You Keep Me Hangin' On          Vanilla Fudge

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                 [starting from whole band - 140 bpm marching staccato 1/8 notes]

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      [whole band]     [at end of these 8 bars, bpm switches to 90]

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      [organ only]

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      [organ only]

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      [organ with lead guitar hits]

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      [ditto]

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       [whole band in]

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         [2 bar "telegraph" riff]                 Set me free, why doncha babe.

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         Get out of my life, why doncha, babe. Cuz u don't really want me, you just

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        keep me hangin' on.                   You don't really need me, but ya

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        keep me hangin' on.                    Why do you keep a'comin' around,

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        playin' with my heart?                  Why doncha get out of my life &

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        let me try to make a new start.      Let me get over you, the

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        way you've gotten over me- hey!        [telegraph riff]

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            Set me free, why doncha babe.    Get out of my life, why doncha now.

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            You don't really want me, u just keep me hangin' on.

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          You really don't need me, you just keep me hangin' on.

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           You say when we broke up,         you just wanna be friends.

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       But how can we still be friends when seein' you only breaks my heart again

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     [there ain't nothin' I can do about it] [telegraph riff]    Set me free, why

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     doncha, babe.          Get out of my life, why doncha, babe.   You really don'

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        want me, you just  keep me hangin' on.                  You really don't

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         need me, you just keep me hangin' on.                  Get out of my life,

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      why doncha babe.     Get out of my life, my doncha, babe.  Get out of my life

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      why doncha, babe.     Get out of my life, why doncha, babe. [telegraph

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        riff coming to crescendo]

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      [ditto]                                                   [intro all over

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         again, beginning with organ solo part]

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         [organ]                                                [lead guitar

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         hits held........]

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         [intro continues to end]

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      []

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      []

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                                                                 [end]