I've Been Loving You Too Long

by Otis Redding and Jeff Butler · posted by gene

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Listen to the song— a recording linked by the tab’s author

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: 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)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

There's a change of key near the end of the song if you wanna mess with it.

A harp

 4   -4 4  -4  5   5   5  5 -4
I've been lov-ing you too long

4   5   5 -4 4
To stop  now

  6    -6    7
There were times

 5   6   -6  6  -6  5
And you want to be free

-6  6   -6   6  -6     5   -4
My love is grow-ing strong-er

4  -4  4   -4  4 5   4  -4  5 4
As you be-come a ha-bit to  me

4    -4   4    -4  4  5 4
Oh, I've been lov-ing you

 5  5 -4
Too long

4  -4    -4 4   5   5 -4 4  
I don’t wan-na stop  now

 4    4  -4  5
With you my life

 6   -6  6  -5   5  5 -4 4
Has been so won-der- ful

-4   5    -4  4 3 2
 I can't stop  now




  6    -6    7
There were times

-5   6    -6  6   -6   6   5
And your love is grow-ing cold

-6  6   -6  6  -6    5    -4
My love is growing strong-er

4  -4   4 5 4   4  5 4     4    5 
As our af-fair, af-fair  grows old

 4    4    5   5   5
I've been lov-ing you

6   -5  5 -4 4
Oh, too  long

 -4    5   5 -4 4
Don’t stop  now 
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Bb harp
 
 4    -4   5   5   5
I've been lov-ing you

5   6    -5  5 -4 4
A little too  long

-5   6    -5 5   -5  5 -4
 I don't wan-na stop now

  6    -5  5   -5  -5
Don't make me stop now

(That’s all I can tab.  Just ad-lib, I guess.)

I'm down on my knees 
Please don't make me stop now
I love you, I love you,
I love you with all of my heart
And I can't stop now
Don't make me stop now
Please, please don't make me stop now
Good god almighty I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you
I love you in so many different ways
I love you in so many different ways

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound