Take Me To The River

[E7]      [Asus4]  [A]

        [E7]                                 [Asus4]   [A]

I don't know why I love you like I do
        [E7]After all the changes you been putting me t[Asus4]hrough  [A]
        [E7]You took my money and my cigarette[Asus4]s       [A]
        [E7]Now I ain't seen hide nor hair o[Asus4]f you y[A]et

                 [C]               [G]       [D]            [A]   [A7]

I wanna know, won't you tell me, I'd love to say...
        Take me to the [E7]river, [Asus4]wash   [A]me d[E7]own
        Take me to the [E7]water[E7+5],     put my [Asus4]feet   [A]on the g[E]round

turnaround  [Asus4]  [A]

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)

        [C#m]       [A]

Hold me, love me
        [C#m]Please me, [A]baby you can squeeze me
        [B]Til I drown, til I drown, til I drown, I'm gonna take you to the [E7]river

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)

chords:  E7      0 2 0 1 3 0  or...
         E7      0 7 6 7 5 0(I like this version better)

         C       x 3 5 5 x x  or...
         C       x 3 5 5 0 0(jangly)
         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)

         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)