You Keep Me Hangin On chords by Vanilla Fudge

Chords with lyrics

Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 23:27:10 GMT

This arrangement, including the lyrics, seems to be completely different
from other versions I've heard, such as the Supremes.
[different, AND BETTER!] I wish someone would figure out the lead.


  You Keep Me Hangin' On     Vanilla Fudge

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

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

   E minorEm         D MajorD         B minorBm         C majorC
   [organ only]

   E minor 7Em7         D MajorD         B minorBm         C2
   [organ only]

   E minorEm         D MajorD         B minorBm         C majorC
   [organ with lead guitar hits]

   E minorEm         D MajorD         B minorBm         C majorC
   [ditto]

   E minorEm         D MajorD         B minorBm         C majorC
    [whole band in]

   E minorEm         E minorEm         E minorEm         D MajorD
     [2 bar "telegraph" riff]         Set me free, why doncha babe.

   B minorBm         C majorC         E minorEm         D MajorD
     Get out of my life, why doncha, babe. Cuz u don't really want me, you just

   B minorBm         C majorC         E minorEm         D MajorD
    keep me hangin' on.          You don't really need me, but ya

   B minorBm         C majorC         FF         FF
    keep me hangin' on.          Why do you keep a'comin' around,

   C majorC          G+G         FF         FF
    playin' with my heart?         Why doncha get out of my life &

   C majorC          G+G         D MajorD         D MajorD
    let me try to make a new start.   Let me get over you, the

   B7B7         B7B7         E minorEm
    way you've gotten over me- hey!    [telegraph riff]

   E minorEm         D MajorD         B minorBm         C majorC
      Set me free, why doncha babe.  Get out of my life, why doncha now.

   E minorEm         D MajorD         B minorBm         C majorC
      You don't really want me, u just keep me hangin' on.

   E minorEm         D MajorD         B minorBm         C majorC
     You really don't need me, you just keep me hangin' on.

   FF          FF         C majorC         G+G
      You say when we broke up,     you just wanna be friends.

   FF          FF         C majorC         G+G
    But how can we still be friends when seein' you only breaks my heart again

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

   D MajorD          B minorBm         C majorC         E minorEm
   doncha, babe.     Get out of my life, why doncha, babe.  You really don'

   D MajorD          B minorBm         C majorC         E minorEm
    want me, you just keep me hangin' on.         You really don't

   D MajorD          B minorBm         C majorC         E minorEm
     need me, you just keep me hangin' on.         Get out of my life,

   D MajorD          E minorEm         D MajorD         E minorEm
   why doncha babe.   Get out of my life, my doncha, babe. Get out of my life

   D MajorD          E minorEm         D MajorD         E minorEm
   why doncha, babe.   Get out of my life, why doncha, babe. [telegraph

   E minorEm         E minorEm         E minorEm         E minorEm
    riff coming to crescendo]

   E minorEm         E minorEm         E minorEm         E minorEm
   [ditto]                          [intro all over

   D MajorD          B minorBm         C majorC         E minor 7Em7
     again, beginning with organ solo part]

   D MajorD          B minorBm         C2         E minorEm
     [organ]                        [lead guitar

   D MajorD          B minorBm         C majorC         E minorEm
     hits held........]

   D MajorD          B minorBm         C majorC         E minorEm
     [intro continues to end]

   D MajorD          B minorBm         C majorC         E minorEm
   []

   E minorEm         E minorEm         E minorEm         E minorEm
   []

   E minorEm         E minorEm         E minorEm         E minorEm
                                 [end]