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Song title:      You Keep Me Hanging On
Original Album:	 The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland

Words and Music by Edward Holland, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland
Copyright © 1966 JOBETE MUSIC INC.
Published by EMI Blackwood Music INC.

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)



NOTES:
The song is in the key of Ab major.
The guitars' tuning is as below, if you want to play along.

Guitar2, which plays the synth "morse-code riff", is in standard tuning.
Guitar1, which plays the chords is in Low Tune (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb).

Chord names and tab are as for standard tuning.




INTRO:
Notes:
Guitar Figure 1 is the "Morse-code riff" played by the synth in the INTRO and
CHORUSes. The "1111" indicates two demi-semi-quavers (32nd notes) played at
the 11th fret.


[play Guitar Figure 1]  [x2]

Guitar Figure 1

Guitar2 (synth transcribed for guitar):
|-11-11----11----11-11----1111-----11-11----11----|-11-11----11----11-11----1111-----11-11----11----|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

| 1  -  &  -  2  -  &  -  3  -  &  -  4  -  &  -  | 1  -  &  -  2  -  &  -  3  -  &  -  4  -  &  -  |




CHORUS1:
Chords:
A    x02220              Fmaj7  xx2211
G6   320000              Am/E   xx2210
G/D  x55433 or xx0003


| A                 | G6
     Set me free, why don't you babe?       

| G/D                   | Fmaj7           Am/E
     Get out my life, why don't you babe?

| A                       | G6              | G/D           | Fmaj7  Am/E
   'Cause you don't really  love me, you just keep me hangin' on.

| A                | G6              | G/D           | Fmaj7  Am/E
    You don't really need me, but you  keep me hangin' on.

 


VERSE1:
Chords:
Fsus4  x333xx    Em/B  x22000
F      133211    G     x55433
C      x35553    E     022100


| Fsus4                            | F             | C
    Why do ya keep a-comin' around,  playin' with my heart?

| Fsus4                            | F                     | C      Em/B
    Why don'tcha get out of my life,   and let me make a new start?

| G                        | E                    | %
    Let me get over you, the way you've gotten over me, yeah.

 


[repeat CHORUS1]


 

VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
Fsus4  x333xx    C  x35553
F      133211    A  x02220


| Fsus4                             | F                        C
    You say although we broke up, you still just wanna be just friends.

| Fsus4                                 | F
    But how can we still be friends, when seeing you only

                       [Guitar Figure 1]
        | A             N.C.
breaks my heart again?  And there ain't nothing I can do about it...




CHORUS2:
Chords:
A    x02220              Fmaj7  xx2211
G6   320000              Am/E   xx2210
G/D  x55433 or xx0003


          | A                   | G6
Whoa, whoa, love, set me free why don't you babe?

          | G/D                      | Fmaj7           Am/E
Whoa, whoa, love, get out my life, why don't you babe?

| A                | G6
    Set me free, why don't you, babe?

| G/D                     | Fmaj7          Am/E
    Get out of my life, why don't you babe?


 

VERSE3:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
Fsus4  x333xx    Em/B  x22000
F      133211    G     x55433
C      x35553    E     022100


| Fsus4                                    | F                       | C
    You claim you still care for me but your heart and soul need to be free.

| Fsus4
    And now that you've got your freedom, 

  | F                        C  | Em/B 
you want to still hold on to me.

| G                                  | E                  | %
    You don't want me for yourself, so let me find somebody else, hey, hey.




CHORUS3:
Chords:
A    x02220              Fmaj7  xx2211
G6   320000              Am/E   xx2210
G/D  x55433 or xx0003


| A                 | G6          | G/D          | Fmaj7  Am/E
    Why don'tcha be a man about it,     and set me free?

   | A              | G6            | G/D                 | Fmaj7  Am/E
Now, you don't care a thing about me,     you're just usin' me.

 | A              | G6            | G/D                   | Fmaj7  Am/E
Go on, get out, get out of my life      and let me sleep at night.


 
[Song fades quickly in OUTRO:]

OUTRO:
Chords:
A    x02220              Fmaj7  xx2211
G6   320000              Am/E   xx2210
G/D  x55433 or xx0003


      | A                       | G6              | G6/D          | Fmaj7
Please,   'cause you don't really love me, you just keep me hangin' on.

    | A                    | G6              | G6/D          | Fmaj7
Wooo, hooo, you don't really need me, you just keep me hangin' on.


[fade]