You Keep Me Hanging On — Vanilla Fudge
Chords and lyrics for You Keep Me Hanging On by Vanilla Fudge (key of C).
Verse 1
You Keep Me Hangin' On: Vanilla Fudge.
#6 in 1968.
Intro
[Em] [Bm] [D] [C]
Chorus
[Em]Set me free why [D]don't you babe? [Bm]Get out my life, why [C]don't you babe?
[Em]Cause you don't really [D]love me, you just [Bm]keep me hangin' [C]on.
[Em]Now you don't really [D]need me, you just [Bm]keep me hangin' [C]on.
Verse 1
[F]Why do ya keep a'comin' around, [C]playin' with my [G]heart?
[F]Why doncha get out of my life, [C]and let me make a new [G][Bm]start?
[D]Let me get over you, the [B7]way you've gotten over [Em]me, yeah.
Chorus
[Em]Set me free why [D]don't you babe? [Bm]Get out my life, why [C]don't you babe?
[Em]Cause you don't really [D]love me, you just [Bm]keep me hangin' [C]on.
[Em]Now you don't really [D]need me, you just [Bm]keep me hangin' [C]on.
Verse 2
[F]You say although we broke up, you [C]still just wanna be [G]friends.
[F]But how can we still be friends, when [C]seeing you only
breaks my [Em]heart again?
And [E7]there ain't nothing I can do about it...
Chorus
[Em]Set me free why [D]don't you babe? [Bm]Get out my life, why [C]don't you babe?
[Em]Cause you don't really [D]love me, you just [Bm]keep me hangin' [C]on.
[Em]Now you don't really [D]need me, you just [Bm]keep me hangin' [C]on.
Verse 3
[F]You claim you still care for me but your [C]heart and soul need to be [G]free.
[F]And now that you've got your freedom, you [C]want to still hold on to [G]me.[Bm]
[D]You don't want me or yourself, so [B7]let me find somebody [Em]else, hey, hey.
[Em]Why doncha be a [D]man about it, [Bm]and set me [C]free?
Now, [Em]you don't care a [D]thing about me, [Bm]you're just usin' [C]me.
Go [Em]on, get [D]out of my life [Bm]and let me sleep at [C]night.
Outro
[Em]You don't really [D]love me, you just [Bm]keep me hangin' [C]on..(x2) (fade)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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