Key: :[E] (w: Al Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) (BPM: 100 / 06-B) (o: Al Green, 1974) US#26

INTRO: [E7] [D] [A] : [x4]

VERSE 1:
[E7] I don't know why I love you like I [D] do [A]
[E7] After all the changes you been putting me [D] through [A]
[E7] You took my money and my cigar-[D]-ettes [A]
[E7] Now I ain't seen hide nor hair of you [D] yet [A]

PRE-CHORUS:
I wanna [C ^sus4] know, won't you [G ^sus4] tell me
[D ^sus4] I'm love to [A7] stay

CHORUS:
Take me to the [E7] river
[D] wash [A] me [E7] down
She [D] cleans [A] my [E7] soul
Put my [D] feet on [A] the [E7] ground [D] [A]

VERSE 2:
[E7] I don't know why you treated me so [D] bad [A]
[E7] After the things we could have [D] had [A]
[E7] Love is emotion that I can't [D] forget [A]
[E7] My sweet sixteen I will never [D] regret [A]

PRE-CHORUS:
I wanna [C ^sus4] know, won't you [G ^sus4] tell me
[D ^sus4] I'm love to [A7] stay

CHORUS:
Take me to the [E7] river [D] [A]
[E7] [D] [A] // [E7] [D] [A] // [E7] [D] [A]

BRIDGE:
[C#m7] Hold me, [A] love me
[C#m7] Please me, [A] tease me
[G/D] Till I [B7] can't, till I can

CHORUS:
[E7] Take me to the river [D] [A]
[E7] [D] [A] // [E7] [D] [A] // [E7] [D] [A]

VERSE 3:
[E7] I don't know why I love you like I [D] do [A]
[E7] After the changes you put me [D] through [A]
[E7] The sixteen candles burn on my [D] wall [A]
[E7] Then tell me who is the biggest [D] fool of them [A] all

PRE-CHORUS:
I wanna [C ^sus4] know, won't you [G ^sus4] tell me
[D ^sus4] I'm love to [A7] stay

OUTRO: [x3]
[E7] Take me to the river [D] [A]
[E7] I wanna know [D] [A]
[E7] Walk me in the water [D] [A]
[E7] I wanna know [D] [A]