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Take Me to the River
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ARTIST: Al Green
ALBUM: Al Green Explores Your Mind
YEAR: 1974
tabbed by : pp1pete
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CAPO: 0
TUNING: standard
CHORDS
[high -to mix it up] [high]
[E7] [E7] [Asus4] [C5] [G5] [D5] [A7] [A7sus4] [E7+5] [B7] [C#m]
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G||--1-----7-----2------5-----x-----7-----2-----x------7------8-------6---||
D||--0-----6-----4------5-----5-----7-----2-----x------6------9-------6---||
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---INTRO---
E7 Asus A A7 [see A7 in above chart play "1 2 and"]
---VERSE 1---
E7 [alt drone in] Asus A A7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
[E7] [Asus] [A] [A7]
After all these changes that you put me through
[Asus] [A] [A7]
You stole my money and my cigarettes
[Asus] [A] [A7]
And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet
---CHORUS---
[C] [G] [D] [A] [A7]
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
E7 [ alt A7sus4]
Take me to the river,
[E7] [ alt [A7sus4] ]
Washing me down
[E7] [ alt [A7sus4] ]
Won't you cleanse my soul,
[E7] [ alt [A7sus4] ]
Put my feet on the ground
---VERSE 2---
E7 [alt drone in] Asus A A7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why she treated me so bad
[E7] [Asus] [A] [A7]
Look at all those things that we could have had
[E7] [Asus] [A] [A7]
Love is a notion that I can't forget
[E7] [Asus] [A] [A7]
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
---Pre CHORUS---
[C] [G] [D] [A] [A7]
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
[E7] [Asus] [A] [x4] [ can mix in [E7] [A] [A7] ]
---BRIDGE---
[C#m] [A7] [C#m] [A7]
Hold me, love me, please me, tease me
[G] [B7]
Till I can't, till I can't take no more
[E7]
Take me to the river
---VERSE 3---
E7 [alternate drone in] Asus A A7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
[E7] [Asus] [A] [A7]
After all the things that you put me through
[E7] [Asus] [A] [A7]
The sixteen candles burning on my wall
[E7] [Asus] [A] [A7]
Turning me into the biggest fool of them all
---ENDING---
[C] [G] [D] [A] [A7]
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
[A7] [A] [E7]
I wanna know
[A7] [A] [E7]
Take me to the river
[A7] [A] [E7]
I wanna know
[A7] [A] [E7]
I want you to dip me in the water
[A7] [A] [E7]
I wanna know
[A7] [A] [E7]
Won't you wash me in the water
[A7] [A] [E7]
Wash me in the water
[A7] [A] [E7]
Wash me in the water
[A7] [A] [E7]
Won't you wash me in the water
[A]
Feeling good
