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Printable Music Cryptogram Pack — 12 Puzzles

Each puzzle below is a letter-substitution cipher: crack it by hand in the numbered grid, using the blank code key underneath each puzzle to track your guesses. A separate Answer Key at the end has every solved quote, so this pack is self-contained on paper — no login or account needed.

Answer Key

  1. Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.

    — John Lennon (Puzzle 1)

  2. The best revenge is massive success.

    — Frank Sinatra (Puzzle 2)

  3. Excuse me while I kiss the sky.

    — Purple Haze (Puzzle 3)

  4. The blues had a baby and they named it rock and roll.

    — Mannish Boy (Puzzle 4)

  5. Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

    — Frank Zappa (Puzzle 5)

  6. Don't criticize what you can't understand.

    — The Times They Are A-Changin' (Puzzle 6)

  7. All you need is love.

    — All You Need Is Love (Puzzle 7)

  8. Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go.

    — Love Me Tender (Puzzle 8)

  9. What a wonderful world.

    — What a Wonderful World (Puzzle 9)

  10. The sun is gone, but I have a light.

    — Kurt Cobain (Puzzle 10)

  11. You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.

    — You Can't Always Get What You Want (Puzzle 11)

  12. Hey, hey, my my, rock and roll can never die.

    — My My (Puzzle 12)