VERSIONEANDO: Take Me To The River

Take Me To The River (Al Green / Teenie Hodges) (1974)

I dont know why I love her like I do
All the changes you put me through
Take my money, my cigarettes
I havent seen the worst of it yet
I wanna know that youll tell me
I love to stay
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Take me to the river, dip me in the water
Washing me down, washing me down

I dont know why you treat me so bad
Think of all the things we could have had
Love is an ocean that I cant forget
My sweet sixteen I would never regret

I wanna know that youll tell me
I love to stay
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Push me in the river, dip me in the water
Washing me down, washing me

Hug me, squeeze me, love me, tease me
Till I cant, till I cant, till I cant take no more of it
Take me to the water, drop me in the river
Push me in the water, drop me in the river
Washing me down, washing me down

I dont know why I love you like I do
All the troubles you put me through
Sixteen candles there on my wall
And here am I the biggest fool of them all

I wanna know that youll tell me
I love to stay
Take me to the river and drop me in the water
Dip me in the river, drop me in the water
Washing me down, washing me down.

Take Me to the River--Al Green, et al

intro:       E7      Asus4  A(repeat vamp to verse 1)


   E7                                 Asus4   A
verse 1:I don't know why I love you like I do
   E7                                         Asus4   A
   After all the changes you been putting me through
   E7                                Asus4   A
   You took my money and my cigarettes
   E7                              Asus4  A
   Now I ain't seen hide nor hair of you yet


            C               G       D            A   A7
chorus: I wanna know, won't you tell me, I'd love to say...
                  E7     Asus4  A   E7
   Take me to the river, wash   me down
                  E7   E7+5         Asus4  A       E
   Take me to the water,     put my feet   on the ground


turnaround  Asus4  A


verse 2:I don't know why she treated me so bad
   After all the things that we could have had
   Love is emotion that I can't forget
   My sweet sixteen I will never regret  (repeat chorus)


   Dbm       A
bridge: Hold me, love me
   Dbm        A
   Please me, baby you can squeeze me
   B                                                                E7
   Til I drown, til I drown, til I drown, I'm gonna take you to the river


verse3: I don't know why I love you like I do
   After all the changes you been putting me through
   Your sixteen candles are burnin' on my wall
   Telling me how you made a fool of them all (repeat chorus)





verse
chords:  E7      0 2 0 1 3 0  or...
    E7      0 7 6 7 5 0(I like this version better)
    Asus4   x 0 4 2 3 0
    A       x 0 2 2 2 0

chorus chords:
    C       x 3 5 5 x x  or...
    C       x 3 5 5 0 0(jangly)
    G       3 5 5 x x x
    D       x 5 7 7 x x
    A       x 0 2 2 2 0(if you can get to it)
    A       5 7 7 x x x(if you can't)
    A7      x 0 7 6 8 x(funky chord, mute the A string)
    rest of the chorus chords like the verse chords, except...
    E7+5    0 7 6 7 8 0(mute both E strings or let 'em ring)

bridge chords:
    Dbm     x 4 6 6 5 x
    A       x 0 2 2 2 x
    B       x 2 4 4 x x or...
    B       x 2 4 4 0 0 (jangly)
    B7      x x 4 2 4 x or...
    B7      x x 9 8 10 x (funky)

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