Take Me To The River – Al Green
Nghệ sĩ: Al Green
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Take Me to the River
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ARTIST: Al Green
ALBUM: Al Green Explores Your Mind
YEAR: 1974
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TUNING: standard
CHORDS
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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
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Asus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
After all these changes that you put me through
ch]Asus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
You stole my money and my cigarettes
ch]Asus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet
---CHORUS---
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
E7 [ alt A7sus4]
Take me to the river,
ch]E7[/ch] [ alt [ch]A7sus4[/ch]
Washing me down
ch]E7[/ch] [ alt [ch]A7sus4[/ch]
Won't you cleanse my soul,
ch]E7[/ch] [ alt [ch]A7sus4[/ch]
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
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Asus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
Look at all those things that we could have had
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Asus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
Love is a notion that I can't forget
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Asus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
---Pre CHORUS---
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
[x4] [ can mix in ]
---BRIDGE---
ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
Hold me, love me, please me, tease me
ch]G[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch
Till I can't, till I can't take no more
ch]E7[/ch
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
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Asus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
After all the things that you put me through
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Asus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
The sixteen candles burning on my wall
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Asus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
Turning me into the biggest fool of them all
---ENDING---
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
I wanna know
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
Take me to the river
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
I wanna know
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
I want you to dip me in the water
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
I wanna know
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
Won't you wash me in the water
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
Wash me in the water
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
Wash me in the water
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
Won't you wash me in the water
ch]A[/ch
Feeling good