Take Me To The River chords by
Al Green

1974R&B1.5K views

Key: E minor

Intro 1

Em

Em

Em

Em

Em

Em

Em

Em

Em

Em

Em

Em

Verse 1
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
I don't know why I love you like I do
Em Em 
 
After all the changes
D D 
 
A A 
 
that you put me through
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
You stole my money and my cigarettes
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet
C C 
 
I wanna know

Chorus 1
G G 
 
Won't you tell me
D D 
 
A A 
 
Am I in love to stay?
Hey, hey
Em Em 
 
Take me to the river
And wash me down
Em Em 
 
Won't you cleanse my soul

Verse 2
Put my feet on the ground
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
I don't know why she treated me so bad
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
After all the things that we could have had
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
Love is a notion that I can't forget
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
C C 
 
I wanna know

Chorus 2

G

Won't you tell me

D

A

Am I in love to stay?

Yeah yeah yeah

Interlude 1

yeah yeah

Em

Em

Em

Em

Em

Em

Em

Em

Bridge 1

C#m

A

Hold me, love me,

C#m

A

please me, tease me

Em

B

'Til I can't, 'til I can't take no more

Interlude 2

Em

Take me to the river

Em

Em

Em

Em

Verse 3
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
I don't know why I love you like I do
Em Em 
 
After all the changes
D D 
 
A A 
 
that you put me through
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
The sixteen candles burning on my wall
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
Turning me into the biggest fool of them all
C C 
 
I wanna know

Chorus 3
G G 
 
Oh, won't you tell me
D D 
 
A A 
 
Am I  in love to stay?
Em Em 
 
I wanna know
Em Em 
 
Take me to the river
I wanna know

Outro 1
I want you to dip me in the
Em Em 
 
(water) I wanna know
Em Em 
 
Won't you wash me in the water
Wash me in the water
Em Em 
 
Wash me in the water
Won't you wash me in the water
Em Em 
 
Feeling good
[Fade out]

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