You Really Got A Hold On Me

by Smokey Robinson/The Beatles/Temptations · posted by gene

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

Smokey Robinson wrote it, lots of artists performed it.  I tabbed the Beatles version.

Verse 1:
-5 6 -5   -6  6 -5
I  don't like you

-5  6 -5  6   -5
But  I   love you

  7    -6  -8 -8 -8 7 
Seems that I'm al-ways

  7   -6  -8  7
Think-ing of you

-6   6  -5  -6'  -6'  6   -5 -5
Oh, oh, oh, you treat me bad-ly

-2  -2   2  -1 -1
I  love you mad-ly


Chorus:
 -5      -5 -5 -5  -5  5 -4 4  -4
You've real-ly got a   hold on me 

(You really got a hold on me)

 6   -6  -6 -7  -6   7 -7 -6  6 -6
You real-ly got a      hold   on me 

(You really got a hold on me)

-7 -6   6
 Ba-    by


Verse 2:
I don't want you
But I need you
Don't wan-na kiss you
But I need to
Oh, ho, ho You do me wrong, now
My love is strong, now

Chorus

Bridge:
-8  -7 -8  -7
I    love  you 

 6  -7 -7  -7  -7  -6' -7 
And all I want you to  do

-6' -5   -6' 6    -6' 6
Is just hold me, hold me

 -6' 6    6   6
Hold me, hold me

  6   -5   -6   6
Tight-er, tight-er 

Verse 3:
I wan-na leave you
Don't wan-na stay here
Don't wan-na spend a-no-ther day here
Oh ho ho, I wan-na split now
I just can't quit now
 
Chorus

Bridge

Chorus

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