Chords with lyrics
Intro:
| E minorEm | E minorEm |
| E minorEm | D MajorD | B minorBm | C majorC |
| E minorEm | D MajorD | B minorBm | C majorC |
(...keep me hanging on...)
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD
Set me free, why don’t you babe?
B minorBm C majorC
Get out my life, why don’t you babe?
E minorEm D MajorD
’Cause you don’t really love me
B minorBm C majorC
You just keep me hanging on
Rhythmic fill: | E minorEm | D MajorD | B minorBm | C majorC |
E minorEm D MajorD
Set me free, why don’t you babe?
B minorBm C majorC
Get out my life, why don’t you babe?
E minorEm D MajorD
’Cause you don’t really need me
B minorBm C majorC
But you keep me hanging on
Verse:
G+G
Why do you keep a-comin’ around
C majorC G+G
Playing with my heart?
G+G
Why don’t you get out of my life
C majorC G+G
And let me make a brand new start?
D MajorD
Let me get over you
B7B7
The way you’ve gotten over me, yeah
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD
Set me free, why don’t you babe?
B minorBm C majorC
Get out my life, why don’t you babe?
E minorEm D MajorD
’Cause you don’t really love me
B minorBm C majorC
You just keep me hanging on
E minorEm D MajorD
No you don’t really need me
B minorBm C majorC
You just keep me... hanging on
Verse:
G+G
You say although we broke up
C majorC G+G
We still just wanna be friends
G+G
But how can we still be friends when
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD C majorC A augmentedA
Seeing you only breaks my heart agaaaaaaaaaaain...
(and there ain’t nothing I can do about it...)
Bridge:
D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
Wow-wow-wow...
D MajorD B minorBm C majorC
Wow-wow-wow-wow...
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
Wow-wow-wow-wow...
D MajorD B minorBm C majorC
Wow-wow-wow... yeah....
E minorEm D MajorD
Get out, get out of my life
B minorBm C majorC
And let me sleep at night
E minorEm D MajorD
’Cause you don’t really love me
B minorBm C majorC
You just keep me... (hanging) hanging on
Verse:
G+G
You say you still care for me
C majorC G+G
But your heart and soul needs to be free
G+G
And now that you’ve got your freedom
C majorC G+G
You wanna still hold on to me
D MajorD
You don’t want me for yourself
B7B7
So let me find somebody else
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD
Set me free, why don’t you babe?
B minorBm C majorC
Get out my life, why don’t you babe?
E minorEm D MajorD
’Cause you don’t really love me
B minorBm C majorC
You just keep me hanging on
E minorEm D MajorD
Why don’t you be a man about it
B minorBm C majorC
Set me free
E minorEm D MajorD
Now you don’t care a thing about me
B minorBm C majorC
You’re just using me (hey, abusing me)
E minorEm D MajorD
Get out, get out of my life
B minorBm C majorC
And let me sleep at night
E minorEm D MajorD
’Cause you don’t really love me
B minorBm C majorC
You just keep me... hanging on
Outro: repeat
| E minorEm | D MajorD | B minorBm | C majorC |
to fade