Take Me To The River chords by Al Green (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

Em7
D
A
C
G
A7
C#m
Em/D
B7

Intro 1

Verse 1
Em7 
D 
A 
 (E minor7) I don't know why I love you like I  (D major) do  (A major) 
Em7 
 (E minor7) After all the changes
D 
A 
that you put me  (D major) through  (A major) 
Em7 
D 
A 
 (E minor7) You stole my money and my ciga (D major) rettes  (A major) 
Em7 
D 
 (E minor7) And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you  (D major) yet
C 
I wanna  (C major) know

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Chorus 1

Won't you tell me

Am I in love to stay?

Hey, hey

Take me to the river

And wash me down

Won't you cleanse my soul

Verse 2
Put my feet on the ground
Em7 
D 
A 
 (E minor7) I don't know why she treated me so  (D major) bad  (A major) 
Em7 
D 
A 
 (E minor7) After all the things that we could have  (D major) had  (A major) 
Em7 
D 
A 
 (E minor7) Love is a notion that I can't for (D major) get  (A major) 
Em7 
D 
 (E minor7) My sweet sixteen I will never re (D major) gret
C 
I wanna  (C major) know

Chorus 2

Won't you tell me

Am I in love to stay?

Yeah yeah yeah

Interlude 1

yeah yeah

Bridge 1

Hold me, love me,

please me, tease me

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

Interlude 2

Take me to the river

Verse 3
Em7 
D 
A 
 (E minor7) I don't know why I love you like I  (D major) do  (A major) 
Em7 
 (E minor7) After all the changes
D 
A 
that you put me  (D major) through  (A major) 
Em7 
D 
A 
 (E minor7) The sixteen candles burning on my  (D major) wall  (A major) 
Em7 
D 
 (E minor7) Turning me into the biggest fool of them  (D major) all
C 
I wanna  (C major) know

Chorus 3
G 
Oh, won't you  (G major) tell me
D 
A7 
Am  (D major) I  in love to  (A7) stay?
Em7 
 (E minor7) I wanna know
Em7 
Take me to the  (E minor7) river
I wanna know

Outro 1
I want you to dip me in the
Em7 
 (E minor7) (water) I wanna know
Em7 
Won't you wash me in the  (E minor7) water
Wash me in the water
Em7 
Wash me in the  (E minor7) water
Won't you wash me in the water
Em7 
 (E minor7) Feeling good
[Fade out]

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Em7
D
A
C
G
A7
C#m
Em/D
B7

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: E minorBPM: 117

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Em7: 0-2-2-0-3-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
A7: x-0-2-0-2-0
C#m: x-4-6-6-5-x
Em/D: x-x-0-0-0-0
B7: x-2-1-2-0-2

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This is the definitive original version of Take Me To The River by Al Green, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of E minor. It suits players who want to learn Take Me To The River the way Al Green intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.