Artist: The Supremes
Song: You keep me hanging on
Tabbed by: DJ
27th April 2013
Tuning: Standard
CAPO: 4th fret (Sounds in key of Ab)
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(E5---------------------------------------------------------)
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?
E5
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:
E5 = xxx457 G7sus4/F = 1x0011 or 1300xx or 353533(without F bass)
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 E5 stacatto chord
throughout the intro, choruses and final verse.
