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Take Me To The River

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---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
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Updated 2023-01-30
Views: 1,769 Poster: Tobi (Tobi approved)
Author: Al Green Genre: R&B/Soul Favorite: 1
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