| 1962 |
| G | D | Em | Bm | |
| Oh, yeah, | I'll tell you | something, | I think you'll under- | stand, |
| G | D | Em | B | |
| When | I say that | something: | I want to hold your | hand! |
| C | D7 | G | Em | |
| I want to | hold your | ha- | -nd! |
| C | D7 | G | |
| I want to | hold your | hand! |
| G | D | Em | Bm | |
| Oh-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 | D7 | G | Em | |
| Now let me | hold your | ha- | -nd, |
| C | D7 | G | |
| I want to | hold your | hand! |
| Dm | G | C | Am | |
| And when I | touch you I feel | happy in- | side, |
| Dm | G | C | D | |
| It's such a | feeling that my | love I can't | hide, |
| C | D | |
| I can't | hide, |
| C | D | G | |
| I can't | hide. . . |
| G | D | Em | Bm | |
| Ye--ah | you, got that | something, | I think you'll under- | stand. |
| G | D | Em | Bm | |
| Whe-en | I feel that | something, | I want to hold your | hand! |
| C | D7 | G | Em | |
| I want to | hold your | ha- | -nd! |
| C | D | C | |
| I want to | hold your | hand! |