I Want To Hold Your Hand Lennon-McCartney Tabbed by Marc Hertzberg (hertzberg@cornmuffin.com) of HELP! (cornmuffin.com/help) This tab is based on George Harrison's lead guitar parts on the released recordings. Intro: C D C D C D -|------------------------------------------------- -|-----------3-------------3----------------------- -|-----0-----2-------0-----2-------0------3(5)----- -|--2-----0-------2-----0-------2-----0------------ -|------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------- Verse: G D Em B -|------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|-----------12--12-----------------7--7--(7)5-----------------------4--4-- -|-----------12--12-----------------7--7-----------------------------4--4-- -|-----------12--12-----------------7--7-----------------------------4--4-- -|------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh yeah I'll tell you some-thing I think you'll under stand G D Em B -|------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|-------12--12--------------7--7--(7)5----------------------0------------- -|-------12--12--------------7--7---------------------------(4)--2--0------ -|-------12--12--------------7--7--------------------------------------2--- -|--/10-------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I say that some-thing I want to hold your hand C D G Em C D G -|------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|-------------------3-------0--------0------------------3---------12--12-- -|----------0--------2-------0--------0----------0-------2---------12--12-- -|------2-------0----------------------------2-------0-------------12--12-- -|--3------------------------------------3--------------------/10---------- -|------------------------3-----2--0--------------------------------------- I want to hold your hand I want to hold your hand G D Em B Oh please say to me you'll let me be your man G D Em B And please say to me you'll let me hold your hand C D G Em C D G I want to hold your hand I want to hold your hand Middle: Dm G C Am -|--------------------------------------------------------------- -|-----------6---------------3----------------5-------------5---- -|--------7---------------4----------------5-------------5------- -|-----7---------------5----------------5-------------7---------- -|--5---------------5----------------3-------------7------------- -|--------------------------------------------------------------- And when I touch you I feel happy inside Dm -|-----------5--------------------------------------- -|--------6------------------3----5--5--5--5--------- -|-----7------------------4-------5--5--5--5--------- -|--7------------------5----------5--5--5--5--------- -|------------------5-------------3--3--3--3--------- -|--------------------------------------------------- It's such a feeling that my love C D C D C D G -|------------------------------------------------------------- -|-------------3-------------3--------------------------------- -|-----0-------2-------0-----2-------0------5(7)--(7)5--3------ -|--2-------0-------2-----0-------2-----0------------------5--- -|------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------- I get high I get high I get high Yeah you D Em B got that something I think you'll understand G D Em B When I say that something I want to hold your hand C D G Em C D G I want to hold your hand I want to hold your hand (repeat from middle... up to here ------------^ ) Outro: B C D C G -|-----------------------------------------------------------------------3--- -|---7------7------7------------------------------3----------------------3--- -|---9(11)--9(11)--9(11)--9--7------------0-------2----------------------0--- -|------------------------------9-----2------0------------2--0-----2--0--0--- -|---------------------------------3-------------------0--------0--------2--- -|-----------------------------------------------------------------------3--- hand I want to hold your hand How to hear the intro count: IWTHYH can sometimes be tricky for a band to count off and start up correctly. The first note is played on the "and" after "3." That is, count "one and two and three" and then the band plays where the "and" would be. When you get this down, you'll also hear that the timing (and notes) start exactly as if the band started playing at the end of the middle part, right where the vocals would be singing the first "I get high." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tab Special Notations: ----0---- play the open string ('fret zero') ----5---- play fret five ----5~--- play fret five with vibrato ---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven ---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five --8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the pitch of fret nine --b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine, unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight ----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven ----p5--- pull-off to fret five ---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret three ---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five