...THAT'S HOW STRONG MY LOVE IS... by Otis Redding
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*from 'The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads' (1965)*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: )


[Intro]

  


[Verse 1]

             
 If I was the 

     
sun, way up th

ere,
             
 I'd go with l

          
ove, most ever

ywhere.
             
 I'll be the m

              
oon, when the 


sun goes down,
             
 Just to let y

              
ou know, that 


I'm still arou

nd.


[Chorus 1]

             
 That's how st

        
rong my love i

s,
             
Oh, that's how

           
 strong my lov

e is.
             
 That's how st

        
rong my love i

s, baby, baby,
             
 That's how st

        
rong my love i

s.


[Verse 2]

             
 I'll be the w

              
eeping willow,

 
 drowning in m

y tears,
             
 You can go sw

        
imming, when y

ou're here.
             
 I'll be the r

              
ainbow, when t

   
he sun is gone

,
             
 Wrap you in m

              
y colours and 


keep you warm.


[Chorus 2]

             
 That's how st

        
rong my love i

s, darling,
             
 That's how st

        
rong my love i

s, baby.
             
 That's how st

        
rong my love i

s, ooh,
             
 That's how st

        
rong my love i

s.


[Bridge 1]

            
 I'll be the o

         
cean, so deep 

and wide,
            
 I'll get out 

              
the tears, whe

  
n-ever you cry

.
            
 I'll be the b

              
reeze, after t

   
he storm is go

ne,

 To dry your e

yes and love y

ou warm.


[Chorus 3]

             
 That's how st

        
rong my love i

s, baby,
             
 That's how st

        
rong my love i

s.
             
 That's how st

        
rong my love i

s, darling,
             
 That's how st

        
rong my love i

s.


[Coda]

             
 That's how st

        
rong my love i

s, so deep in,
             
Well, that's h

             
ow strong my l

ove is.
             
So much love, 

             
yes, so much l


ove, ooh,
             
Yes, so much l

              
ove, yes, so m

    
uch love.
              
Anything that 

             
I can do, I'll

    
 be good for y

ou,
             
Any kind of lo

              
ve you want, I

    
'll be with yo

u...

(Fade)



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