Not so Fab Four
Q: "He Wear No Shoeshine, He Got Toe-Jam Football"
1: "Hey Jude"
2: "Come Together"
3: "I Am the Walrus"
4: "Taxman"
A: "Come Together"
Album: Abbey Road (1969)
"He wear no shoeshine, he got toe-jam football/He got monkey finger, he shoot Coca-Cola/He say, 'I know you, you know me'/One thing I can tell you is you got to be free".
Q: "It Took Me So Long To Find Out/And I Found Out"
1: "With a Little Help from My Friends"
2: "Hello, Goodbye"
3: "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
4: "Day Tripper"
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A: "Day Tripper"
Album: Yesterday and Today (1966)
"She was a day tripper/A one way ticket, yeah/It took me so long to find out/And I found out".
Michael Ochs Archives, Getty Images
Q: "The Sun Is Up, The Sky Is Blue/It's Beautiful And So Are You"
1: "Dear Prudence"
2: "Glass Onion"
3: "Don't Pass Me By"
4: "Julia"
A: "Dear Prudence"
Album: The Beatles (The White Album) (1968)
"The sun is up, the sky is blue/It's beautiful and so are you/Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?/Dear Prudence, open up your eyes".
Unknown Author, Wikimedia Commons
Q: "Words Are Flowing Out Like Endless Rain Into A Paper Cup"
1: "Two of Us"
2: "I'm So Tired"
3: "Strawberry Fields Forever"
4: "Across the Universe"
A: "Across The Universe"
Album: Let It Be (1969)
"Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup/They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe/Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind/Possessing and caressing me".
Q: "Carve Your Number On My Wall/And Maybe You Will Get A Call From Me"
1: "Long, Long, Long"
2: "If I Needed Someone"
3: "Oh! Darling"
4: "Hey Jude"
United Press International, Wikimedia Commons
A: "If I Needed Someone"
Album: Rubber Soul (1965)
"Carve your number on my wall/And maybe you will get a call from me/If I needed someone".
VARA, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Q: "You Know I Work All Day/To Get You Money To Buy You Things"
1: "Can't Buy Me Love"
2: "And I Love Her"
3: "Help!"
4: "A Hard Day’s Night"
Omroepvereniging VARA, CC BY-SA 3.0 NL, Wikimedia Commons
A: "A Hard Day’s Night"
Album: A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
"You know I work all day/To get you money to buy you things/And it's worth it just to hear you say/You're gonna give me everything/So why on Earth should I moan?/'Cause when I get you alone/You know I feel okay".
Ank Kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Q: "I Don't Want To Leave Her Now/You Know I Believe And How"
1: "She Loves You"
2: "Yesterday"
3: "Something"
4: "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
Florida Memory, Wikimedia Commons
A: "Something"
Album: Abbey Road (1970)
"Something in the way she moves/Attracts me like no other lover/Something in the way she woos me/I don't want to leave her now/You know I believe and how".
Minnesota Historical Society, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Q: "There's Nothin' You Can Do That Can't Be Done"
1: "All You Need Is Love"
2: "For No One"
3: "It Won't Be Long"
4: "Revolution 9"
Capitol Records, Wikimedia Commons
A: "All You Need Is Love"
Album: Non-album Singles
"There's nothin' you can do that can't be done/Nothin' you can sing that can't be sung/Nothin' you can say, but you can learn how to play the game/It's easy".
Library of Congress, Wikimedia Commons
Q: "Friday Night Arrives Without A Suitcase/Sunday Morning Creeping Like A Nun"
1: "Tell Me Why"
2: "Eight Days a Week"
3: "Lady Madonna"
4: "The Ballad of John and Yoko"
Boer, Poppe de, Wikimedia Commons
A: "Lady Madonna"
Album: Non-Album Single
"Friday night arrives without a suitcase/Sunday morning creeping like a nun/Monday's child has learned to tie his bootlace/See how they run".
Boer, Poppe de, Wikimedia Commons
Q: "Picture Yourself In A Boat On A River/With Tangerine Trees And Marmalade Skies"
1: "Get Back"
2: "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"
3: "She's Leaving Home"
4: "When I'm Sixty-Four"
Poppe de Boer, Wikimedia Commons
A: "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
Album: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
"Picture yourself in a boat on a river/With tangerine trees and marmalade skies/Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly/A girl with kaleidoscope eyes".
Q: "The Hendersons Will All Be There/Late Of Pablo Fanque's Fair, What A Scene"
1: "Dig A Pony"
2: "I'm Only Sleeping"
3: "And I Love Her"
4: "Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite!"
A: "Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!"
Album: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
"For the benefit of Mr. Kite/There will be a show tonight on trampoline/The Hendersons will all be there/Late of Pablo Fanque's Fair, what a scene/Over men and horses, hoops and garters/Lastly through a hogshead of real fire/In this way Mr. K. will challenge the world"
Q: "Doesn't Have A Point Of View/Knows Not Where He's Going To"
1: "Nowhere Man"
2: "Drive My Car"
3: "If I Needed Someone"
4: "Run for Your Life"
Poppe de Boer, Wikimedia Commons
A: "Nowhere Man"
Album: Rubber Soul'(1965)
"Doesn't have a point of view/Knows not where he's going to/Isn't he a bit like you and me?/Nowhere man please listen/You don't know what you're missing/Nowhere man, the world is at your command".
Q: "She Was A Girl In A Million My Friend/I Should Have Known She Would Win In The End"
1: "Honey Don't"
2: "I’m a Loser"
3: "I'll Follow the Sun"
4: "No Reply"
Poppe de Boer, Wikimedia Commons
A: "I’m A Loser"
Album: Beatles for Sale (1964)
"Of all the love I have won, and have lost/There is one love I should never have crossed/She was a girl in a million my friend/I should have known she would win in the end".
Q: "His Sister Pam Works In A Shop/She Never Stops, She's A Go-Getter"
1: "Sun King"
2: "Polythene Pam"
3: "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
4: "Mean Mr Mustard"
A: "Mean Mr Mustard"
Album: Abbey Road (1969)
"His sister Pam works in a shop/She never stops, she's a go-getter/Takes him out to look at the Queen/Only place that he's ever been/Always shouts out something obscene/Such a dirty old man/Dirty old man".
Q: "I Got My Bag, Run To The Station/Railman Says You've Got The Wrong Location"
1: "One After 909"
2: "Ticket To Ride"
3: "Blackbird"
4: "The Fool On The Hill"
A: "One After 909"
Album: Let It Be (1970)
"I said I'm trav'ling on the one after 909/I got my bag, run to the station/Railman says you've got the wrong location/I got my bag, run right home/Then I find I've got the number wrong".
Q: "And It Really Doesn't Matter If I'm Wrong I'm Right/Where I belong I'm Right/Where I Belong"
1: "From Me To You"
2: "Girl"
3: "Glass Onion"
4: "Fixing a Hole"
A: "Fixing A Hole"
Album: Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
"And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right/Where I belong I'm right/Where I belong/See the people standing there who disagree and never win/And wonder why they don't get in my door".
Poppe de Boer, Wikimedia Commons
Q: "We Would Be Warm Below The Storm/In Our Little Hideaway Beneath The Waves"
1: "Polythene Pam"
2: "Her Majesty"
3: "Octopus’s Garden"
4: "Don't Let Me Down"
A: "Octopus’s Garden"
Album: Abbey Road (1969)
"We would be warm below the storm/In our little hideaway beneath the waves/Resting our head on the seabed/In an octopus's garden near a cave".
Q: "She's Just The Girl For Me/And I Want All The World To See"
1: "You're Going to Lose That Girl"
2: "I’ve Just Seen a Face"
3: "Another Girl"
4: "Tell Me What You See"
Poppe de Boer, Wikimedia Commons
A: "I’ve Just Seen A Face"
Album: Help! (1965)
"I've just seen a face/I can't forget the time or place/Where we just met/She's just the girl for me/And I want all the world to see".
Q: "Here I stand, Head In Hand/Turn My Face To The Wall"
1: "Another Girl"
2: "Yesterday"
3: "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
4: "I Need You"
A: "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"
Album: Help! (1965)
"Here I stand, head in hand/Turn my face to the wall/If she's gone, I can't go on/Feeling two-foot small".
Q: "I Read The News Today, Oh Boy"
1: "She's Leaving Home"
2: "Getting Better"
3: "Good Morning Good Morning"
4: "A Day in the Life"
A: "A Day In The Life"
Album: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
"I read the news today, oh boy/About a lucky man who made the grade/And though the news was rather sad/Well, I just had to laugh/I saw the photograph".
Poppe de Boer, Wikimedia Commons
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