Take Me To The River chords by Al Green

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Take Me To The River [D MajorD]- Al Green


Intro: D7D7   Gsus4Gsus4 G(repeat vamp to verse 1)
	 (Keyboard vamps D MajorD)


    D7D7                    Gsus4(C majorC) G+G
Verse 1:I don't know why I love you like I do
    D7D7                    Gsus4(C majorC) G+G
    After all the changes you been putting me through
    D7D7                    Gsus4(C majorC) G+G
    You took my money and my cigarettes
    D7D7                    Gsus4(C majorC) G+G
    Now I ain't seen hide nor hair of you yet

        Bb majorBb       FF
Chorus: I wanna know, oh won't you tell me,
        C majorC        G+G         G7G7
    tell me how, how could I stay... here with you
    / / / /  / / / /
	 Somebody please...


	 D7D7            Gsus4Gsus4 G+G D7D7
    Take me to the river and wash  me down
    D7D7  D7D7+5          Gsus4Gsus4 G+G    D MajorD
    Take me to the water, put my feet on the ground


Turnaround Gsus4Gsus4 G+G


Verse 2:
	 I don't know why you treat me so bad
	 After all them good times that you and me had
    Love is emotion that I can't forget
    My sweet sixteen I will never regret (repeat chorus)


    B minorBm    G+G
Bridge: Hold me, love me
    B minorBm    G+G
    Please me, baby you can squeeze me
    FF           A augmentedA
    Til I drown, til I drown, til I drown,
                 D7D7
    I'm gonna take you to the river


Verse3: I don't know why I love you like I do
    After all the changes you been putting me through
    Your pretty picture makes my tear drops fall
    I wonder who's the biggest fool of us all (repeat chorus)

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