SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU
As recorded by Led Zeppelin
(From the 1971 Album LED ZEPPELIN III)
Transcribed by Victor Ochoa
Words and Music by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones
Cm
x 3 5 5 4 x Fm
1 3 3 1 1 x Bb5/C
x 3 3 3 x x Gm
3 5 5 3 x x
Intro
Slowly Q.=44
Cm
12/8
Gtr I
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Fm ~|-10-8---10-8-----------------------------------||------9------9-9-9--8--------------------------||----------------------10---7-8-10-7-8----------||--------------------------------------10-8-----||-------------------------------------------10--||-----------------------------------------------|
Cm ~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~|-------------------------------------|------------------------------11-13-||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||-----------------------8p7----7-8-10-|-10s12------(12)-12-12--(12)--------||-------8s10--(10)----------10--------|------------------------------------||-8p6---------------------------------|------------------------------------||-----8-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Fm ~~~|-15p13p11-13-15-13-11-13-13------------------------13h15p13-11-13-15-13-11-13----||----------------------------13-13-(13)--(13)--(13)----------------------------13-||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-------------------------------8-----------------------||-(13)---(13)--8s11---------7s8---11-8------------------||-------------------10s12--------------11-10-8----10----||----------------------------------------------10----10-||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|
Cm ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~|---------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------8-------11-13-13-||-8p7------------------8p7---------------8p7----8-10---10s12----------||-----10-8-8-8-(8)-(8)-----10-8-8-8-(8)------10-----------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~|------------11-13-13b15-13-11-13-13b15==(13)r------||-13---11h13----------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
Gm Gtrs I, II ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~|------------------------------------10-13-13b15-13b15====(13)r\------||-11p8----8h11p8----8-8-(8)-------11-----------------------------9-11-||------10--------10---------10s12-------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab ~~~~~ PM ~~|--------11-------11----13b15--13b15-13--13b15--||-11b13-----11b13----11-------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|
Cm/Eb G7/Cm Eb7 D7 Dbmaj7 Gtr I ~~|-11---------------------|-------------------------------------|||----13-(13)\------------|-------------------------------------|||------------------------|---5------5b7-5------5------5b7-5----|||-------------------/5---|-4---------------4-3-----------------|||------------------------|-------------------------------------|||-------------------/6---|-5----(5)--------5-4----(4)--------4-||
1st Verse Cm Fm|------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------||------------/8-/8S|=1--------8-10b12--10b12-||------------------|-------------------------||-3----------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------|
Cm ~~~~~|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-10b12----------10pb12r(10)-8-10-10b12-||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
~~|---------------------------------------------------||---------------/11b13==(11)r-11-8------------------||-8--------------------------------10-8p7----7-8-10-||---10-10---------------------------------10--------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
Fm ~~|-------------------------|------------------------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------------------------||-10--------------1-3-3s5-|-3s5-3-1-1s3s1-1s3-1-1s3s1-1s3-1-1s3s1-3--||----10-10----------------|------------------------------------------||-----------------3-5-5s6-|-5s6-5-3-3s5s3-3s5-3-3s5s3-3s5-3-3s5s3-5--||-------------------------|------------------------------------------|
Cm ~|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-3s5---------------------------------||-------------10-12-12-13-12-12-10----||-5s6------------------------------13-||-------------------------------------|
~~|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------11-------------------------------------------||----------10h11p10-------12----10h11p10----10----------------------------||-10-12-13----------13-10----------------13----13-10-10-12-13p12p10-10-8\-||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gm Ab Fm Gtr II ~ ~ ~ ~|-3--3-(3)---(3)--------|---------------------------||-3--3-(3)---(3)--------|---------------------------||-0--0-(0)---(0)--------|---------------------------||-5--5-(5)---(5)----5-5-|-6--6s8-6--5-3--3s5-3--3s5-||-----------------------|---------------------------||-------------------3-3-|-4--4s6-4--3-1--1s3-1--1s3-|
Cm/EbG7/DCm Eb7 D7 Dbmaj7 ~~ ~ ~~~|------------------|---------------------------------------|||------------------|---------------------------------------|||-/5---4---5-------|---5----5b7r(5)------5------5b7r(5)----|||--------------5---|-4---------------4-3-------------------|||-/6---5---6-------|---------------------------------------|||--------------6---|-5----5----------5-4----(4)----------4-||
2nd Verse Cm Gtr I|---------------------------------------------------||-------4-------3-----3-(3)-4-----4-------3-----4---||-----5---5---5---5-----------5-----5-(5)---5-----5-||---5-------5-------5-----------5-------------5-----||-3---------------------(3)------------3------------||---------------------------------------------------|
Fm|-----------------3-----1-------3-----3-----1---------||---1-----1-------1-------1-(1)---1-----1-----1---1---||-----1-----1-(1)---1---------------1-----1-----1-----||-------3-------------3-------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------||-1------------1-------------1------------------------|
Cm|-------------------------------------------------------||-----4-------3-------3-------4-----4-------3------3----||-------5---5---5---5---5-(5)---5-----5-(5)---5-------5-||---5-----5-------5---------------5------5------5-(5)---||-3-----------------------(3)---------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------||---4------4--------3------3--------4------4----------------||-----5-------5-(5)---5-------5-(5)---5-------5-5-5-5-5-3---||-5-----5-(5)----5------5-(5)----5------5-(5)---------------||-----------------------------------------------6-6-6-6-5-5-||-----------------------------------------------------------|
Fm|---------------------------------------------|--------------^1-----1--||-----------1-------------1-------------1-----|--------------^1-----1--||-1-------1---1---------1---1---------1---1---|------------0-^1-----1--||-------3-------3-(3)-3-------3-(3)-3-------3-|---3-(3)------^3-----3--||-3---3------------3-------------3------------|-3----------------------||---------------------------------------------|------------------------|
Cm <|---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||-3s5-5-5-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-5-||-------------x-x-x-x-x-x----5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-5-||-------------x-x-x-x-x-x-/6-6-6-6-6-6-/6-6-6-6-6-6-||---------------------------------------------------|
Gtr II|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5\--||-------------------------------------------------||-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6\--||-------------------------------------------------|
Gm Ab Fm ~ ~ ~ ~|-3---3---3---(3)---|---------------------------||-3---3---3---(3)---|---------------------------||-0---0---0---(0)---|---------------------------||-5---5---5---(5)---|-6--6s8-6--5-3--3s5-3--3s5-||-------------------|---------------------------||-------------------|-4--4s6-4--3-1--1s3-1--1s3-|
Cm/E G7/DCm Eb7 Gtr II|------------------||------------------||------------------||------------------||------------------||------------------|
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D7 Dbmaj7|--------------------------------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------8-11p8-11p8----8----|||------------------------------------10b12-------------11---10-|||--------------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------------||
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Guitar Solo
C Cm
Gtr I
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o / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~ ~~|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-8----8------------------------------------------8--------------10p8----10p8----8------------8-10-10b12-10b12-10-8-10-10-||---10---10-8h10p8----8-------------------------8---10-8-10-(10)------10------10---10-10-(10)-----------------------------||------------------10---10-8p6-8p6-------6-8s10---------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------8-8-8----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fm
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/ / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~ ~|-----------11-10-8---10-8-----------------------------------------------||-------8-9---------9------9-9-9-8---------------------------------------||-(10)-----------------------------10-8----------------------------------||---------------------------------------10-8s6---8-6---6-------5h6p5-----||----------------------------------------------8-----8---8-(8)-------8p6-||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cm
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~ ~~|---------8--------------------------------------------||-----x-8---11-8----------------------------16-18-16---||----------------10b12==(10)r-10-8----8--17------------||----------------------------------10------------------||------------------------------------------------------||-8----------------------------------------------------|
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/ / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~|------------------------------15------------------------------------------------------------------||-18b20-18b20==(18)r(18)p16-18----16b16.5-18-16-18b20-18b20==(18)r-18-18pb20r(18)p16-18-18b20-16---||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x-||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fm
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/ / / / / / / / // / /
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~|--16-15--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------16----------------------------------------------------------16-------------------13-16-13--||-----------17s15p13s12-----12-13-15--12-13-------------13--15-15b17-----15b17==(15)r---------------||-----------------------15------------------15--15-(15)---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Cm Bb
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/ / / / / / / / / / / o
~~|---------------------8----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11p8---11p8-10p8---||-16----------------8---8h11p8-8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8------8-----------10||----17-(17)\-10b12--------------10p8-10p8----8-------------------------------------------------------10----8----8-10b12----------------------||------------------------------------------10---10-8h10p8----8-------------------------8----8-10-8-10----10---10------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------10---10p8s6-8p6---6---6-8s10---10---------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------8---8---------------------------------------------------------------|
Cm Bb5/C
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/ / / / / / / / / / / /
|-8--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---11b13==(11)r-11------------------------------------------------------------------8--------/11-11-||-------------------10b12--10pb11r(10)-8----8----8----------8-10-8--------10-8---------8----8-/12----||----------------------------------------10---10---10-10-10---------10-10------10-10-----10----------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gm
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/ / / / / / / / /// /
~~|----10-13-13b15==(13)r--13-10-13-13b15-13-10-12-10--------------||-11------------------------------------------------11-11---9-11-||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab Fm ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~|----------11-------11----13b15-13b15---13b15-13----13b15-||-11b13-------11b13----11---------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr I| ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--6-----6s=8--6--------5--3----------3s=5-----3--3s=5----||---------------------------------------------------------||--4-----4s=6--4--------3--1----------1s=3-----1--1s=3----|
Cm/Eb G7/D Cm Eb7 ~~|-11---------------------8-----------------------------11-13-11--||----13-(13)\----------8---11-8---------------------13-----------||----------------10b12----------10b12-10-8-----------------------||------------------------------------------10-10-----------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------|
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D7 Dbmaj7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-13b15---13b15========(13)-(13)r(13)p11-13-13b14-13b15---13b15-------------13pb15r(13)-11b11.5==(11)r-|||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11b11.5==(11)r-|||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
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3rd Verse Cm|--------------||-13\----------||--------------||--------------||--------------||--------------|
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Fm Cm Gtr I ~|-------------------------------------|-------------||-------------------------------------|-4-----------||-----3-5b7-5b7-5-3-5p3-5-------------|-5-----------||---5---------------------5-----------|-5-----------||---------------------------3p1-------|-------------||-------------------------------3-3---|-------------|
Eb D Gtr II|------------------------|-----------------------------------------||------------------------|-------------7-(7)-------7-------7-------||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7---(7)-7---7---7---7---7---7-||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7---(7)---7-------7-------7---||-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5----5------------------------||------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Cm G7/DCm/EEb7 D7 Dbmaj7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~|------------------|--------------------------------------|||------------------|--------------------------------------|||-/5---4---5-------|---5----5b7r(5)------5------5b7r(5)---|||--------------5---|-4---------------4-3------------------|||-/6---5---6-------|--------------------------------------|||--------------6---|-5----5----------5-4----(4)-----------||
4th Verse Cm|-------------------8--10-10-10---(10)-11-11-11---(11)-10-------||----------8--------------------8---8------8----8--(8)----8-----||-----8------8----------------8---------------------------------||-/10---10-----10-(10)----10--------------------------------10s=||---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------|
Fm|---1-----1---(1)-3---3---(3)-4---4-------3---1---||-----1-----1-(1)---1---1-------1---1-(1)---1---1-||-------1-----------------------------------------||-3------------------------3-----------3----------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
Cm|------8-------8-------10------------11---10--------------8---10---||--------8-------8-(8)----8-------------8---------8-(8)-8---8----8-||---------------------------8--8-(8)-------------------------------||-3s10-----10-10---10---------10-10-------10-(10)---10-------------||------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------|
C7|-----12--------12-----------15-18-15---------15--------------------------------------------||--------11---------11-13s17----17--------17-----17-(17)-17--------17----------17-------17--||-----------12-(12)----11s15----15----15-(15)---------------15---------15-(15)----15--------||-/10---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------15--------15-(15)-----15-----15-15-----||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fm|---1-----1-------3-----3-------4-----4-------3-----3---||-----1-----1-(1)---1-----1-(1)---1-----1-(1)---1-----1-||-1-----1------1------1------1------1------1------1-----||-3------------3-------------3-------------3------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|
|---1-----1-------3-----3-------4-----3-------1-----1---||-----1-----1-(1)---1-----1-(1)---1-----1-(1)---1-----1-||-1-----1------1------1------1------1------1------1-----||-3------------3-------------3-------------3------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|
Cm|------8-------8-------10------10-------11---------------10---------8-||--------8-------8-(8)----8-------8-(8)----8-------8-(8)----8-----8---||------------------------------------------------8--------------------||-3s10-----10-10---10-------10-10---10-------10-10---10-------10-10---||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~|---------8---------8---------8---------8---------8---------------------------------------------||-------8---------8---------8---------8---------8-----------------------------------------------||-10b12-----10b12-----10b12-----10b12-----10b12-----10b12==(10)r-10-8---------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------10-8-7--------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------10-8-----8-10-8----||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------/10-----------|
Gm Ab Fm Cm/EbG7/DCm Eb7 ~ ~ ~~~~~ ~ ~~ ~|------3---(3)--------|---------------------------|-------------------||------3---(3)--------|---------------------------|-------------------||----x-0---(0)--------|---------------------------|-/5---4---5--------||------5---(5)----5-5-|-6--6s8-6--5-3--3s5-3--3s5-|--------------5----||---------------------|---------------------------|-/6---5---6--------||-3---------------3-3-|-4--4s6-4--3-1--1s3-1--1s3-|--------------6----|
D7 Dbmaj7 ~~~|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---5----5b7r(5)------5------5b7r(5)----||-4---------------4-3-------------------||---------------------------------------||-5----5----------5-4----(4)----------4-|
Ab|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-5---------------------------------------||-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-6---------------------------------------||-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Fm Cm/EbG7/DCm Eb7 ~ ~~~~~~~ ~~ ~|------------------------------|------------------||------------------------------|------------------||------------------------------|-/5---4---5-------||-3--3s5-3--3s5-6S5S3-(3)/-5-3-|--------------5---||------------------------------|-/6---5---6-------||-1--1s3-1--1s3-4S3S1-(1)/-3-1-|--------------6---|
D7 Dbmaj7 ~~~|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||---5----5b7r(5)------5------5b7r(5)---||-4---------------4-3------------------||--------------------------------------||-5----5----------5-4----(4)-----------|
Cm Gtr I|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------*||-4s3s4s3s4s3s4s3s4s3s4s3s4s3s4s3s4s3s4---|-4p3-3-4p3-3-4-3-3-----*||-5s4s5s4s5s4s5s4s5s4s5s4s5s4s5s4s5s4s5---|-----------------------*||-----------------------------------------|-----------------------*||-----------------------------------------|-----------------------*||-----------------------------------------|-----------------------*|
