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.

This one is played in standard tuning with a root down up root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern and no lead. For chords you'll need an Em, Am, G, F, B7, E, Abm, Gm, Gbm, B, Dbm, A and an E6 .

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.

Help was a #1 in the UK, the US and several other countries.

It is from the Help album released in 1965.

Here Comes The Sun was a 1969 release by The Beatles from their album Abbey Road. George Harrison wrote this song at Eric Clapton's home while talking a break from the hassles of Beatles life.

Richie Havens and Steve Harley released covers of this song.

This one is played with a capo 7th fret in standard tuning and some lead required. For rhythm I play a down up down up as you play the melody line with the chords D, G, A7, E7, D/Gb, Em, F and C.

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.

I Am The Walrus hails from The Beatles album Magical Mystery Tour from 1967. It was also the B-Side to Hello Goodbye, which charted at #1 in many countries, while I Am The Walrus

holds a record for being #1 and #2 on two separate charts at the same time in Britain. The BBC eventually banned the song because of the line "Boy you've been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down".

Apparently John Lennon was a fan of Whiter Shade Of Pale, which was which a hit in 1967 and he took song inspiration from that song for this one. This was also the first song recorded after The Beatles lost their manager Brian Epstein.

I Should Have Known Better came out in the summer of 1964 from the groups "A Hard Days Night" album and was part of the film of the same name as the soundtrack.

The single came out in 1976 as a B-side to Yesterday and made it to #43 in the US.

For chords here play a G, D, Em, C, B7and G7 with just a few riff and in standard tuning. I use a capo 3rd fret while playing a down down up down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern.

I'll Follow The Sun in off of the Beatles 65 album in the US.

This song was a B-side single to Baby It's You and in Sweden the song reached #4. Chet Atkins released a version in 1966.

This one I play in standard tuning with one riff while playing a down down up down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern. For chords play a C, F, G, Gaug, D, B, C7, Dm and an Fm.

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds was inspired by a drawing by then toddler Julian Lennon. The song appeared on the "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" album of 1967.

Elton John covered the song in 1974 and had a #1 hit.

I play this one in standard tuning and for rhythm some arpeggio then down strokes then down down up down up down up down up down up. No lead required and for chords play an A, A/G, Gbm, Amaj7#, Dm, C, G and a D.

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.

Norwegian Wood can be found on The Beatles Rubber Soul album from 1965.

The song was released as a single in Australia and hit #1 on the charts.

I play this one in drop D Tuning with some lead while playing a down down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern with a melody riff and some lead required. For chords I use a D, Dm, Dmmaj7, Dm7, Em, A7 and a G.

Nowhere Man was mainly written by John Lennon and was released as a single in 1966. 

The song ia a track on the album Rubber Soul and hit #1 in the US and #3 in the UK. David Bowie covered this song and it has appeared in film and TV shows.

Ob BLa Di Ob BLa Da was penned by Paul McCartney and featured on their eponymous 1968 album, commonly known as the "White Album." Recorded amidst the Beatles' exploration of transcendental meditation in Rishikesh, India, under the guidance of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

The lyrics whimsically narrate the everyday adventures of Desmond and Molly Jones, encapsulating the essence of their ordinary yet vibrant life. The catchy chorus, with the repeated refrain "Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on," has since become an enduring catchphrase adored by many.

Despite its popularity, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" did not make it as a single release by the Beatles.

However, McCartney, its creator, has at times expressed a sense of overshadowing, believing that the song's immense success might have diverted attention from some of his more artistically earnest contributions with the Beatles.

This I play in drop D tuning with a root down root up down and repeat in a fast play rhythm pattern with no lead required. For chords play a D, G, C and an Em.

Penny Lane was paired up with the song Strawberry Fields as a single in 1967. It's a street in Liverpool England. A barber shop used to be there where the members of the band used to frequent.

The song peaked at #2 in the UK and #1 in the US and eventually ended up on the compilation album Magical Mystery Tour in 1967.

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.

Revolution had three different and ended up on their 1969 "The White" album.

The song was a #1 in Australia and New Zealand but made it to #12 in the US. The version I have here is the faster version.

Played in standard tuning with a down down up down up and repeat and with a few chops in the rhythm. Some lead required with the chords G, C, D, D7, Am, B7 and E7.

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.