---INTRO---
 
 [E7]      [Asus4]       [A]   [A7]   
---VERSE 1---
 
 I don't know [E7]why I love you like[Asus4]like I do  [A]   [A7]      
[E7] After all these changes that you put me thro[Asus4]through    [A]   [A7]  
 You stole my money and my cigaret[Asus4]cigarettes    [A]   [A7]  
 And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you [Asus4]yet    [A]   [A7]  
 
 
---CHORUS---
 
 I wanna [C]know, won't you [G] 
tell me, [D]am I in love to [A]stay [A7]  
 Take me to the [E7]river,         [A7sus4]      
 Washing me [E7]down           [A7sus4]      
 Won't you cleanse my s[E7]soul,           [A7sus4]      
 Put my feet on the [E7]ground         [A7sus4]      
 
 
---VERSE 2---
 I don't know [E7]why she t[Asus4]treated [A]me so bad[A7]bad  
[E7] Look at all those things
 that we could have [Asus4]had    [A]   [A7]  
[E7] Love is a notion that I can't forg[Asus4]forget     [A]   [A7]  
[E7] My sweet sixteen I will never reg[Asus4]regret    [A]   [A7]  
 
 
---Pre CHORUS---
 
 I wanna [C]know, won't you [G]tell
 me, [D]am I in love to [A]stay [A7]  
 
 
---BRIDGE---
 
 [C#m]    Hold me, [A7] love me,  [C#m]  please me,  [A7] tease me
[G] Till I can't, [B7]till I can't take no more
 Take me to the [E7]river
 
 
---VERSE 3---
 
[E7] I don't know why I love you [Asus4]like I [A]do [A7]    
[E7] After all the things that you put me th[Asus4]through  [A]   [A7]  
[E7] The sixteen candles burning on my w[Asus4]wall    [A]   [A7]  
[E7] Turning me into the biggest fool of them [Asus4]all    [A]   [A7]  
 
 
---ENDING---
 
 I wanna [C]know, won't you [G]tell
 me, [D]am I in love to [A]stay [A7]  
 [A7]I wanna k[A]kno[E7]now 
 [A7]Take me to the r[A]riv[E7]iver
 [A7]I wanna know  [A]  [E7]  
 [A7]I want you to dip me in the w[A]wat[E7]ater
 [A7]I wanna know  [A]  [E7]  
 [A7]Won't you wash me in the w[A]wat[E7]ater
 [A7]Wash me in the wa[A]wate[E7]ter 
 [A7]Wash me in the wa[A]wate[E7]ter 
 [A7]Won't you wash me in the wa[A]wate[E7]ter 
 F[A]Feeling good