Mcfly - I Wanna Hold You Chords & Tabs

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I Wanna Hold You - McFly
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Tabbed by: Sam Chapman
Email: wherearemyjammydodgers@hotmail.com

Tuning: Dropped D

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| T - Tremolo Pick
| x  Mute note

I played this first with Standard Tuning, then I realised its better Dropped D.

Intro -

                       (up and down strumming)
E|-3-3--3--1-0---3-3--3--1-0---3-3--3--1-0----------6--------8-----------------|
B|-3-3--3--3-3---3-3--3--3-3---3-3--3--3-3----------6--------8-----------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------6h7----8h9-----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                       (up and down strumming)
E|-x-x--3-1-0---3-3--3--1-0--3-3--3--1-0---x-----------------------------------|
B|-x-x--3-3-3---3-3--3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3---x-----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------x---------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------x--8-8-x--10-10-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------x--8-8-x--10-10-------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------x--8-8-x--10-10-------------|

Verse -

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5------------------------|
A|--5-5--7-8-7-8-7-8---3-3--5-5--7-8-7-8-7-8---3-3--5-5------------------------|
D|--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------3-3--5-5-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5--5-5-5---3-3--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------|
A|--7-8-7-8-7-8---1-1--3-3--5-5-5---3-3--5-5--7-8-7-8-7-8-------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------5-5-5---3-3--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------3-3--5-5-----------|
D|--3-3--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5--5-------------------|
A|--3-3--5-5---7-8-7-8-7-8---3-3--5-5---7-8-7-8-7-8---1-1--3-3--5-------------------|
D|--3-3--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5----------------5----------------|

Chorus -

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------|
D|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------|
A|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    “ I Wanna Hold You” “My Skies are….”

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------7--9--7--6-----------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----7-7-7----x--x--x--x---7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7----5--7--5--4---7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|
D|---------------------------7-7-7-------------------7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------|

    “Black…”              “..attack”               “And I’ll do anything….”

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------7-----------------------------12-\-\-\-\-\--|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------7-} Let Ring----------------x-------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------5-----------------------------10-\-\-\-\-\------|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------------------------------------|

“Ask… I wanna Hold You”   “..Bad!”


Verse 2


e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5------------------------|
A|--5-5--7-8-7-8-7-8---3-3--5-5--7-8-7-8-7-8---3-3--5-5------------------------|
D|--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------3-3--5-5-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5--5-5-5---3-3--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------|
A|--7-8-7-8-7-8---1-1--3-3--5-5-5---3-3--5-5--7-8-7-8-7-8-------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------5-5-5---3-3--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------3-3--5-5-----------|
D|--3-3--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5--5-------------------|
A|--3-3--5-5---7-8-7-8-7-8---3-3--5-5---7-8-7-8-7-8---1-1--3-3--5-------------------|
D|--3-3--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5----------------5----------------|


Chorus -
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mcfly/i_wanna_hold_you_tab_ver_4.html ]
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------|
D|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------|
A|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    “ I Wanna Hold You” “My Skies are….”

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------7--9--7--6-----------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----7-7-7----x--x--x--x---7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7----5--7--5--4---7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|
D|---------------------------7-7-7-------------------7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------|

    “Black…”              “..attack”               “And I’ll do anything….”

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------7-----------------------------12-\-\-\-\-\--|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------7-} Let Ring----------------x-------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------5-----------------------------10-\-\-\-\-\------|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------------------------------------|

“Ask… I wanna Hold You”   “..Bad!”


Bridge ( I don’t Know this Yet )

Solo -

This is one class solo!

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----3--5^--5^--5^--5^--5^--5--5--5--3----------------------------------------|
D|--5--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------6------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------6t--8t-----------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------5t--7t--------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------5t--8t-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------3t--5t--8t-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5t--8t-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
All This Is Tremolo Picked, 3 times each note so eg. 555 - 999 except for the last note


e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15----15----15----15----15----15----15----15----15--------------------|
G|-17^--17^---17^---17^--17^--17^---17^--17^---17^----15--15--<-vibrato--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------15--13-------------------15--13--------------------------------|
B|-13^-13^------------15--13^-13^------------15--13^-13^-----------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----15--13-------------------15--13------------------------------------------|
B|--------------15-13^-13^------------15---------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----15--15--13--15--13-------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------15--15--15--13--15--13--------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------15--12\-\-\-\-\--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus -

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------|
D|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------|
A|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    “ I Wanna Hold You” “My Skies are….”

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------7--9--7--6-----------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----7-7-7----x--x--x--x---7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7----5--7--5--4---7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|
D|---------------------------7-7-7-------------------7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------|

    “Black…”              “..attack”               “And I’ll do anything….”

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------7--6-4-----|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------7--6-4--7--5 ---|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------5--4-2--7--5----|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------7--5--|

“Ask… I wanna Hold You”   “..Bad, Bad, Bad.!”

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------------------|

“And I’d do anything you ask…”               “ I Wanna Hold You Bad…”

Finally, Well guys have fun!