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The Beatles - Please Please Me (1963)


1. I Saw Here Standing There (Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:  nc
        One, two, three, four!
                               

              
Well, she was 

              
just seventeen

            
. Well, you kn

          
ow what I mean

.
              
And the way sh

              
e looked was w

             
ay beyond comp


are.
             
So how could I

           
 dance with an

            
other? Ooh, wh

           
en I saw her s

       
tanding there.

              
Well, she look

             
ed at me and I

         
, I could see,
              
That before to

              
o long I'd fal

              
l in love with

 
 her.
            
She wouldn't d

           
ance with anot

             
her.  Ooh, whe

          
n I saw her st

       
anding there.

         
Well, my heart

 went boom whe

n I crossed th

at room,
              
And I held her

                  
 hand in mine.
            
Oh, we danced 

              
through the ni

            
ght, and we he

              
ld each other 


tight.
              
And before too

              
 long I fell i

            
n love with he

r.
             
Now, I'll neve

            
r dance with a

           
nother. Ooh, s

            
ince I saw her

        
 standing ther

e.

Break:      /  /  /  /  /    /    /    /           

         
Well, my heart

 went boom whe

n I crossed th

at room,
              
And I held her

                  
 hand in mine.
            
Oh, we danced 

              
through the ni

            
ght, and we he

              
ld each other 


tight.
              
And before too

              
 long I fell i

            
n love with he

r.
             
Now, I'll neve

            
r dance with a

           
nother. Ooh, s

            
ince I saw her

        
 standing ther

e.
              
Since I saw he

         
r standing the

re.
              
Yeah, well sin

             
ce I saw her s

                    
tanding there.



2. Misery (Lennon/ McCartney)

     
              

              
  The world is

             
 treating me b

              
ad,   misery.

             
I'm the kind o

            
f guy, who nev

           
er used to cry

.
              
The world is t

             
reating me bad

            
,   misery.

             
I've lost her 

             
now for sure. 

             
I won't see he

     
r no more.
              
It's gonna be 

         
a drag,   mise

ry.

            
I'll remember 

              
all the little

 
 things we've 

done.
            
Can't she see 

              
she'll always 

       
be the only on

e, only one.

             
Send her back 

             
to me, 'cause 

            
everyone can s

ee.
              
Without her I 

          
will be in mis

ery.

            
I'll remember 

              
all the little

 
 things we've 

done.
            
She'll remembe

              
r and she'll m

        
iss her only o

ne, lonely one

.

             
Send her back 

             
to me, 'cause 

            
everyone can s

ee.
              
Without her I 

            
will be in mis

      
ery. (Oh oh oh

.)
           
In misery. (Oh

             
 oh oh.) My mi

           
sery.        M

isery.



3. Anna (Go to Him) (Alexander)

Intro:              

           
Anna,   you co

             
me and ask me 

            
girl,     to s

             
et you free gi

   
rl.
              
You say he lov

             
es you more th

            
an me, so I wi

         
ll set you fre

e,
             
Go with him. (

            
Anna)   Go wit

        
h him.  (Anna)

     

           
Anna,   girl b

             
efore you go n

            
ow.     I want

             
 you to know n

   
ow.
             
That I still l

            
ove you so, bu

            
t if he loves 

             
you more, go w

      
ith him.


        All of

 my life, I've

 been searchin

g for a girl,
   
To love me, li

ke I love you.

        Oh, no

w.
             
      But ever

              
y girl I've ev

              
er had, breaks

              
 my heart and 


leaves me sad.
             
    What am I,

              
 what am I sup

          
posed to do.  

 Oh oh oh oh o

h oh.

           
Anna,   just o

             
ne more thing 

            
girl,    you g

              
ive back your 

       
ring to me,
            
And I will set

             
 you free, go 

      
with him.


        All of

 my life, I've

 been searchin

g for a girl,
   
To love me, li

ke I love you.

        But le

t me tell you 

now.
             
      But ever

              
y girl I've ev

              
er had, breaks

              
 my heart and 


leaves me sad.
             
    What am I,

              
 what am I sup

          
posed to do.  

 Oh oh oh oh o

h oh.

           
Anna,   just o

             
ne more thing 

            
girl,    you g

              
ive back your 

       
ring to me,
            
And I will set

             
 you free, go 

      
with him.

     
          (Ann

             
a)  Go with hi

      
m.  (Anna)
              
          You 

             
can go with hi

            
m girl.  (Anna

             
)   Go with hi


m.



4. Chains (Goffin/King)

Intro:     /   /   /


Chains, my Bab

y's got me loc

ked up in chai

ns. 
              
And they ain't

           
 the kind, tha

                      
t you can see.
            
Woah, these ch

             
ains of love, 

            
    got a hold

             
 on me, yeah.


Chains, well I

 can't break a

way from these

 chains.  
           
Can't run arou

              
nd, 'cause I'm

            
 not free.    

     
        
            
Woah, these ch

             
ains of love, 

            
    won't let 

            
me be, yeah. 

           
   I wanna tel

              
l you pretty B

            
aby,    I thin

             
k you're fine.
           
   I'd like to

              
 love you, but

 
 Darling I'm i

mprisoned by t

hese,


Chains, my Bab

y's got me loc

ked up in chai

ns. 
              
And they ain't

           
 the kind, tha

                      
t you can see.
            
Woah, these ch

             
ains of love, 

            
    got a hold

             
 on me, yeah.

           
   Please beli

              
eve me when I 

            
tell you,   yo

              
ur lips are sw

   
eet.
           
   I'd like to

              
 kiss them, bu

  
t I can't brea

k away from al

l these,


Chains, my Bab

y's got me loc

ked up in chai

ns. 
              
And they ain't

           
 the kind, tha

                      
t you can see.
            
Woah, these ch

             
ains of love, 

            
    got a hold

             
 on me, yeah.

     
         Chain

              
s, chains of l

              
ove, chains of

              
 love, chains 

           
of love.
 


5. Boys (Dixon/Farrell)

Intro:              

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I've been told when a boy kiss a girl, take a trip around the world.
            
Hey, hey.     

            
Hey, hey.     

            
Hey, hey.     

            
Yeah, she say 

             
you do.
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My girl says when I kiss her lips, gets a thrill through her fingertips.
            
Hey, hey.     

            
Hey, hey.     

            
Hey, hey.     

            
Yeah, she say 

             
you do.

              
Well, I talk a

     
bout boys. Don

't you know I 

mean boys.
              
Well, I talk a

            
bout boys now.

              
      Ahhhhhhh

    
hh, boys.
              
Well, I talk a

            
bout boys, now

            
.    What a bu

            
ndle of joy.(A

          
ll right, Geor

ge.)

Break:     /   /   /      /      /            

E7 nc
My girl says when I kiss her lips, gets a thrill through her fingertips.
            
Hey, hey.     

            
Hey, hey.     

            
Hey, hey.     

            
Yeah, she say 

             
you do.

              
Well, I talk a

     
bout boys. Don

't you know I 

mean boys.
              
Well, I talk a

            
bout boys now.

              
      Ahhhhhhh

    
hh, boys.
              
Well, I talk a

            
bout boys, now

            
.    What a bu

                
ndle of joy.
            
Ah, yeah, boys

              
. Don't you kn

              
ow I mean boys

        
.
            
Oh, boys.    A

            
hhhhh,    ahhh

                             
hhh. 
              
Well, I talk a

          
bout (boys. Ye

          
ah, yeah, boys

.)



6. Ask Me Why (Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:  E        nc

       
I  love you,  

           
        'cause

              
 you tell me t

             
hings I want t

         
o know.
       
And it's true,

           
         that 

              
it really only

             
 goes to show 


that I know,
           
That I I I I s

             
hould never, n

              
ever, never be

         
 blue.

       
Now you're min

           
e,         my 

              
happiness near

               
 makes me cry.
       
And in  time, 

           
        you'll

              
 understand th

             
e reason why, 


if I cry,
     
It's not becau

se I'm sad,
              
But, you're th

             
e only love th

             
at I've ever h

        
ad.

             
I can't believ

             
e,    it's hap

                 
pened to me.
             
I can't concei

             
ve,   of any m

      
ore,      mise

ry.
      
  Ask me  why,

            
 I'll say I lo

ve you.
           
And I'm always

             
 thinking of y

                
ou.

       
I  love you,  

           
        'cause

              
 you tell me t

             
hings I want t

         
o know.
       
And it's true,

           
         that 

              
it really only

             
 goes to show 


that I know,
           
That I I I I s

             
hould never, n

              
ever, never be

         
 blue.

       
Ask me  why, I

          
'll say I love

 you.
           
And I'm always

             
 thinking of y

                
ou.
             
I can't believ

             
e,    it's hap

                 
pened to me.
             
I can't concei

             
ve,   of any m

      
ore,      mise

ry.
      
  Ask me  why,

            
 I'll say I lo

ve you.

       
        And I'

           
m always think

             
ing of you.   

            
       You.   

            
       You.


E+: XX2110



7. Please Please Me (Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:      /    /    /

              
Last night I s

              
aid these word

                  
s to my girl.
              
I know you nev

            
er even try gi

    
rl.
             
Come on (come 

           
on) Come on (c

             
ome on) Come o

#            
n (come on) Co

   
me on (come on

)
             
Please please 

             
me, oh yeah, l

            
ike I please y

            
ou.

             
  You don't ne

              
ed me to show 

                   
the way, Love.
              
Why do I alway

             
s have to say 

     
love.
             
Come on (come 

           
on) Come on (c

             
ome on) Come o

#            
n (come on) Co

   
me on (come on

)
             
Please please 

             
me, oh yeah, l

            
ike I please y

        
ou.


I don't want t

o sound compla

ining,
             
But you know t

              
here's always 

        
rain in my hea

rt. (In my hea

rt.)
             
I do all the p

              
leasing with y

             
ou, it's so ha

              
rd to reason w

    
ith you.
            
Oh yeah, why d

              
o you make me 

            
blue?

             
  Last night I

              
 said these wo

            
rds to my girl

        
.
              
I know you nev

            
er even try gi

    
rl.
             
Come on (come 

           
on) Come on (c

             
ome on) Come o

#            
n (come on) Co

   
me on (come on

)
             
Please please 

             
me, oh yeah, l

            
ike I please y

ou.
             
Oh yeah, like 

        
I please you.
             
Oh yeah, like 

                
I please you.



8. Love Me Do (Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:                       /

             
Love, love me 

            
do. You know I

             
 love you. I'l

           
l always be tr

ue.
            
So pleeeease, 

             
love me do,   

            
  Whao-oh, lov

         
e me do.

             
Love, love me 

            
do. You know I

             
 love you. I'l

           
l always be tr

ue.
            
So pleeeease, 

             
love me do,   

            
  Whao-oh, lov

         
e me do.

            
Someone to lov

           
e, somebody ne

w.
            
Someone to lov

             
e, someone lik

    
e you.

             
Love, love me 

            
do. You know I

             
 love you. I'l

           
l always be tr

ue.
            
So pleeeease, 

             
love me do,   

            
  Whao-oh, lov

         
e me do.

Instrumental break:    /        /      /  /  nc

             
Love, love me 

            
do. You know I

             
 love you. I'l

           
l always be tr

ue.
            
So pleeeease, 

             
love me do,   

            
  Whao-oh, lov

         
e me do.
             
Yeah, love me 

            
do.    Oh, lov

             
e me do.    Oh

             
, love me do. 

 
  



9. P.S. I Love You (Lennon/McCartney)

        
As I write thi

            
s letter, send

        
 my love to yo

u.
        
Remember that 

             
I'll always, b

             
e in love with

 
 you.

              
Treasure these

            
 few words til

          
l we're togeth

er.
             
Keep all my lo

           
ve forever, P.

            
S. I love you.

          
 You, you, you

.

              
I'll be comin'

            
 home again to

             
 you, Love. Un

             
til the day I 


do, Love,
           
P.S. I love yo

            
u. You, you, y

ou.

             
As I write thi

            
s letter, send

            
 my love to yo

u.
             
Remember that 

             
I'll always, b

             
e in love with

 
 you.

              
Treasure these

            
 few words til

          
l we're togeth

er.
             
Keep all my lo

           
ve forever, P.

            
S. I love you.

          
 You, you, you

.

             
As I write thi

             
s letter, (Oh 

             
oh) send my lo

      
ve to you.
              
(You know I wa

             
nt you to) Rem

              
ember that I'l

                 
l always,
             
(Yeah) Be in l

         
ove with you.

              
I'll be comin'

            
 home again to

             
 you, Love. Un

             
til the day I 


do, Love,
           
P.S. I love yo

            
u. You, you, y

ou.
          
You, you, you.

            
         I    

    
love you.



10. Baby, It's You (Bacharach/David/Williams)

       
          Sha 

              
la la la la la

           
 laaa.   Sha l

              
a la la la la 


laaa.
             
          Sha 

              
la la la la la

  
 laaa.   Sha, 

la, la, la, la

.

             
  It's not the

              
 way you smile

              
, that touched

           
 my heart. (Sh

a la la la la.

)
             
  It's not the

              
 way you kiss 

              
that tears me 

 
apart.
         
But how, many,

 many, many ni

ghts go by,
            
  I sit alone 

              
at home I cry 

             
over you, what

        
 can I do?
             
  Can't help m

           
yself.  'Cause

            
 Baby, it's yo

u.
              
(Sha la la la 

            
la la laaa.) B

          
aby, it's you.
              
(Sha la la la 

      
la la laaa.   

Sha la la la l

a.)

             
  You should h

              
ear, what they

           
 say about you

.  Cheat, chea

t.
 
(Sha la la la la la laaa.)
             
  They say, th

              
ey say you nev

              
er, never, nev

              
er, ever been 


true. (Cheat, 

cheat.)
        
Wo, ho. It doe

sn't matter wh

at they say,
            
  I know I'm g

              
onna love you 

              
any old way. W

             
hat can I do, 

          
when it's true

?
             
  Don't want n

            
obody, nobody.

             
 'Cause Baby, 

             
it's you. (Sha

              
 la la la la l

  
a laaa.)
             
Baby, it's you

              
. (Sha la la l

        
a la la laaa.)

Break:              /                /     

        
Wo, ho. It doe

sn't matter wh

at they say,
            
  I know I'm g

              
onna love you 

              
any old way. W

             
hat can I do, 

          
when it's true

?
             
  Don't want n

            
obody, nobody.

             
 'Cause Baby, 

             
it's you. (Sha

              
 la la la la l

  
a laaa.)
             
Baby, it's you

              
. (Sha la la l

        
a la la laaa.)

       
         Don't

              
 leave me all 

             
alone. (Sha la

             
 la la la la l


aaa.)
              
         Come 

             
on home. (Sha 

              
la la la la la

 
 laaa.) 'Cause

 Baby, it's yo

u.



11. Do You Want To Know a Secret (Lennon/McCartney)

            
   You'll neve

              
r know how muc

         
h I really lov

e you.
             
   You'll neve

              
r know how muc

           
h I really car

    /
e.

        
Listen,       

         
    do you wan

             
t to know a se

       
cret,
            
Do you promise

            
 not to tell? 

#     
   Woooooooooa

h.
        
Closer,       

          
     let me wh

              
isper in your 

        
ear.
            
Say the words 

             
you long to he

            
ar.      I'm i

            
n love with yo

       
u.  Oooooooo.

         
Listen, (do  d

          
ah do)  do you

            
 want to know 

          
a secret (do  

  
dah do)
            
Do you promise

             
 not to tell? 

      
(do  dah do)  

  
Woah.
         
Closer, (do  d

          
ah do)  let me

             
 whisper in yo

         
ur ear. (do  d

  
ah do)
            
Say the words 

             
you long to he

            
ar.      I'm i

            
n love with yo

       
u.  Oooooooo.

           
I've know a se

            
cret for the w

#     
eek or two.
         
Nobody knows j

#              
ust we two.

         
Listen, (do  d

          
ah do)  do you

            
 want to know 

          
a secret (do  

  
dah do)
            
Do you promise

             
 not to tell? 

      
(do  dah do)  

  
Woah.
         
Closer, (do  d

          
ah do)  let me

             
 whisper in yo

         
ur ear. (do  d

  
ah do)
            
Say the words 

             
you long to he

     
ar.
              
I'm in love wi

        
th you.  Ooooo

   
oo.

Outtro:  Repeat and fade    
              
              

              
              

           
Ooooo  ooooo  

         
ooooo  ooooo  


ooooo.



12. A Taste of Honey (Marlow/Scott)

         
    A taste of

           
 honey, tastin

           
g much sweeter

      
 than wine.
         
Do dut don du.

       /    
           Do 

        
dut don du.

        
I dream of you

         
r first kiss a

          
nd then, I fee

      
l upon  my  li

    
ps again,
           
A taste of hon

ey. (A taste o

f honey.)
            
Tasting much s

            
weeter than wi

            /      
ne.

            
Oh, I will ret

           
urn, yes, I wi

     
ll return.
             
I'll come back

             
 for the honey

     
 and you.
         
Do dut don du.

       /    
           Do 

        
dut don du.

           
Yours was the 

      
kiss that awok

     
e my heart.
           
There lingers 

       
still, 'though

           
 we're far apa

rt.
              
That taste of 

           
honey. (A tast

  
e of honey.)
            
Tasting much s

            
weeter than wi

            /      
ne.

            
Oh, I will ret

           
urn, yes, I wi

     
ll return.
          A nc                            E nc                       
I'll come back, (he'll come back) for the honey, (for the honey)
         
And you.

       

      


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13. There’s a Place (Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:               nc

             
There, there’s

           
 a place,    w

          
here I can go,
            
   When I feel

          
 low,        w

           
hen I feel blu

e.
            
And it's my mi

            
nd,     and th

             
ere's no time,

             
   when I'm al

       
one.

            
I,   think of 

            
you,    and th

        
ings you do,
            
   Go round my

          
 head,    the 

           
things you sai

d,
             
Like, 'I love 

     
only you.'

           
   In my mind 

        
there's no sor

row,
             
   Don't you k

              
now that it's 


so.
           
   There'll be

          
 no sad tomorr

ow,
             
   Don't you k

              
now that it's 

       
so?

             
There, there’s

           
 a place,    w

          
here I can go,
            
   When I feel

          
 low,        w

           
hen I feel blu

e.
            
And it's my mi

            
nd,     and th

             
ere's no time,

             
   when I'm al

       
one.
        
There's a plac

e.

Outtro:  Repeat and fade    
              
              

              
              

             
     There's a

 
 place.



14. Twist and Shout (Russell/Medley)

Intro:                /            

              
Well shake it 

             
up Baby, now (

           
shake it up Ba

by)
             
Twist and shou

            
t (twist and s


hout)
              
C'mon, c'mon, 

             
c'mon, c'mon B

             
aby, now (c'mo

   
n, Baby)
              
C'mon and work

            
 it on out (wo

         
rk it on out) 
              
Well, work it 

            
on out (work i

     
t on out)
              
You know you l

            
ook so good (l

       
ook so good)
              
You know you g

             
ot me goin' no

         
w (got me goin

') 
              
Just like you 

             
knew you would

             
 (like I knew 

    
you would - oo

oo)

              
Well shake it 

             
up Baby, now (

           
shake it up Ba

by)
             
Twist and shou

            
t (twist and s


hout)
              
C'mon, c'mon, 

             
c'mon, c'mon B

             
aby, now (c'mo

   
n, Baby)
              
C'mon and work

            
 it on out (wo

         
rk it on out -

 oooo)
              
You know you t

             
wist little gi

             
rl (twist litt

   
le girl)
              
You know you t

             
wist so fine (

        
twist so fine)
              
C'mon and twis

             
t a little clo

             
ser, now (twis

           
t a little clo

ser)
              
And let me kno

              
w that you're 

            
mine (let me k

           
now you're min

e - oooo)

Break:       /          /          /         

             
Ahh, ahh, ahh,

              
 ahh, Wow! (sc

              
ream)(Shake it

             
 up) Baby, now

             
 (shake it up 


Baby)
             
Twist and shou

            
t (twist and s


hout)
              
C'mon, c'mon, 

             
c'mon, c'mon B

             
aby, now (c'mo

   
n, Baby)
              
C'mon and work

            
 it on out (wo

         
rk it on out -

 oooo)
              
You know you t

             
wist little gi

             
rl (twist litt

   
le girl)
              
You know you t

             
wist so fine (

        
twist so fine)
              
C'mon and twis

             
t a little clo

             
ser, now (twis

           
t a little clo

ser)
              
And let me kno

              
w that you're 

            
mine (let me k

           
now you're min

e - oooo)

       
            We

              
ll shake it, s

              
hake it, shake

             
 it Baby, now 

            
(shake it up B


aby)

Outtro:  
             
         Ahh  

  /      /    
  ahh    ahh  

  /      /    
  ahh.

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