Tone: [Bbm]
Verse 1:
You know I met you in[Gb]in the dark, it was a Saturday night[Ab]night
[Bbm]When I'ma seeing you
just dancing in the middle of the crowd [Ab]
There was something[Gb]something about you cause you got stuck in my mind [Ab]
[Bbm]Stuck in my mind
Stuck in my mind [Ab]
I thought I'd give it a [Gb]go and I started talkin' to you [Ab]
[Bbm]I don't know what I said, but the next thing I knew [Ab]
[Gb]Is that I held you in my arms and you asked "what we sh[Ab]should do"
[Bbm]What should we do
What should we do[Ab]do
Pre-chorus:
[Gb]I said, you can do what yo[Ab]you want to
with [Db]me, yeah I won't mind [Bbm]
As lo[Gb]ng as you stay w[Ab]ith me, I'm alright[F]
Chorus:
I wanna hold ya [Gb](ooh-oo[Ab](ooh-ooh) [Bbm] [Ab]
I wanna hold ya [Gb](ooh-oo[Ab](ooh-ooh) [Bbm] [Ab]
Interlude:
[Gb] [Ab] [Bbm] [Ab]
[Gb]You got those red lips blue eye[Ab]eyes black skinny jeans
And every [Bbm]room you walk into you're always settin' the scene
[Ab]I wanna
Hold y[Gb]ya [Ab] [Bbm] [Ab]
Hold y[Gb]ya [Ab] [Bbm] [Ab]
Verse 2:
We went out of the cl[Gb]club and we started walkin' the stre[Ab]streets
[Bbm]And then we stopped for a while
and you said "you wanna kiss m[Ab]me"
I remember thinkin' i[Gb]is this really happenin' [Ab]
[Bbm]Happenin'
[Ab]Happenin'
[Gb]I never thought I'd meet someone so beautiful
[Ab]I couldn't quit[Bbm]quite believe it, it was magical [Ab]
[Gb]Just kissin' under streetlights on our way back home
[Ab]Our way back home [Bbm]
[Ab]Our way back home
Pre-chorus:
[Gb]I said, you can do what yo[Ab]you want to
with [Db]me, yeah I won't mind [Bbm]
As lo[Gb]ng as you stay w[Ab]ith me, I'm alright[F]
Chorus:
I wanna hold ya [Gb](ooh-oo[Ab](ooh-ooh) [Bbm] [Ab]
I wanna hold ya [Gb](ooh-oo[Ab](ooh-ooh) [Bbm] [Ab]
Interlude:
[Gb] [Ab] [Bbm] [Ab]
[Gb]You got those red lips blue eyes black skinny jeans
[Ab]And every room you walk into you're always [Bbm]settin' the scene
[Ab]I wanna
Hold y[Gb]ya [Ab] [Bbm] [Ab]
Hold y[Gb]ya [Ab] [Bbm] [Ab]
Interlude:
[Gb] [Ab] [Bbm] [Ab]
Bridge:
[Gb]Met you in [Ab]the dark [Bbm]dark (x14) [Ab]
Chorus: (x3)
I wanna hold ya [Gb] [Ab] [Bbm] [Ab]
I wanna hold ya ([Gb]fallin'[Ab] fo[Bbm]r ya) [Ab]
Baby yeah I'm fall[Gb]in' for[Ab] ya[Bbm] [Ab]