The Beatles - Please Please Me (1963)
1. I Saw Here Standing There (Lennon/McCartney)
Intro: nc
One, two, three, four!
E7A7E7
Well, she was just seventeen. Well, you know what I mean.
B7
And the way she looked was way beyond compare.
EE7A7CE7B7E7
So how could I dance with another? Ooh, when I saw her standing there.
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A7E7
Well, she looked at me and I, I could see,
B7
That before too long I'd fall in love with her.
EE7A7CE7B7E7
She wouldn't dance with another. Ooh, when I saw her standing there.
A7
Well, my heart went boom when I crossed that room,
B7A7
And I held her hand in mine.
E7A7E7
Oh, we danced through the night, and we held each other tight.
B7
And before too long I fell in love with her.
EE7A7CE7B7E7
Now, I'll never dance with another. Ooh, since I saw her standing there.
Break: B7E7 / / / / / B7 / E7 / A7 / E7B7E7B7A7
Well, my heart went boom when I crossed that room,
B7A7
And I held her hand in mine.
E7A7E7
Oh, we danced through the night, and we held each other tight.
B7
And before too long I fell in love with her.
EE7A7CE7B7E7
Now, I'll never dance with another. Ooh, since I saw her standing there.
B7E7
Since I saw her standing there.
B7A7E7E6 nc
Yeah, well since I saw her standing there.
2. Misery (Lennon/ McCartney)
Intro: F nc G nc AmG
The world is treating me bad, misery.
CFCF
I'm the kind of guy, who never used to cry.
GCAm
The world is treating me bad, misery.
CFCF
I've lost her now for sure. I won't see her no more.
GC
It's gonna be a drag, misery.
AmC
I'll remember all the little things we've done.
AmG7
Can't she see she'll always be the only one, only one.
CFCF
Send her back to me, 'cause everyone can see.
GC
Without her I will be in misery.
AmC
I'll remember all the little things we've done.
AmG7
She'll remember and she'll miss her only one, lonely one.
CFCF
Send her back to me, 'cause everyone can see.
GCAm
Without her I will be in misery. (Oh oh oh.)
CAmCAmC
In misery. (Oh oh oh.) My misery. Misery.
3. Anna (Go to Him) (Alexander)
Intro: DBmDBmDBmDBmDBm
Anna, you come and ask me girl, to set you free girl.
DBmEmA
You say he loves you more than me, so I will set you free,
DBmDBm
Go with him. (Anna) Go with him. (Anna)
DBmDBmDBm
Anna, girl before you go now. I want you to know now.
DBmEmAD
That I still love you so, but if he loves you more, go with him.
G
All of my life, I've been searching for a girl,
D
To love me, like I love you. Oh, now.
GGm
But every girl I've ever had, breaks my heart and leaves me sad.
EA
What am I, what am I supposed to do. Oh oh oh oh oh oh.
DBmDBmDBm
Anna, just one more thing girl, you give back your ring to me,
EmAD
And I will set you free, go with him.
G
All of my life, I've been searching for a girl,
D
To love me, like I love you. But let me tell you now.
GGm
But every girl I've ever had, breaks my heart and leaves me sad.
EA
What am I, what am I supposed to do. Oh oh oh oh oh oh.
DBmDBmDBm
Anna, just one more thing girl, you give back your ring to me,
EmAD
And I will set you free, go with him.
Outtro: BmDBm
(Anna) Go with him. (Anna)
DBmD nc
You can go with him girl. (Anna) Go with him.
4. Chains (Goffin/King)
Intro: Bb / / /
Bb
Chains, my Baby's got me locked up in chains.
Eb9Bb
And they ain't the kind, that you can see.
F9Eb9BbF
Woah, these chains of love, got a hold on me, yeah.
Bb
Chains, well I can't break away from these chains.
Eb9Bb
Can't run around, 'cause I'm not free.
F9Eb9BbBb7
Woah, these chains of love, won't let me be, yeah.
Eb9BbBb7
I wanna tell you pretty Baby, I think you're fine.
Eb9F
I'd like to love you, but Darling I'm imprisoned by these,
Bb
Chains, my Baby's got me locked up in chains.
Eb9Bb
And they ain't the kind, that you can see.
F9Eb9BbBb7
Woah, these chains of love, got a hold on me, yeah.
Eb9BbBb7
Please believe me when I tell you, your lips are sweet.
Eb9F
I'd like to kiss them, but I can't break away from all these,
Bb
Chains, my Baby's got me locked up in chains.
Eb9Bb
And they ain't the kind, that you can see.
F9Eb9BbF
Woah, these chains of love, got a hold on me, yeah.
Outtro: BbEbEbmBb
Chains, chains of love, chains of love, chains of love.
5. Boys (Dixon/Farrell)
Intro: B7A7E7B7E7 nc
I've been told when a boy kiss a girl, take a trip around the world.
A7E7B7A7E7B7
Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Yeah, she say you do.
E7 nc
My girl says when I kiss her lips, gets a thrill through her fingertips.
A7E7B7A7E7B7
Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Yeah, she say you do.
E7
Well, I talk about boys. Don't you know I mean boys.
A7E7
Well, I talk about boys now. Ahhhhhhhhh, boys.
B7A7E7B7
Well, I talk about boys, now. What a bundle of joy.(All right, George.)
Break: E7 / / / A7 / E7 / B7A7E7B7E7 nc
My girl says when I kiss her lips, gets a thrill through her fingertips.
A7E7B7A7E7B7
Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Yeah, she say you do.
E7
Well, I talk about boys. Don't you know I mean boys.
A7E7
Well, I talk about boys now. Ahhhhhhhhh, boys.
B7A7E7B7
Well, I talk about boys, now. What a bundle of joy.
E7
Ah, yeah, boys. Don't you know I mean boys.
A7E7
Oh, boys. Ahhhhh, ahhhhhh.
B7A7E7
Well, I talk about (boys. Yeah, yeah, boys.)
6. Ask Me Why (Lennon/McCartney)
Intro: E nc
EF#mG#mF#mE nc
I love you, 'cause you tell me things I want to know.
EF#mG#mF#mEG#7
And it's true, that it really only goes to show that I know,
C#mAF#B nc
That I I I I should never, never, never be blue.
EF#mG#mF#mE nc
Now you're mine, my happiness near makes me cry.
EF#mG#mF#mEG#7
And in time, you'll understand the reason why, if I cry,
C#m
It's not because I'm sad,
AEE+
But, you're the only love that I've ever had.
ABEE+
I can't believe, it's happened to me.
ABE nc
I can't conceive, of any more, misery.
BEF#mG#mA
Ask me why, I'll say I love you.
G#mAE nc
And I'm always thinking of you.
EF#mG#mF#mE nc
I love you, 'cause you tell me things I want to know.
EF#mG#mF#mEG#7
And it's true, that it really only goes to show that I know,
C#mAF#B nc
That I I I I should never, never, never be blue.
EF#mG#mA
Ask me why, I'll say I love you.
G#mAEE+
And I'm always thinking of you.
ABEE+
I can't believe, it's happened to me.
ABE nc
I can't conceive, of any more, misery.
BEF#mG#mA
Ask me why, I'll say I love you.
Outtro: G#mAEAEAG#m
And I'm always thinking of you. You. You.
E+: XX2110
7. Please Please Me (Lennon/McCartney)
Intro: E / / /
AEGABE
Last night I said these words to my girl.
AE nc
I know you never even try girl.
AF#mC#mA
Come on (come on) Come on (come on) Come on (come on) Come on (come on)
EABEAB
Please please me, oh yeah, like I please you.
EAEGABE
You don't need me to show the way, Love.
AE nc
Why do I always have to say love.
AF#mC#mA
Come on (come on) Come on (come on) Come on (come on) Come on (come on)
EABE nc
Please please me, oh yeah, like I please you.
A
I don't want to sound complaining,
BE
But you know there's always rain in my heart. (In my heart.)
ABE
I do all the pleasing with you, it's so hard to reason with you.
ABEAB
Oh yeah, why do you make me blue?
EAEGABE
Last night I said these words to my girl.
AE nc
I know you never even try girl.
AF#mC#mA
Come on (come on) Come on (come on) Come on (come on) Come on (come on)
EABE
Please please me, oh yeah, like I please you.
ABE
Oh yeah, like I please you.
ABEGCBE
Oh yeah, like I please you.
8. Love Me Do (Lennon/McCartney)
Intro: GCGCGCG /
GCGCGC
Love, love me do. You know I love you. I'll always be true.
nc GCGC
So pleeeease, love me do, Whao-oh, love me do.
GCGCGC
Love, love me do. You know I love you. I'll always be true.
nc GCGC
So pleeeease, love me do, Whao-oh, love me do.
D7CG
Someone to love, somebody new.
D7CG nc
Someone to love, someone like you.
GCGCGC
Love, love me do. You know I love you. I'll always be true.
nc GCGC
So pleeeease, love me do, Whao-oh, love me do.
Instrumental break: D7 / CGD7 / CG / / nc
GCGCGC
Love, love me do. You know I love you. I'll always be true.
nc GCGC
So pleeeease, love me do, Whao-oh, love me do.
GCGCGC
Yeah, love me do. Oh, love me do. Oh, love me do.
9. P.S. I Love You (Lennon/McCartney)
GC#dimDGGdimD
As I write this letter, send my love to you.
GC#dimDAD
Remember that I'll always, be in love with you.
EmD
Treasure these few words till we're together.
ABmABbCD
Keep all my love forever, P.S. I love you. You, you, you.
EmDABm
I'll be comin' home again to you, Love. Until the day I do, Love,
ABbCD
P.S. I love you. You, you, you.
GDGD
As I write this letter, send my love to you.
GDAD
Remember that I'll always, be in love with you.
EmD
Treasure these few words till we're together.
ABmABbCD
Keep all my love forever, P.S. I love you. You, you, you.
GDGD
As I write this letter, (Oh oh) send my love to you.
GD
(You know I want you to) Remember that I'll always,
AD
(Yeah) Be in love with you.
EmDABm
I'll be comin' home again to you, Love. Until the day I do, Love,
ABbCD
P.S. I love you. You, you, you.
BbCDBbCD
You, you, you. I love you.
10. Baby, It's You (Bacharach/David/Williams)
Intro: GEmGEm
Sha la la la la la laaa. Sha la la la la la laaa.
GEm nc
Sha la la la la la laaa. Sha, la, la, la, la.
CG
It's not the way you smile, that touched my heart. (Sha la la la la.)
CG
It's not the way you kiss that tears me apart.
Em
But how, many, many, many nights go by,
AmGEm
I sit alone at home I cry over you, what can I do?
CD nc G
Can't help myself. 'Cause Baby, it's you.
EmG
(Sha la la la la la laaa.) Baby, it's you.
Em
(Sha la la la la la laaa. Sha la la la la.)
CG
You should hear, what they say about you. Cheat, cheat.
(Sha la la la la la laaa.)
CG
They say, they say you never, never, never, ever been true. (Cheat, cheat.)
Em
Wo, ho. It doesn't matter what they say,
AmGEm
I know I'm gonna love you any old way. What can I do, when it's true?
CD nc GEm
Don't want nobody, nobody. 'Cause Baby, it's you. (Sha la la la la la laaa.)
GEm
Baby, it's you. (Sha la la la la la laaa.)
Break: CDG / CDG /
Em
Wo, ho. It doesn't matter what they say,
AmGEm
I know I'm gonna love you any old way. What can I do, when it's true?
CD nc GEm
Don't want nobody, nobody. 'Cause Baby, it's you. (Sha la la la la la laaa.)
GEm
Baby, it's you. (Sha la la la la la laaa.)
Outtro: GEm
Don't leave me all alone. (Sha la la la la la laaa.)
GEm
Come on home. (Sha la la la la la laaa.) 'Cause Baby, it's you.
11. Do You Want To Know a Secret (Lennon/McCartney)
EmAmEm
You'll never know how much I really love you.
GFB nc /
You'll never know how much I really care.
EG#mGmF#mB7EG#mGmF#m
Listen, do you want to know a secret,
B7EG#mGmF#mC
Do you promise not to tell? Woooooooooah.
EG#mGmF#mBEG#mGmF#m
Closer, let me whisper in your ear.
B7AB7C#mF#mB7
Say the words you long to hear. I'm in love with you. Oooooooo.
EG#mGmF#mB7EG#mGmF#m
Listen, (do dah do) do you want to know a secret (do dah do)
B7EG#mGmF#mC
Do you promise not to tell? (do dah do) Woah.
EG#mGmF#mBEG#mGmF#m
Closer, (do dah do) let me whisper in your ear. (do dah do)
B7AB7C#mF#mB7
Say the words you long to hear. I'm in love with you. Oooooooo.
AF#mC#mBm
I've know a secret for the week or two.
AF#mC#mBmF#mB7
Nobody knows just we two.
EG#mGmF#mB7EG#mGmF#m
Listen, (do dah do) do you want to know a secret (do dah do)
B7EG#mGmF#mC
Do you promise not to tell? (do dah do) Woah.
EG#mGmF#mBEG#mGmF#m
Closer, (do dah do) let me whisper in your ear. (do dah do)
B7AB7
Say the words you long to hear.
C#mF#mB7
I'm in love with you. Ooooooo.
Outtro: Repeat and fade
C#mF#mB7C#m
Ooooo ooooo ooooo ooooo ooooo.
12. A Taste of Honey (Marlow/Scott)
F#m nc A nc E nc F#mA taste of honey, tasting much sweeter than wine.
BmF#m / BmF#m
Do dut don du. Do dut don du.
F#mF#mMaj7 ABF#mF#mMaj7 AB
I dream of your first kiss and then, I feel upon my lips again,
F#mA taste of honey. (A taste of honey.)
AEF#mBmF#m / BmF#m
Tasting much sweeter than wine.
ABF#mB
Oh, I will return, yes, I will return.
AEF#m
I'll come back for the honey and you.
BmF#m / BmF#m
Do dut don du. Do dut don du.
F#mF#mMaj7 AB
Yours was the kiss that awoke my heart.
F#mF#mMaj7 AB
There lingers still, 'though we're far apart.
F#m
That taste of honey. (A taste of honey.)
AEF#mBmF#m / BmF#m
Tasting much sweeter than wine.
ABF#mB
Oh, I will return, yes, I will return.
A nc E nc
I'll come back, (he'll come back) for the honey, (for the honey)
F#mBmF#mBmF#mBmF#
And you.
F#mMaj7: 243222
13. There’s a Place (Lennon/McCartney)
Intro: EAEA nc
EBEABE
There, there’s a place, where I can go,
ABEC#mB
When I feel low, when I feel blue.
G#mAEAC#m nc
And it's my mind, and there's no time, when I'm alone.
EBEABE
I, think of you, and things you do,
ABEC#mB
Go round my head, the things you said,
AB
Like, 'I love only you.'
C#mF#m
In my mind there's no sorrow,
EG#
Don't you know that it's so.
C#mF#m
There'll be no sad tomorrow,
EG#C#m nc
Don't you know that it's so?
EBEABE
There, there’s a place, where I can go,
ABEC#mB
When I feel low, when I feel blue.
G#mAEAC#m nc
And it's my mind, and there's no time, when I'm alone.
EBE
There's a place.
Outtro: Repeat and fade
AE
There's a place.
14. Twist and Shout (Russell/Medley)
Intro: A7DGA7 / DGA7DGA7
Well shake it up Baby, now (shake it up Baby)
DGA7
Twist and shout (twist and shout)
DGA7C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon Baby, now (c'mon, Baby)
DGA7C'mon and work it on out (work it on out)
DGA7
Well, work it on out (work it on out)
DGA7
You know you look so good (look so good)
DGA7
You know you got me goin' now (got me goin')
DGA7
Just like you knew you would (like I knew you would - oooo)
DGA7
Well shake it up Baby, now (shake it up Baby)
DGA7
Twist and shout (twist and shout)
DGA7C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon Baby, now (c'mon, Baby)
DGA7C'mon and work it on out (work it on out - oooo)
DGA7
You know you twist little girl (twist little girl)
DGA7
You know you twist so fine (twist so fine)
DGA7C'mon and twist a little closer, now (twist a little closer)
DGA7
And let me know that you're mine (let me know you're mine - oooo)
Break: DGA7 / DGA7 / DGA7 / DGA7ADGA7
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, Wow! (scream)(Shake it up) Baby, now (shake it up Baby)
DGA7
Twist and shout (twist and shout)
DGA7C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon Baby, now (c'mon, Baby)
DGA7C'mon and work it on out (work it on out - oooo)
DGA7
You know you twist little girl (twist little girl)
DGA7
You know you twist so fine (twist so fine)
DGA7C'mon and twist a little closer, now (twist a little closer)
DGA7
And let me know that you're mine (let me know you're mine - oooo)
Repeat 3 DGA7
Well shake it, shake it, shake it Baby, now (shake it up Baby)
Outtro:
A / / / / D9 nc
Ahh ahh ahh ahh.
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