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You Keep Me Hangin On

The Supremes
ChordsKeyCintermediate
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Song: You keep me hangin' on
Artist: The Supremes
Composers: Holland, Dozier & Holland
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
31st Jan 2015
TUNING:
The original track is in the key of Ab, so to play
along tune all strings down a half -step to
D#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#
You can choose not to detune, but, in standard
tuning, you will be playing a semi-tone higher, and
not be able to play along with the original record.
N.B.
Please ignore any pop-up chord boxes the website
might automatically suggest, instead please use the
typed shapes indicated below in the chord legend:
A = xx7655 C7sus4 = x33311 G = 320033
G6 = xx5455 F = 133211 E7/B = x22130
G6/D = xx0055 C = x32010 E = 022100
Fmaj7 = xx3555 Em/B = x22000
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Intro

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Chorus

Set me free, why don't you, baby?
Get out my life, why don't you,baby?
'Cause you don't really love me,
You just keep me hanging on,
You don't really need me,
But you keep me hanging on!

Verse 1

Why do you keep a-coming around,
Playing a - with my heart?
Why don't you get out of my life,
And let me make a new start?
Let me get over you,
The way you've gotten over me!

Chorus

Hey, ...set me free, why don't you, baby?
Let me be, why don't you, baby?
(Woo -oo, hoo, oo!) 'Cause you don't really love me,
You just keep me hanging on,
(Woo - oo, hoo, oo!) Now you don't really want me,
You just keep me hanging on!

Verse 2

You say, although we broke up,
You still want to be just friends,
But how can we still be friends,
When seeing you only breaks my heart again?
And there ain't nothing I can do about it!

Chorus

Woh - oo, woh -oo, love,
(Set me free, why don't you, baby?)
Woh - oo, woh -oo, love,
(Get out my life!) Why don't you, baby?
Set me free, why don't you, baby?
Get out my life, why don't you, baby?

Verse 3

You claim you still care for me,
But your heart and soul needs to be free,
And now that you've got your freedom,
You want to still hold on to me,
You don't want me for yourself,
So let me find somebody else...hey-hey!

Verse 4

Why don't you be a man about it,
And set me free?
Now ...you don't care a thing about me,
You're just using me,
Go on, ...get out, get out of my life,
And let me sleep at night,
Please, ...'cause you don't really love me,
You just keep me hanging on,
(Woo - oo, hoo, oo!) You don't really need me,
You just keep me hanging...
[Suggestion for coda -gradually slowing down]
...on!  
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