# The Beatles’ borrowed tunes

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**Created:** [October 28, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-borrowed-tunes/328277 "2005-10-28T05:13:42Z")\
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> [@John Corrado](#):
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> Some of the lyrics to “Come Together” were stolen from a Chuck Berry song. Berry sued, and the suit was settled out of court when John promised to play at a few concerts with Berry.

I never thought the songs instrumentally were that similar–you can have the same melody and changes in two songs, but the delivery of each song can be so different that nobody would confuse them.

I think Chuck did rightly nail John on those lyrics however. Should have, could have, done better than to swipe those, Mr. Lennon.

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