"I Want to Hold Your Hand" Lyrics

by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Original Manuscript (1963)

I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Oh yea, I'll tell you something
I think you'll understand
When I say that something
I wanna hold your hand
Repeat twice
Oh please say to me
you'll let me be you man
and please say to me
you'll let me hold your hand

and when I touch you
I feel happy inside
it's such a feeling
that my love
- I can't hide
I can't hide
Oh you got that something
I think you understand

Second Manuscript, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" (1963)

Oh yea, I'll tell you something
I think you'll understand
When I say that something
I wanna . . . . . .
Twice
Oh please say to me
You'll let me be your man
and please say to me
you'll let me hold your thing.

And when I touch you
I feel happy inside
it's such a feeling that my love
I can't hide etc. .

Oh you got that something
I think you understand
When I feel that something
I wanna hold your hand

3/10 see me.

As Released by the Beatles (1963)

Oh yeah, I'll tell you something
I think you'll understand
When I say that something
I wanna hold your hand
I wanna hold your hand
I wanna hold your hand.

Oh please say to me
And/You'll let me be your man
And please say to me
You'll let me hold your hand
And/You'll let me hold your hand
I wanna hold your hand.

And when I touch you
I feel happy inside
It's such a feeling
That my love
I can't hide
I can't hide
I can't hide.

Yeah, you've got that something
I think you'll understand
When I say that something
I wanna hold your hand
I wanna hold your hand
I wanna hold your hand.

And when I touch you
I feel happy inside
It's such a feeling
That my love
I can't hide
I can't hide
I can't hide.

Yeah, you've got that something
I think you'll understand
When I feel that something
I wanna hold your hand
I wanna hold your hand
I wanna hold your hand
I wanna hold your hand.