You Keep Me Hangin’ On


Written by Holland, Dozier & Holland

 
Intro…Em….D……G..Bm….C…..G…
 
Set me free why don’t you babe Get out of my life why don’t you babe
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’Cause you don’t really love me You just keep me hangin’on
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You don’t really need me But you keep me hangin’on
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Why do you keep a comin’ around Playing with my heart
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Why don’t you get out of my life And let me make a new start
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Let me get over you The way you’ve gotten over me
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Set me free why don’t you babe Let me be why don’t you babe
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Cause you don’t really love me at all You just keep me hangin’on
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You don’t really want me But you keep me hangin’on
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You say although we broke up You still wanna be just friends
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How can we still be friends When seeing you only breaks my heart again
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(And there ain’t nothing I can do about it)
Spoken/sung

Set me free why don’t you babe Get out of my life why don’t you babe
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’Cause you don’t really love me at all You just keep me hangin’on
Em………………...D…..………………Bm…….....……………C……..
You don’t really need me You keep me hangin’on
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You claim you still care for me But your heart and soul need to be free
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And now that you’ve got your freedom You still wanna hold on to me
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You don’t want me for yourself So let me find somebody else
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Why don’t you be a man about it You just keep hangin’ on
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No you don’t care a thing about me You just keep me hangin’ on
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Go on, get out of my life Let me sleep at night
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’Cos you don’t really love me at all You just keep me hangin’on
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Go on, get out of my life why don’t you, babe
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You just keep me hangin’on Get out of my life, get out of my life
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You just keep me hangin’on
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