Al Green - Take me to the river
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TAKE ME TO THE RIVER (Bassline)
As recorded by Al Green
(From the 1974 Album AL GREEN EXPLORES YOUR MIND)
Words and Music by Al Green & Mabon "Teenie" Hodges
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Leroy Hodges - Bass'
Intro
Q=118
4/4
Gtr I
W W Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|----------|----------||-----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7----|
|----------|----------||o----------------|-6-7-9--------------|
|----------|----------||o----------------|-----------------7--|
|----------|----------||--0----0-0-0---0-|--------------------|
$
Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E 3x
|----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7----||-|
|----------------|-6-7-9-------------o||-|
|----------------|-----------------7-o||-|
|-0----0-0-0---0-|--------------------||-|
1st - 3rd Verses
Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||-----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7----|
||o----------------|-6-7-9--------------|
||o----------------|-----------------7--|
||--0----0-0-0---0-|--------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7---|----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7---|
|----------------|-6-7-9-------------|----------------|-6-7-9-------------|
|----------------|-----------------7-|----------------|-----------------7-|
|-0----0-0-0---0-|-------------------|-0----0-0-0---0-|-------------------|
Chorus
Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E +Q. E E E E E +E E Q E S S E E
|----------------|-------7-(7)-9-----||-----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-6-7-9-------------||-----------------|------------------0--|
|----------------|-----------------3-||-(3)---3-3-------|------------2-3-4----|
|-0----0-0-0---0-|-------------------||-----------0-1-3-|-(3)-3-3--3----------|
2/4
+Q Q E E E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------|
|-(0)--0--0-0-----|-------------------|-------------------|----------|
|-------------0-0-|-(0)----0-(0)----0-|-(0)----0-(0)----0-|-(0)----0-|
|-----------------|------0--------0---|------0--------0---|------0---|
4/4
E E Q E Q E E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------------|-------7-(7)-9-7---|----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7----|
|---------------|-6-7-9-------------|----------------|-6-7-9--------------|
|---------------|-----------------7-|----------------|-----------------7--|
|---0----0----0-|-------------------|-0----0-0-0---0-|--------------------|
To Coda
Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7---|----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7------||
|----------------|-6-7-9-------------|----------------|-6-7-9---------------o||
|----------------|-----------------7-|----------------|-----------------7---o||
|-0----0-0-0---0-|-------------------|-0----0-0-0---0-|----------------------||
Bridge
Q Q E Q E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|--------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|------------------|----------------0-|
|-4--4--4-4--0-|-(0)-0-0--0---2-4-|-(4)-4-4--4-4---0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-4---|
|--------------|------------4-----|--------------4---|------------------|
+E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-(0)-0-0--0-0-----|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------0-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-0---2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|------------------|------------------|--------------4---|------------------|
+E E E E E Q E E E E E +E E E E
|------------------|-------7-(7)-9-7---|
|------------------|-6-7-9-------------|
|-(2)--------------|-----------------7-|
|-----0-0-0-0----0-|-------------------|
1.,2.
Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E 3x
||-----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7----||
||o----------------|-6-7-9-------------o||
||o----------------|-----------------7-o||
||--0----0-0-0---0-|--------------------||
Outro
3.
D.S. al Coda &
E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E 7x
|-------7-(7)-9-7----||-----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7-----||
|-6-7-9--------------||o----------------|-6-7-9--------------o||
|-----------------7--||o----------------|-----------------7--o||
|--------------------||--0----0-0-0---0-|---------------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
I'd like to dedicate this song to Little Junior Parker,
a cousin of mine who's gone on
but we'd like to kinda carry on in his name, by singing
I don't know why I love like I do
After all the changes that you put me through
You stole my money and my cigarettes
And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet
I wanna know
Won't you tell me
Am I in love to stay, hey, hey
Take me to the river
Wash me down
Won't you cleanse my soul
Put my feet on the ground
I don't know why she treated me so bad
After all the things that we could have had
Love is a notion that I can't forget
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
I wanna know
Won't you tell me
Am I in love to stay, hey, hey
Hold me, love me, please me, tease me
'Til I can't, 'til I can't take anymore
Take me to the river
I don't know why I love you like I do
After all the things that you put me through
There's sixteen candles that burn on my wall
Turning me into the biggest fool of them all
I wanna know
Can't you tell me
Am I in love to stay, hey, hey
I wanna know
Take me to the river
I wanna know
Won't you dip me in the water
I wanna know
Won't you wash me in the water
Wash me in the water
Wash me in the water
Won't you wash me in the water
Feelin' good