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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 are in 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:
Ab      x66544    Emaj7   xx1100
Gb6/Db  x4434x    Abm/Eb  x66444
Gb/Db   x44322


| Ab                | G6/Db
     Set me free, why don't you babe?       

| Gb/Db                 | Emaj7           Abm/Eb
     Get out my life, why don't you babe?

| Ab                      | Gb6/Db          | Gb/Db         | Emaj7   Abm/Eb
   'Cause you don't really  love me, you just keep me hangin' on.

| Ab               | Gb6/Db          | Gb/Db         | Emaj7  Abm/Eb
    You don't really need me, but you  keep me hangin' on.

 

VERSE1:
Chords:
Esus4  022200    Ebm/Bb  668876
E      022100    Gb      244322
B      x24442    Eb      x68886


| Esus4                            | E             | B
    Why do ya keep a-comin' around,  playin' with my heart?

| Esus4                            | E                     | B       Ebm/Bb
    Why don'tcha get out of my life,   and let me make a new start?

  Gb                       | Eb                   | %
    Let me get over you, the way you've gotten over me, yeah.

 

[repeat CHORUS1]

 

VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
Esus4  022200    B   x24442
E      022100    Ab  244322


| Esus4                             | E                        B
    You say although we broke up, you still just wanna be just friends.

| Esus4                                 | E
    But how can we still be friends, when seeing you only

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


 

CHORUS2:
Chords:
Ab      x66544    E       x79997
Gb6/Db  x4434x    Abm/Eb  x66444
Gb/Db   x44322


          | Ab                  | Gb6/Db
Whoa, whoa, love, set me free why don't you babe?

          | Gb/Db                    | Emaj7           Abm/Eb
Whoa, whoa, love, get out my life, why don't you babe?


| Ab               | Gb6/Db
    Set me free, why don't you, babe?

| Gb/Db                   | Emaj7           Abm/Eb
    Get out of my life, why don't you babe?


 

VERSE3:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
Esus4  022200    Ebm/Bb 668876
E      022100    Gb     244322
B      x24442    Eb     x79997


| Esus4                                    | E              B
    You claim you still care for me but your heart and soul need to be free.

| Esus4                                     | E                  B       | Ebm/Bb
    And now that you've got your freedom, you want to still hold on to me.

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

 

CHORUS3:
Chords:
Ab      x66544    Emaj7   xx1100
Gb6/Db  x4434x    Abm/Eb  x66444
Gb/Db   x44322


| Ab                | Gb6/Db         | Gb/Db          | Fmaj7  Abm/Eb
    Why don'tcha be a man    about it,       and set me free?

   | Ab             | Gb6/Db        | Gb/Db           | Fmaj7  Abm/Eb
Now, you don't care a thing about me, you're just usin' me.

 | Ab             | Gb6/Db        | Gb/Db                 | Fmaj7  Abm/Eb
Go on, get out, get out of my life      and let me sleep at night.

 

[Song fades quickly in OUTRO:]

OUTRO:
Chords:
Ab      x66544    Emaj7   xx1100
Gb6/Db  x4434x    Abm/Eb  x66444
Gb/Db   x44322


      | Ab                      | Gb6/Db          | Gb/Db         | Emaj7
Please,   'cause you don't really love me, you just keep me hangin' on.

    | Ab                   | Gb6/Db          | Gb/Db         | Emaj7
Wooo, hooo, you don't really need me, you just keep me hangin' on.


[fade]