Al Green - Take me to the river

^EI don't know why I love you like I ^Ddo ^{A E}After all these changes that you put me ^Dthr^Aough ^EYou stole my money and my cigar^Dett^Aes ^EAnd I haven't seen hide nor hair of you ^Dyet^A

I wanna ^Cknow, won't you ^Gtell me Am ^DI in love to ^Astay?

^ATake me to the ^Eriver ^EAnd wash me down ^EWon't you cleanse my soul? ^EPut my feet on the ground

^EI don't know why she treated me so ^Dbad^{A E}Look at all the things that we could have ^Dhad^{A E}Love is a notion that I can't ^Dfor^Aget ^EMy sweet sixteen I will never ^Dreg^Aret

I wanna ^Cknow, won't you ^Gtell me Am ^DI in love to ^Astay?

^C#m Hold me,^A7 love me,^C#m please me,^A7 tease me ^G Till I ^B7can't, till I can't, can't take no more ^E

^ETak^E7e me to the river E E7 | 3x

^EI don't know why I love you like I ^Ddo ^{A E}After all the things that you put me ^Dthr^Aough ^EThe sixteen candles are burning on my ^Dwal^Al ^ETurning me into the biggest fool of them ^Dall^A

I wanna ^Cknow, won't you ^Gtell me Am ^DI in love to ^Astay?

^EI wanna know ^{E7 E}Take me to the^E7 river ^EI wanna know ^{E7 E}Want you to di^E7p me in the water ^EI wanna know ^{E7 E}Won't you wash^E7 me in the water? ^EWash me in the^E7 water ^EWash me in the^E7 water ^EWon't you wash^E7 me in the water? ^EFeeling good ^E7