Otis Redding – Ive Been Loving You Too Long (Bass Tab)

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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) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
  [Pre-Verse]
  Q=70
  12/8
  Gtr I
   H.      H.        H.      H.        H.      H.
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-----------------|-7-------7-------|---------------|
E|-5-------5-------|-----------------|-5-------5-----|

                             [1st & 2nd Verses]
   e e e e e e e e e e e e     H.      H.        H.      H.
G|-------------------------||------------------|---------------|
D|-------------------------||o-----------------|---------------|
A|-------------------------||o-----------------|-4-------4-----|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--5-------5-------|---------------|

   H.      H.        H.      H.        H.      H.
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-5-------5-------|-----------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|-1-------1-------|-5-------5-----|

                                      1.
   H.      H.        H.      H.        q  E q  E q  E Q.
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A|-7-------7-------|-----------------|-7----7----7---------|
E|-----------------|-5-------5-------|---------------------|

   H.      H.        H.      H.        H.      H.
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-----------------|-7-------7-------|---------------|
E|-5-------5-------|-----------------|-5-------5-----|

                                                 [Outro]
                              2.
   e e e e e e e e e e e e     H.      H.         H.      H.
G|--------------------------||-----------------||---------------|
D|-------------------------o||-----------------||---------------|
A|-------------------------o||-----------------||-1-------1-----|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-1-------1-------||---------------|

   H.      H.          H.      H.        H.      Q.   Q.    4x
G|-----------------||------------------|--------------------||
D|-----------------||o-----------------|-------------------o||
A|-----------------||o-1-------1-------|-------------------o||
E|-1-------1-------||------------------|-2-------2----2-----||
************************************ 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). ************************************