Lockdown Licks no. 395
“I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” by Otis Redding.
Arpegio chord picking with ‘hammer on’ G string on each chord. (Sequence is A,C#,D,F,A)
Played with “wrap around thumb” bar chords.
Played on an SC500 guitar into a NUX M8 amp on clean channel with some reverb & chorus. Original guitar by Steve Cropper.
“I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” (originally “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)”) is a soul music ballad written by Otis Redding and Jerry Butler. Considered by music critics and writers to be one of Redding’s finest performances and a soul classic, it is a slow, emotional piece with Redding’s pleading vocals backed by producer Steve Cropper’s arpeggiated guitar parts and a horn section.