I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
Otis Redding
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I've been loving you
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too long
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to stop now
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There were time
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and you want to be free
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My love is growing stronger,
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as you become a heaven to me
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Oh I've been loving you
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too long (|--6^7---6^7--| |--8^9---8^9--| |-------------| |-------------| |-------------| |-------------|)
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I dont wanna stop now, oh
AWith you my life,EHas been so wonderful (|-------12-------------------------| |----------------12-------12-------| |--11^13----13^11----11^13----6----| |-----------------------------7----| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------|)
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I can't stop now
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There were times
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and your love is growing cold
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My love is growing stronger
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as our affair [affair] grows old
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I've been loving you a
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too long (|--6^7---6^7--| |--8^9---8^9--| |-------------| |-------------| |-------------| |-------------|)
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I've been loving you
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a little bit too long
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I don't wanna stop now
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oh, oh, oh
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Don't make me stop now
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No baby
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
Please, please, please, please don't make me stop now
I love you so ...