Stop In The Name Of Love

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

Words and Music By: Holland, Dozier, Holland 
Medium Tempo, Motown


 -6       -6  -6  -6   6  6  
STOP ! -- In the name of love
 6    -5   5    5   -4   -4
Be - fore you break my heart

5  6  6   5  6  5  -6  5  5    5    6   6 
Ba-by ba-by I'm a-ware~~~ of where you go
 5    -6   5    6    5   -6  5
Each time you leave my door~~~~
6   6    -5   5    5   -4    -4
I watch you walk down the street
 6  -5  -5  5    5  -5   5   -4  -4   
Know~~~ing your oth-er love you meet
 5   -6   -6   6  -6  6   -6  5  6 
But this time before you run to her
-6   -6  6   5  -6  6   5   -4  4
leaving me   a-lone~~~~ to cry~~~~
  4   -4  5 4  4
Think it  o~~~ver~~~~
  4   -4  5 4  4
Think it  o~~~ver~~~~
-6  -6 6   5    5  -4  -4
Havn't I been good to you ?
-6  -6 6   5    -6  6   5  -4    4 
Havn't I been sweet~~~ to you ?~~~~~ 
 -6       -6 -6   -6   6   6
STOP ! -- In the name of love
 5    -5   5    5   -4   -4
Be - fore you break my heart
 -6       -6  -6  -6   6   6      
STOP ! -- In the name of love
 6    -5   5    5   -4   -4
Be - fore you break my heart
  4   -4  5 4  4
Think it  o~~~ver
  4   -4  5 4  4 
Think it  o~~~ver

  4    5    6  -6
I've known of your
 5    6  6   5    -6
Your se-clu-ded nights
 4   5   6   6  -6
I've ev-en seen her
 5  6   6   5    -6
May-be once or twice
 6   6 -5  -5  5    5   -5   5   -4
but is~~~ her~~~~ sweet ex-pres-sion
 6    -5   -5   5
Worth~~~~ more~~~~
 5   -5   5   5  -5  5  -4   -4
Than my love and af-fec~~~~~tion ?
 -7   -6   6  -6   6    6    5  6   -6 
This time be-fore you leave my arms~~~~~
 -6  6    5  -6  6   5    -4    4 
And rush off to~~~~ her charms~~~~~
  4   -4  5 4  4
Think it  o~~~ver~~~~
  4   -4  5 4  4
Think it  o~~~ver~~~~
-6  -6 6   5    5  -4  -4
Havn't I been good to you ?
-6  -6 6   5    -6  6   5  -4    4 
Havn't I been sweet~~~ to you ?~~~~~ 
 -6       -6 -6   -6   6   6
STOP ! -- In the name of love
 5    -5   5    5   -4   -4
Be - fore you break my heart
 -6       -6  -6  -6   6   6      
STOP ! -- In the name of love
 6    -5   5    5   -4   -4
Be - fore you break my heart
  4   -4  5 4  4
Think it  o~~~ver
  4   -4  5 4  4 
Think it  o~~~ver

 4     5    6  -6
I've tried so hard
  5   6  6  -6  -6
Hard to be patient
5   6    -6   -6   5    6  6  5 -6 -6  
Hoping you'd stop this in-fat-u-a-tion
 6    6  -5  -5  5
But each~~~ time~~~
 5   5  -5   5  -4
You are to-geth-er
 6    6 -5  -5   5 
I'm  so a-fraid~~~~~
 -5     5   5   -5  -5 5  -4
I'm~~~ los-ing you for ev-er

-6       -6 -6   -6   6   6
STOP ! -- In the name of love
 5    -5   5    5   -4   -4
Be - fore you break my heart
 -6       -6  -6  -6   6   6      
STOP ! -- In the name of love
 6    -5   5    5   -4   -4
Be - fore you break my heart
  4   -4  5 4  4
Think it  o~~~ver
  4   -4  5 4  4 
Think it  o~~~ver
 -6       -6 -6   -6   6   6
STOP ! -- In the name of love
 5    -5   5    5   -4   -4
Be - fore you break my heart
 -6       -6  -6  -6   6   6      
STOP ! -- In the name of love
 6    -5   5    5   -4   -4
Be - fore you break my heart
  4   -4  5 4  4
Think it  o~~~ver
  4   -4  5 4  4 
Think it  o~~~ver

Repeat at lib to fade from STOP !

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