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You Keep Me Hangin' On: Vanilla Fudge.
#6 in 1968.
[Intro]
 Em   Bm   D   C(x2)
[Chorus]
EmSet me free why Ddon't you babe? BmGet out my life, why Cdon't you babe?
EmCause you don't really Dlove me, you just Bmkeep me hangin' Con.
EmNow you don't really Dneed me, you just Bmkeep me hangin' Con.
[Verse 1]
FWhy do ya keep a'comin' around, Cplayin' with my Gheart?
FWhy doncha get out of my life, Cand let me make a new GstarBmt?
DLet me get over you, the B7way you've gotten over Emme, yeah.
[Chorus]
EmSet me free why Ddon't you babe? BmGet out my life, why Cdon't you babe?
EmCause you don't really Dlove me, you just Bmkeep me hangin' Con.
EmNow you don't really Dneed me, you just Bmkeep me hangin' Con.
[Verse 2]
FYou say although we broke up, you Cstill just wanna be Gfriends.
FBut how can we still be friends, when Cseeing you only
breaks my Emheart again?
And E7there ain't nothing I can do about it...
[Chorus]
EmSet me free why Ddon't you babe? BmGet out my life, why Cdon't you babe?
EmCause you don't really Dlove me, you just Bmkeep me hangin' Con.
EmNow you don't really Dneed me, you just Bmkeep me hangin' Con.
[Verse 3]
FYou claim you still care for me but your Cheart and soul need to be Gfree.
FAnd now that you've got your freedom, you Cwant to still hold on to Gme.Bm  
DYou don't want me or yourself, so B7let me find somebody Emelse, hey, hey.
EmWhy doncha be a Dman about it, Bmand set me Cfree?
Now, Emyou don't care a Dthing about me, Bmyou're just usin' Cme.
Go Emon, get Dout of my life Bmand let me sleep at Cnight.
[Outro]
EmYou don't really Dlove me, you just Bmkeep me hangin' Con..(x2) (fade)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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You Keep Me Hangin On

by Vanilla Fudge

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You Keep Me Hangin' On: Vanilla Fudge.

#6 in 1968.

[Intro]

Em Bm D C

(x2)

[Chorus]

Em D Bm C

Set me free why don't you babe? Get out my life, why don't you babe?

Em D Bm C

Cause you don't really love me, you just keep me hangin' on.

Em D Bm C

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

[Verse 1]

F C G

Why do ya keep a'comin' around, playin' with my heart?

F C G Bm

Why doncha get out of my life, and let me make a new start?

D B7 Em

Let me get over you, the way you've gotten over me, yeah.

[Chorus]

Em D Bm C

Set me free why don't you babe? Get out my life, why don't you babe?

Em D Bm C

Cause you don't really love me, you just keep me hangin' on.

Em D Bm C

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

[Verse 2]

F C G

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

F C

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

breaks my heart again?

And there ain't nothing I can do about it...

[Chorus]

Em D Bm C

Set me free why don't you babe? Get out my life, why don't you babe?

Em D Bm C

Cause you don't really love me, you just keep me hangin' on.

Em D Bm C

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

[Verse 3]

F C G

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

F C G Bm

And now that you've got your freedom, you want to still hold on to me.

D B7 Em

You don't want me or yourself, so let me find somebody else, hey, hey.

Em D Bm C

Why doncha be a man about it, and set me free?

Em D Bm C

Now, you don't care a thing about me, you're just usin' me.

Em D Bm C

Go on, get out of my life and let me sleep at night.

[Outro]

Em D Bm C

You don't really love me, you just keep me hangin' on..(x2) (fade)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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