You Keep Me Hanging On chords by The Supremes

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

Artist: The Supremes
 Song: You keep me hanging on
Submitted by: Roland

 CAPO: 4th fret (Sounds in key of Ab)


 (Esus5-----------------------------------------------------)
  E       Bm      D6/F#     C/G   (D/A)
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E           Bm       D6/F#           C/G
   Set me free, why don't you, baby?    Get out my life, why don't you, baby?
 E              Bm        D6/F#      C/G
  'Cause you don't really love me, you just keep me hanging on,
 E           Bm       D6/F#     C/G
   You don't really need me, but you keep me hanging on!


G7sus4/F                   C         G
      Why do you keep a-coming around, playing a - with my heart?
G7sus4/F                     C         G
      Why don't you get out of my life, and let me make a new start?
Bm/F# D              B7/F#
      Let me get over you, the way you've gotten over me!


   E          Bm       D6/F#        C/G
 Hey,  set me free, why don't you, baby?    Let me be, why don't you, baby?
 Em/B  D/A  E               Bm        D6/F#     C/G
 Oo-oo, oo, oo! 'Cause you don't really love me, you just keep me hanging on,
 Em/B  D/A E             Bm        D6/F#     C/G
 Oo-oo, oo, oo! Now you don't really want me, you just keep me hanging on!


G7sus4/F                   C           G
     You say, although we broke up, you still want to be just friends,
G7sus4/F                     C            E
     But how can we still be friends, when seeing you only breaks my heart again?
Esus5
    And there ain't nothing I can do about it!


         E            Bm
A - woh, oh - oo, oh!  (Set me free, why don't you, baby?)
         D6/F#            C/G        Em/B  D/A  E
A - woh, oh - oo, oh! (Get out my life, why don't you, baby?)  Oo-oo, oo, oo!
         Bm        D6/F#            C/G
Set me free, why don't you, baby?     Get out my life, why don't you, baby?


G7sus4/F                       C             G
     You claim you still care for me, but your heart and soul needs to be free,
G7sus4/F                       C            G
      And now that you've got your freedom, you want to still hold on to me,
Bm/F# D                  B7/F#
      You dont want me for yourself, so let me find somebody else, hey - hey!


E           Bm       D6/F#       C/G
  Why don't you be a man about it,     and set me free?
   E          Bm       D6/F#          C/G
Now... you don't care a thing about me,     you're just using me,
  E        Bm        D6/F#            C/G
Go on, get out, get out of my life,     and let me sleep at night,
   E              Bm        D6/F#      C/G
See... 'cause you don't really love me, you just keep me hanging on,
(Em/B) D/A  E           Bm        D6/F#
 Oo-oo, oo, oo! You don't really need me, you just keep me hanging...


(Suggestion for coda -gradually slow down on these last chords)
 C/G  D/A   Em
...on--!
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Fret positions are relative to the capo:

Esus5 = xxx457  G7sus4/F = 1x0011 or (without F bass) 353533
E   = 022100  C    = x32010
Bm  = x24432  G    = 320033
D6/F# = 200202  Bm/F#  = 224432
C/G  = 332010  D    = xx0232
          B7/F#  = 224242
          Em/B   = x22000
          D/A   = x00232

If you have two guitarists, one can just play the Esus5 stacatto chord