Otis Redding - Ive been loving you too long
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Tuning: E A D G B E
I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG
As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1965 Album OTIS BLUE: OTIS REDDING SINGS SOUL)
Words and Music by Otis Redding & Jerry Butler
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar'
[Pre-Verse]
Q=70
A
12/8
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
E E E E E E E E E E E E
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------6-----------6-----|
D|-----7---7-------7---7---|
A|---7-------7---7-------7-|
E|-5-----------5-----------|
EE E E E E E S S E E S S S S E AE E E E E E E E E E E E
e|-----------------7---7s5-----7\-|--------------------------|
B|-------------7s9---9-9s7-7s9----|--------------------------|
G|-------1------------------------|-------6-----------6------|
D|-----2---2----------------------|-----7---7-------7---7----|
A|---2-------2--------------------|---7-------7---7-------7--|
E|-0------------------------------|-5-----------5------------|
(E)
E E E E E E E E E E E E
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
[1st & 2nd Verses]
A C#
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
e||--------------------------|-------------------------|
B||o-------------------------|-------6-----------6-----|
G||--------6-----------6-----|-----6---6-------6---6---|
D||------7---7-------7---7---|---6-------6---6-------6-|
A||o---7-------7---7-------7-|-4-----------4-----------|
E||--5-----------5-----------|-------------------------|
D F A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------7-----------7-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----7---7-------7---7---|-------2-----------2-----|-------6-----------6-----|
D|---7-------7---7-------7-|-----3---3-------3---3---|-----7---7-------7---7---|
A|-5-----------5-----------|---3-------3---3-------3-|---7-------7---7-------7-|
E|-------------------------|-1-----------1-----------|-5-----------5-----------|
1.
E A (E)
E E E E E E E S S E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E e Q e Q e Q Q.
e|---------------5s7-----5s7---|-------------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------7s9-----7s9---|-------------------------|---------------------|
G|-------1---------------------|-------6-----------6-----|---------------------|
D|-----2---2-------------------|-----7---7-------7---7---|---------------------|
A|---2-------2-----------------|---7-------7---7-------7-|---------------------|
E|-0-----------0-----0-0-----0-|-5-----------5-----------|-0----0----0---------|
AE E E E E E E E E E E E EE E E E E E S S E E S S S S E
e|-------------------------|-----------------7---7s5-----7\-|
B|-------------------------|-------------7s9---9-9s7-7s9----|
G|-------6-----------6-----|-------1------------------------|
D|-----7---7-------7---7---|-----2---2----------------------|
A|---7-------7---7-------7-|---2-------2--------------------|
E|-5-----------5-----------|-0------------------------------|
A
E E E E E E E E E E E E
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-------6-----------6-------|
D|-----7---7-------7---7-----|
A|---7-------7---7-------7---|
E|-5-----------5-------------|
(E)
E E E E E E E E E E E E
e|--------------------------||
B|-------------------------o||
G|--------------------------||
D|--------------------------||
A|-------------------------o||
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
[Outro]
2.
(F) Bb
E. S E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
e|----------------------------||-------------------------|
B|----------------------------||-------3-----------3-----|
G|----------------------------||-----3---3-------3---3---|
D|----------------------------||---3-------3---3-------3-|
A|--------------------------0-||-1-----------1-----------|
E|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3---||-------------------------|
F Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
e|-------------------------||--------------------------|
B|-------------------------||o-------3-----------3-----|
G|-------2-----------2-----||------3---3-------3---3---|
D|-----3---3-------3---3---||----3-------3---3-------3-|
A|---3-------3---3-------3-||o-1-----------1-----------|
E|-1-----------1-----------||--------------------------|
Gb
E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
e|--------------------------||
B|-------------------------o||
G|-------3-----------3------||
D|-----4---4-------4---4----||
A|---4-------4---4-------4-o||
E|-2-----------2------------||
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| s - legato slide
| \ - slide out of (to "nowhere")
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