Beatles Songs On The Guitar
For The Acoustic

A Day In The Life is a track on the 1967 album Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album and was the final single from that album.

Several well artists have covered this song including, Jeff Beck, Barry Gibb, The Fall and Phish. Apparently the drug LSD had some influence on the creative writing of this song. 

Do You Want To Know A Secret is sung by George Harrison and was released in March of 1963. It was their first top 10 with Harrison singing the lead. The song peaked at #2 in the US.

The track can be found on their "Please Please me" album.

Fixing A Hole can be found on the 1967 album Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club band album. McCartney said the inspiration came from doing home projects himself and the daydreams and distractions that came to him during that time. George Martin played the harpsichord on this track. 

The song was never a single release but has been covered by The Grateful Dead, The Flaming Lips and Sonic Youth.

Here There And Everywhere is a track on the 1966 Revolver album. Paul McCartney had been listening to a Beach Boys album called Pet Sounds and got inspired by the sounds and harmonies on that album.

This song was never a single release.

Mean Mr Mustard - Polythene Pam was written by John Lennon and sung by him on the 1969 album Abbey Road.

These two songs were recorded in the same recording session but were not released as single releases, but gained popularity over the decades.

Rain was the b-side to the 1966 single Paperback Writer and eventually ended up on the 1970 Hey Jude album.

John Lennon wrote this one and was used by the band to experiment with looping, backward recording techniques and other stuff they wanted to try out. it was recorded for the album Revolver as well.

Covers of this song have come from The Jesus and Mary Chain and the song reached the top ten in both the US and UK.

Rocky Raccoon is a track from The Beatles double album a.k.a. the White album from 1968.

Producer George Martin played a honky-tonk style on this track. Johnny Cash and The Black Crowes have covered this song.

Strawberry Fields was written by John Lennon as he recalled memories of a Salvation Army Childrens Home in Liverpool called Strawberry Fields. McCartney played a trumpet on this song

which was slowed down. The song was recorded in different keys, at different tempos, at different times and a spliced tape was the final result. The song made it into the top 10 in both the US and UK. Peter Gabriel and the band Oasis have covered this song.

The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill was a track on the 1968 White Album and was written by John Lennon.

The song was never released as a single but has been covered by Deer Tick and Phish.

Til There Was You is a track found on the 1963 album called With The Beatles. The song was not written by The Beatles but instead was a song from a 1957 Broadway musical called The Music Man.

Paul McCartney sings lead with George Harrison on guitar with a sting quartet. The song sure does showcase Paul McCartney's vocal abilities.

We Can Work It Out can be found on the 1966 album from The Fab Four entitled Yesterday And Today. It's also on their red album from 1962-1966.

George Martin played an organ solo on this song which ht #1 in both the US and the UK. Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan have covered this song.