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The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1964)

1. A Hard Day's Night (Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:  G7sus4 nc

             
It's been a Ha

            
rd Day's Night

              
 and I've been

            
 working like 

  
a dog.
            / 
It's been a Ha

            
rd Day's Night

              
. I should be 

            
sleeping like 

  
a log.
             
But when I get

              
 home to you I

          
 find the thin

gs that you do

,
             
Will make me f

     
eel al-right.

           /  
You know I wor

            
k all day to g

            
et you money t

          
o buy you thin

gs.
          /   
And it's worth

             
 it just to he

             
ar you say you

            
're gonna give

         
 me ev'rything

.
             
So why I love 

              
to come home '

             
cause when I g


et you alone,
              
You know I'll 

     
feel O.-K.

            
When I’m home,

            
  ev'rything s

            
eems to be rig

      /
ht.
             
When I'm home,

            
  feeling you 

            
holding me tig

    
ht, tight, yea

h.

             
It's been a Ha

            
rd Day's Night

              
 and I've been

            
 working like 

  
a dog.
            / 
It's been a Ha

            
rd Day's Night

              
. I should be 

            
sleeping like 

  
a log.
             
But when I get

              
 home to you I

          
 find the thin

gs that you do

,
             
Will make me f

     
eel al-right.

Break:   /                /            

             
So why I love 

              
to come home '

             
cause when I g


et you alone,
             
You know I fee

   
l O.-K.

            
When I’m home,

            
  ev'rything s

            
eems to be rig

      /
ht.
             
When I'm home,

            
  feeling you 

            
holding me tig

    
ht, tight, yea

h.

             
It's been a Ha

            
rd Day's Night

              
 and I've been

            
 working like 

  
a dog.
            / 
It's been a Ha

            
rd Day's Night

              
. I should be 

            
sleeping like 

  
a log.
             
But when I get

              
 home to you I

          
 find the thin

gs that you do

,
             
Will make me f

     
eel al-right.
              
You know I fee

           
l al-right.   

              
You know I fee

   
l al-right.

Outtro:  Repeat and fade    
                             



2. I Should Have Known Better (Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:                       

          
I - - - - - - 

            
should have kn

             
own better wit

            
h a girl like 

      
 you,
             
That I would l

            
ove everything

          
 that you do.
             
And I do, hey,

            
 hey, hey, and

           
 I do.        

    
     Whoa, who

a.

          
I - - - - - - 

           
never realized

            
 what a kiss c

          
ould be,
             
This could onl

          
y happen to me

,
             
Can't you see,

           
 can't you see

?

            
   That when I

             
 tell you that

            
 I love you, o


h.
            
   You're gonn

             
a say you love

             
 me too - oo -

              
 oo - oo – oo.

  
 Oh-o.
             
   And when I 

             
ask you to be 

        
mine.         

  
            
You're gonna s

             
ay you love me

          
 too.         


So - o - o,

          
I - - - - - - 

            
should have re

             
alized a lot o

           
f things befor

   
e,
             
If this is lov

              
e you've gotta

       
 give me more.
             
Give me more, 

            
hey, hey, hey,

                     
 give me more.

Break:                       

           
              

           
              

           
              

        
           Who

a, woh.

          
I - - - - - - 

           
never realized

            
 what a kiss c

          
ould be,
             
This could onl

          
y happen to me

,
             
Can't you see,

           
 can't you see

?

            
   That when I

             
 tell you that

            
 I love you, o


h.
            
   You're gonn

             
a say you love

             
 me too - oo -

              
 oo - oo – oo.

  
 Oh-o.
             
   And when I 

             
ask you to be 

        
mine.         

  
            
You're gonna s

             
ay you love me

         
 too.
           
You love me to

           
o,         you

           
 love me too, 

         
        you lo

      
ve me too.



3. If I Fell (Lennon/McCartney)

           
If I fell in l

              
ove with you, 

          
would you prom

ise to be true

,
          
And help me un

             
derstand. 'Cau

        
se I've been i

n love before,
             
And I found th

              
at love was mo

           
re, than just 

        
holding hands.

          
If I give my h

#         
eart to you. I

            
 must be sure 

           
from the very 


start,
           
That you, woul

            
d love me more

             
 than her.

           
If I trust in 

        
you. Oh, pleas

            
e, don't run a

              
nd hide. If I 

      
love you too,
           
Oh, please, do

            
n't hurt my pr

         
ide like her.
           
'Cause I could

            
n't stand the 


pain,
            
And I,   would

              
 be sad if our

             
 new love was 

   
in vain.

           
So I hope you'

          
ll see, that I

          
 would love to

             
 love you. And

   
 that she
           
Will cry, when

            
 she learns we

     
 are two.

           
'Cause I could

            
n't stand the 


pain,
            
And I,   would

              
 be sad if our

             
 new love was 

   
in vain.

           
So I hope you'

          
ll see, that I

          
 would love to

             
 love you. And

   
 that she
           
Will cry, when

            
 she learns we

     
 are two.
           
If I fell in l

                   
ove with you.



4. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You (Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:                

            
Before this da

             
nce is through

              
, I think I'll

       
 love you too.
             
I'm so happy w

            
hen you dance 

         
with me.

             
I don't wanna 

        
kiss or hold y

)     
our hand.
             
If it's funny 

          
try and unders

  
tand.
             
There is reall

              
y nothing else

               
 I'd rather do
             
'Cause I'm hap

            
py just to dan

            
ce with you.

             
I don't need t

          
o hug or hold 

      
you tight,
             
I just wanna d

          
ance with you 

      
all night.
             
In this world 

              
there's nothin

              
g I would rath

      
er do,
             
'Cause I'm hap

            
py just to dan

        
ce with you.

           
Just to dance 

           
with you.     

         
         Is ev

          
erything I nee

   
d.
                                                    (Oh,   oh.)
            
Before this da

             
nce is through

              
, I think I'll

        
 love you too,
             
I'm so happy w

            
hen you dance 

         
with me.

             
If somebody tr

          
ies to take my

   
 place,
             
Let's pretend 

              
we just can't 

      
see his face.
             
In this world 

              
there's nothin

              
g I would rath

      
er do,
             
'Cause I'm hap

            
py just to dan

        
ce with you.

           
Just to dance 

           
with you.     

         
         Is ev

          
erything I nee

   
d.
                        (Oh,   oh.)                 (Oh,   oh.)
            
Before this da

             
nce is through

              
, I think I'll

        
 love you too,
             
I'm so happy w

            
hen you dance 

         
with me.

             
If somebody tr

          
ies to take my

   
 place,
             
Let's pretend 

              
we just can't 

      
see his face.
             
In this world 

              
there's nothin

              
g I would rath

      
er do,
             
I've discovere

            
d I'm in love 

           
with you.     

    
(Oh,   oh.)
             
'Cause I'm hap

            
py just to dan

           
ce with you.  

        
  Oh,   oh.   

       
Oh,  oh.  Oh!



5. And I Love Her (Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:     /      /

          
  I give her a

#           
ll my love.   

#            
 That's all I 


do.
          
  And if you s

#           
aw my love.   

              
You'd love her

            
 too.       I 

       /
love her.

           
  She gives me

          
 ev'rything.  

#            
  And ten-der-


ly.
           
  The kiss my 

           
lover brings. 

             
  She brings t

            
o me.   And I 

       /
love her.

           
    A love lik

          
e ours,      c

           
ould never die

.
          
  As long as I

#            
     have you 


near me.

           
  Bright are t

           
he stars that 

           
shine.    Dark

        
 is the sky.
           
  I know this 

           
love of mine. 

             
   Will never 

           
die.   And I l

       /
ove her.

Guitar Solo:                             /

            
  Bright are t

            
he stars that 

            
shine.    Dark

        
 is the sky.
            
  I know this 

            
love of mine. 

            
    Will never

            
 die.   And I 

       /
love her.

Outtro:      /        /        /    



6. Tell Me Why (Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:                      

             
Tell me why - 

            
-  you cried, 

           
    and why yo

        
u lied - -   t

     
o me.
             
Tell me why - 

            
-  you cried, 

           
    and why yo

        
u lied - -   t

     
o me.

             
Well I gave yo

              
u everything I

            
 had, but you 

           
left me sittin

        
g on my own.
             
Did you have t

              
o treat me oh 

            
so bad, all I 

           
do is hang my 

         
head and moan.

             
Tell me why - 

            
-  you cried, 

           
    and why yo

        
u lied - -   t

     
o me.
             
Tell me why - 

            
-  you cried, 

           
    and why yo

        
u lied - -   t

     
o me.

             
If it's someth

              
ing that I've 

            
said or done, 

           
tell me what a

             
nd I'll apolog


ize.
             
If you don't I

              
 really can't 

            
go on, holding

           
 back these te

          
ars in my eyes

.

             
Tell me why - 

            
-  you cried, 

           
    and why yo

        
u lied - -   t

     
o me.
             
Tell me why - 

            
-  you cried, 

           
    and why yo

        
u lied - -   t

    
o me.

            
Well I beg you

              
 on my bended 

/             
knees, if you'

            
ll only listen

       /
 to my pleas.
         
Is there anyth

ing I can do,
             
'Cause I reall

              
y can't stand 

           
it I'm so in l

            
ove with you.

             
Tell me why - 

            
-  you cried, 

           
    and why yo

        
u lied - -   t

     
o me.
             
Tell me why - 

            
-  you cried, 

           
    and why yo

        
u lied - -   t

          
o me.



7. Can't Buy Me Love (Lennon/McCartney)

             
Can't buy me l

         
ove,        lo

            
ve.      Can't

            
 buy me love.

             
I'll buy you a

         /    
 diamond ring 

              
my friend, if 

   /          
it makes you f

      /
eel alright.
            
I'll get you a

  /           
nything my fri

             
end, if it mak

              
es you feel al

/
right.
             
‘Cause I don't

           
 care too   mu

             
ch for money, 

            
money can't bu

     
y me love.

             
I'll give you 

         /    
all I've got t

              
o give, if you

 /            
 say you love 

   /
me too.
            
I may not have

   /          
 a lot to give

              
, but what I'v

             
e got I'll giv

     /
e to you.
             
I don't care t

          
oo   much for 

            
money, money c

            
an't buy me lo

ve.

             
Can't buy me l

          
ove,         e

              
v'rybody tells

  /
 me so.
             
Can't buy me l

          
ove,         n

         
o, no, no, no.

             
Say you don't 

        /     
need no diamon

            / 
d rings and I'

           /
ll be satisfie

d.
            
Tell me that y

            / 
ou want the ki

              
nd of things t

             
hat money just

       /
 can't buy.
             
I don't care t

          
oo   much for 

            
money, money c

            
an't buy me lo

ve.

Break:     /   /   /      /      /         /   

              
        Buy me

          
 love,        

             
 ev'rybody tel

    /
ls me so.
             
Can't buy me l

          
ove,         n

         
o, no, no, no.

             
Say you don't 

        /     
need no diamon

            / 
d rings and I'

           /
ll be satisfie

d.
            
Tell me that y

            / 
ou want the ki

              
nd of things t

             
hat money just

       /
 can't buy.
             
I don't care t

          
oo   much for 

            
money, money c

            
an't buy me lo

ve.

             
Can't buy me l

         
ove,        lo

            
ve.      Can't

                
 buy me love.



8. Any Time At All (Lennon/McCartney)

            
Any time at al

             
l.          An

             
y time at all.

     /        
       Any tim

     
e at all,
              
All you've got

             
 to do is call

            
,  and I'll be

     /    /
 there.

             
  If you need 

           
somebody to lo

            
ve.   Just loo

          
k into my eyes

  
.
           
I'll be there 

            
to make you fe

   
el right.
              
If you're feel

           
ing sorry and 

            
sad,   I'd rea

         
lly sympathize

.
           
Don't you be s

            
ad, just call 

             
me tonight.

            
Any time at al

             
l.          An

             
y time at all.

     /        
       Any tim

     
e at all,
              
All you've got

             
 to do is call

            
,  and I'll be

     /    /
 there.

             
  If the sun h

           
as faded away.

            
    I'll try t

          
o make it shin

  
e.
           
There is nothi

          
ng I  won't do

.
              
When you need 

           
a shoulder to 

            
cry on,   I ho

              
pe it will be 


mine.       
           
Call me tonigh

            
t,  and I'll c

               
ome to you.

            
Any time at al

             
l.          An

             
y time at all.

     /        
       Any tim

     
e at all,
              
All you've got

             
 to do is call

            
,  and I'll be

     /    /
 there.

Instrumental:                                  nc

            
Any time at al

             
l.          An

             
y time at all.

     /        
       Any tim

     
e at all,
              
All you've got

             
 to do is call

            
,  and I'll be

     /    /  
 there.    Any

         
 time at all,
              
All you've got

             
 to do is call

              
,  and I'll be

         
 there.



9. I'll Cry Instead (Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:        

            
I've got every

            
 reason on ear

                 
th to be mad,
             
'Cause I just 

            
lost the only 

      
girl I had.
   
If I could get

 my way, I'd g

et myself lock

ed up today.
             
But I can't, s

           
o I'll cry ins

        
tead.

            
I've got a chi

             
p on my should

             
er that's bigg

            
er than my fee

       
t.
            
I can't talk t

            
o people that 

  
I meet.
   
If I could see

 you now, I'd 

try to make yo

u sad somehow.
             
But I can't, s

           
o I'll cry ins

        
tead.

            
Don't wanna cr

y when there's

 people there.
      
I get shy when

 they start to

 stare.
             
I'm gonna hide

              
 myself away, 

            
hey. But I'll 

            
come back agai

       
n some day.

             
And when I do 

            
you better hid

            
e all the girl

         
s.
            
I'm gonna brea

             
k their hearts

             
 all round the

 
 world.
            
Yes I'm gonna 

              
break 'em in t

         
wo, and show y

ou what your l

ovin' man can 

do.
             
Until then I'l

              
l cry instead.

            
Don't wanna cr

y when there's

 people there.
      
I get shy when

 they start to

 stare.
             
I'm gonna hide

              
 myself away, 

            
hey. But I'll 

            
come back agai

       
n some day.

             
And when I do 

            
you better hid

            
e all the girl

         
s.
             
'Cause I'm gon

             
na break their

            
 hearts all ro

        
und the world.
            
Yes I'm gonna 

              
break 'em in t

         
wo, and show y

ou what your l

ovin' man can 

do.
             
But till then 

           
I'll cry inste

        
ad.



10. Things We Said Today (Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:  

         
You say you wi

        
ll love me,  i

        
f I have to go

   
.
         
You'll be thin

         
king of  me,  

         
somehow I will

 
 know.
             
Someday when I

           
'm lonely, wis

              
hing you weren

      
't so far away

.
         
Then I will re

       
member, things

        
 we said today

.

         
You say you'll

         
 be mine girl,

         
 till the end 

      
of time.
         
These days suc

         
h a kind girl,

         
 seems so hard

    
 to find.
             
Someday when w

            
e're dreaming,

             
 deep in love,

       
 not a lot to 

say.
         
Then we will r

       
emember, thing

         
s we said toda

y.
 
              
Me, I'm just t

            
he lucky kind,

            
 love to hear 

            
you say that l

       
ove is love,
              
And though we 

            
may be blind, 

            
love is here t

  
o stay and tha

t's,

         
Enough to make

         
 you mine girl

         
, be the only 

   
one.
         
Love me all th

        
e time girl, w

          
e'll go on and

 
 on. 
             
Someday when w

            
e're dreaming,

             
 deep in love,

       
 not a lot to 

say.
         
Then we will r

       
emember, thing

         
s we said toda

y.

              
Me, I'm just t

            
he lucky kind,

            
 love to hear 

            
you say that l

       
ove is love,
              
And though we 

            
may be blind, 

            
love is here t

  
o stay and tha

t's,

         
Enough to make

         
 you mine girl

         
, be the only 

   
one.
         
Love me all th

        
e time girl, w

          
e'll go on and

 
 on. 
             
Someday when w

            
e're dreaming,

             
 deep in love,

       
 not a lot to 

say.
         
Then we will r

       
emember, thing

         
s we said toda

y.

Outtro:  Repeat and fade    
                            



11. When I Get Home (Lennon/McCartney)

 (  
        Woah h

           
ah.      Woah 


hah.
            
I got a whole 

              
lot of things 

            
to tell her,  

             
  when I get h

      
ome.

            
Come on, out m

            
y way.    'Cau

            
se I'm a gonna

              
 see my baby t

 
oday.
            
I've got a who

              
le lot of thin

              
gs I've gotta 

            
say,       to 


her.

            
Woah hah.     

    
 Woah hah.
            
I got a whole 

              
lot of things 

            
to tell her,  

             
  when I get h

      
ome.

            
Come on, if yo

            
u please. I've

            
 got no time f

           
or trivialitie

s.
            
I've got a gir

              
l who's waitin

            
g home for me,

          
        tonigh

t.

            
Woah hah.     

    
 Woah hah.
            
I got a whole 

              
lot of things 

            
to tell her,  

             
  when I get h


ome.

              
When I’m getti

             
ng home tonigh

             
t, I'm gonna h


old her tight.
             
I'm gonna love

              
 her till the 

          
cows come home

.
             
I bet, I'll lo

            
ve her more, t

             
ill I walk out

            
 that door,  a

      
gain.

            
Come on,  let 

            
me through. I 

            
got so many th

             
ings I gotta d


o.
            
I got no busin

              
ess being here

            
 with you,    

      
 this way.

            
Woah hah.     

    
 Woah hah.
            
I got a whole 

              
lot of things 

            
to tell her,  

              
   when I get 


home.   Yeah.
            
I've got a who

              
le lot of thin

            
gs to tell her

              
,     when I g

    
et home.



12. You Can't Do That (Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:  

            
I got somethin

           
g to say that 

            
might cause yo

  
u pain.
            
If I catch you

           
 talking to th

       
at boy, again.
            
I'm gonna let 

              
you down, and 

             
leave you flat

               
.
            
Because I told

              
 you before,  

            
oh, you can't 

            
do that.

              
Well, it's the

            
 second time I

         
 caught you ta

         
lking to him.
            
Do I have to t

           
ell you one mo

            
re time I thin

         
k it's a sin.
            
I think I'll l

              
et you down, (

              
let you down) 

              
and leave you 


flat.
           
(Gonna let you

             
 down, and lea

       
ve you flat.)
            
Because I told

              
 you before,  

            
oh, you can't 

               
do that.

            
Everybody's gr

            
ee--en, 'cause

            
 I'm the one w

           
ho won your lo

 
ve,
              
But if they'd 

          
see---en, you 

            
talking that w

             
ay, they'd lau

         
gh in my face.

            
So please list

           
en to me if yo

           
u wanna stay m


ine.
            
I can't help m

           
y feelings, I 

          
go outta my mi


nd.
            
I'm gonna let 

              
you down, (let

              
 you down) and

           
 leave you fla

t.
           
(Gonna let you

             
 down, and lea

       
ve you flat.)
            
Because I told

              
 you before,  

            
oh, you can't 

           
do that.    Wh

oa.

 
              

            
      (You can

            /
't do that.   

   You can't d

o that.)
              
              

            
      (You can

            
't do that.   

   You can't d

o that.)
              
              

            
              

            
              

              
  (You can't d

               /
o that.)

            
Everybody's gr

            
ee--en, 'cause

            
 I'm the one w

           
ho won your lo

 
ve,
              
But if they'd 

          
see---en, you 

            
talking that w

             
ay, they'd lau

         
gh in my face.

            
So please list

           
en to me if yo

           
u wanna stay m


ine.
            
I can't help m

           
y feelings, I 

          
go outta my mi


nd.
            
I'm gonna let 

              
you down, (let

              
 you down) and

           
 leave you fla

t.
           
(Gonna let you

             
 down, and lea

       
ve you flat.)
            
Because I told

              
 you before,  

            
oh, you can't 

               
do that.



13. I'll Be Back (Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:      

            
You know, if y

            
ou break my he

         
art I'll go.
            
But I'll be ba

            
ck again.
            
'Cause I, told

            
 you once befo

       
re goodbye.
            
But I came bac

           
k again.

           
I love you so,

              
 I'm the one w

   
ho wants you.
              
Yes, I'm the o

            
ne who wants y

          
ou. Oh,  ho.  

   
Oh,  ho.

            
Oh you, could 

            
find better th

        
ings to do,
            
Than to break 

             
my heart again

     
.
            
This time, I w

            
ill try to sho

       
w that I'm,
            
Not trying to 

           
pretend.

         
I,      though

              
t that you wou

   
ld realize,
          
That if I ran 

away from you,
     
That you would

 want me too.
            
But I got a bi

          
g surprise. Oh

         
,  ho.  Oh,  h


o.

            
Oh you, could 

            
find better th

        
ings to do,
            
Than to break 

             
my heart again

     
.
            
This time, I w

            
ill try to sho

       
w that I'm,
            
Not trying to 

           
pretend.

           
I wanna go, bu

            
t I hate to le

ave you.
              
You know I hat

            
e to leave you

        
. Oh,  ho.  Oh

   
,  ho.

            
Oh you, if you

            
 break my hear

       
t I'll go,
            
But I'll be ba

                    
ck again.


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