The Beatles - I want to hold your hand
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I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1963 Album PAST MASTERS VOL. 1)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=136
C D C D C D
4/4
Gtr I
H E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-------3---3--------|
|----------0---|-------2---2---0---|-------2---2---0----|
|--------2---0-|-(0)---0---0-2---0-|-(0)---0---0-2---0--|
|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-5-7--|
|--------3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-3-3-5--|
|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
+E E +E E Q Q H. E +E
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|-----2-(2)-2-2---2---|-5b7-----------5pb7r(5)-||
|-(0)-0-(0)-0-0---0---|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|
| +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|-(2)-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--------||
|-(0)-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
1st Verse
G D7
Q E E Q E E H E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-----0---|-----------------|
|-----0-0-----0---|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------0-------|
|-----------------|-----------4-5-6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
|-5-5-7-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
Em B7 G D7
H. E E +W Q. E Q E E H E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-------------5---|-------------------|-3------3-----3---|-----------------||
|---------------4-|-(4)---------------|-4------4-----4---|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-7---------------|-------------------|------------------|---------5-4-5-6-||
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------||
|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|--2--2-2-2-2-2-----|------------------|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-||
|-----------------|--4--4-4-4-4-4-----|------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|--2--2-2-2-2-2-----|-5--5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-----------------||
|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|---------------0-0-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||
Chorus
Em B7 C D7 G Em
H. Q Q H Q H H H Q E E
|---------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
|-5-------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
|---------------|----2b4-----0---|-------------|------------0-|
|---------------|----------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------|----------2---|
|---------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
|
| Q E E Q q H Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------|----------------|-------------|-3--3---------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------|-3--3---------|
|---------------|----------------|-------5--5--|-4--4--0--0---|
|---------------|------------4-4-|-2--2--4--4--|-5--5--2--2---|
|-2---2-2-2--2--|------------2-2-|-3--3--5--5--|-5--5--2--2---|
|-0---0-0-0--0--|----------------|-------------|-3--3--0--0---|
2nd, 3rd & 4th Verses
$
C D7 G G D7
H H Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------|-----7-----7---7-||--------7-------7-|-----------------|
|-------3-----|-----8-----8---8-||o-------8-------8-|-------7---------|
|-------5-----|-----7-----7---7-||--------7-------7-|-------7---------|
|-------4-----|-----------------||------------------|-------7---------|
|-3-----5-----|-----------------||o-----------------|---------5-4-5-6-|
|-------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-------5--5--|-----------------||------------------|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-2--2--4--4--|-----------------||------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3--3--5--5--|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-||o-5-5-7-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
|-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
Em B7 Em G D7
H +Q. E +W Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-------------------|-----12-----12-----|-----7-----------||
|------------------|-------------------|-----12-----12-----|-----7-----------||
|----------------9-|-(9)---------------|------9------9-----|-----7-----------||
|-7------(7)-------|-------------------|-------------------|---------5-4-5-6-||
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|--2--2-2-2-2-2-----|-------------------|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-||
|-2--2-2--2--2-2-2-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-----|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|-2--2-2--2--2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-----|-5-5--7-5-5--5-5-5-|-----------------||
|-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-|---------------0-0-|-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-----------------||
Chorus
To Coda
Em B7 C D7 G Em
W H. Q H H H H
|----------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------------|-2b4-----------0---|-------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-2-----0-----|-0-----------|
|-7--------------|-------------------|-------------|-------2-----|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
|
| E E E E E E q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------5--5--|-------------|
|----------------|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2--2--4--4--|-5--5--2--2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3--5--5--|-5--5--2--2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-------------------|-------------|-3--3--0--0--|
Bridge
C D7 G Dm7 G7
H Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q
|------------7-|-----7-----7---7-||--------------1--|--------------3--|
|------------8-|-----8-----8---8-||------------3----|------------3----|
|------------7-|-----7-----7---7-||------2-(2)------|------4-(4)------|
|--------------|-----------------||----0------------|----5------------|
|--------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q E E E E E E Q W W
|--------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------5--5---|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-2--2--4--4---|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-3--3--5--5---|-5-5-7-5-5-5-5---||-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||-----------------|-----------------|
C Am Dm7 G7
Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q
|--------------0--|--------------0--|--------------5--|--------------3--|
|------------1----|------------1----|------------6----|------------3----|
|------0-(0)------|------2-(2)------|------7-(7)------|------4-(4)------|
|----2------------|----2------------|----7------------|----5------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C D C D
Q E E +E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +W
|--------------0---|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------1-----|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------0-(0)-----2-|-(2)---2---------2-|-(2)---2---2---0-2-|-(2)---------------|
|----2-----------0-|-(0)---0---0---2-0-|-(0)---0---0-2-----|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
|------------3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda &
D7
E +E +Q Q q Q Q E +E Q
|---------------------------||---------------------------||
|--------------------------o||---------------------------||
|-5b7==(5)r(5)---5b7---3----||-5b7---5b7---5pb7r(5)-3----||
|---------------------------||---------------------------||
|--------------------------o||---------------------------||
|---------------------------||---------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------||---------------------------||
|--------------------------o||---------------------------||
|---------------------------||---------------------------||
|-7-----7---9--7-7---7-7-7--||-7---7-9---7-7-----7--7-7--||
|-5-----5---5--5-5---5-5-5-o||-5---5-5---5-5-----5--5-5--||
|---------------------------||---------------------------||
Outro
C D7 B7
W Q Q Q S S E
|-------------|--------------------------|
|-------------|--------------------------|
|-------------|-9b11====9---9r---9-7-----|
|-------------|----------------------9---|
|-------------|--------------------------|
|-------------|--------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-------------|--------------------------|
|-------------|--------------------------|
|-------5--5--|--------------------------|
|-2--2--4--4--|-4-----4-4-4-4--4-4---4---|
|-3--3--5--5--|-2-----2-2-2-2--2-2---2---|
|-------------|--------------------------|
C D7 C G
|-3-| |-3-|
H H Q Q Q Q Q Q W +W
|-------------|-------------|-3--------|-(3)----*|
|-------------|-------------|-3--------|-(3)----*|
|-------------|-------------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-------------|---2-0---2-0-|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-------5-----|-3-----3-----|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-------------|-------------|-3--------|-(3)----*|
|
| |-3-| |-3-|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W +W
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-------5--5--|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-2--2--4--4--|---2-0---2-0-|----------|--------*|
|-3--3--5--5--|-3-----3-----|----------|--------*|
|-------------|-------------|-3--------|-(3)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths