I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
Otis Redding
I've been loving you
too long
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to stop now
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There were time
and you want to be free
My love is growing stronger,
as you become a heaven to me
Oh I've been loving you
too long (|--6^7---6^7--|
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I dont wanna stop now, oh
With you my life,
Has been so wonderful
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I can't stop now
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There were times
and your love is growing cold
My love is growing stronger
as our affair [affair] grows old
I've been loving you a
too long (|--6^7---6^7--|
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to stop now
oh, oh, oh
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I've been loving you
a little bit too long
I don't wanna stop now
oh, oh, oh
Don't make me stop now
F# etc, etc ........
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 ...