The Beatles – I Saw Her Standing There
I Saw Her Standing There was recorded at EMI Studios on 11 Feb 1963. Originally titled “Seventeen”, this song was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon and placed as the opening track of the Beatles debut album Please Please Me, released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone on 22 March 1963.
This song entered the Billboard Hot 100 on 8 February 1964, remaining there for 11 weeks, peaking at #14 and placed on the Cashbox charts for only one week at #100 on the same day of its Billboard debut. In 2004, “I Saw Her Standing There” was ranked #139 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
I Saw Her Standing There
Lennon/McCartney
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Well she was just seventeen, if you know what I mean
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And the way she looked was way beyond compare
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So how could I dance with another, when I saw her standing there
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Well she looked at me, and I, I could see
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That before too long I’d fall in love with her
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She wouldn’t dance with another, when I saw her standing there
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Well my heart went boom when I crossed that room
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And I held her hand in mine…
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Well we danced through the night, and we held each other tight
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And before too long I fell in love with her
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Now I’ll never dance with another, since I saw her standing there
(Interlude chords same as verse)
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Well my heart went boom when I crossed that room
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And I held her hand in mine…
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Well we danced through the night, and we held each other tight
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And before too long I fell in love with her
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Now I’ll never dance with another, since I saw her standing there
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Since I saw her standing there
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Since I saw her standing there
I Saw Her Standing There Chords Diagram
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