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I Want To Hold Your Hand

I Want to Hold Your Hand was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and is one of the Beatles most famous songs. According to band reports, the song was co-written by Lennon and McCartney while they were at Jane Ashers house, where McCartney was living at the time. I Want to Hold Your Hand became an immediate success, topping the charts in several countries, including the United States, where it marked the first time the Beatles reached number ... one, helping to start Beatlemania in the US. See more [+]

Key: G

Introduction:  C   C   D   C   C   D   C   C   D   D  

          G              D 
Oh yeah, I' ll tell you something
 Em                    B 
 I think you' ll understand
      G           D 
When I say that something
 Em                  B7 
 I wanna hold your hand

 C         D          G      Em 
 I wanna hold your hand
 C         D          G 
 I wanna hold your hand

    G               D 
Oh please, say to me
 Em                      B 
 You' ll let me be your man
     G               D 
And please, say to me
 Em                        B7 
 You' ll let me hold your hand

 C            D          G   Em 
 Now let me hold your hand
 C         D          G 
 I wanna hold your hand

 Dm7          G                 C        Am 
 And when I touch you I feel happy inside
 Dm7           G                C 
 It' s such a feeling that my love
 C        D       C        D       C        D 
I can' t hide - I can' t hide - I can' t hide

       G              D 
Yeah, you, got that something
 Em                     B 
 I think you' ll understand
      G           D 
When I say that something
 Em                  B7 
 I wanna hold your hand

 C         D          G    Em 
 I wanna hold your hand
 C         D          G 
 I wanna hold your hand

 Dm7          G                 C        Am 
 And when I touch you I feel happy inside
 Dm7           G                C 
 It' s such a feeling that my love
 C        D       C        D       C        D 
I can' t hide - I can' t hide - I can' t hide

       G             D 
Yeah, you got that something,
 Em                    B 
 I think you' ll understand
      G            D 
When I feel that something
 Em                  B7 
 I wanna hold your hand

 C         D          G    Em 
 I wanna hold your hand
 C         D          B7 
 I wanna hold your hand
 C         D          C    G 
 I wanna hold your ha--and