Take Me To The River Chords by Talking Heads

Take Me To The River chords by Talking Heads

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From uunet!darwin.sura.net!newshost.latech.edu!VM.CC.LATECH.EDU!US30139 Tue Jul 21 16:20:45 PDT 1992
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ksm@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Ken MacFarlane) writes:

>Does anyone have any Talking Heads, especially Once in A Lifetime, Psycho
>Killer or Take Me To The River?

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Take Me to the River--Al Green, et al

intro:       E7      Asus4  A(repeat vamp to verse 1)


        E7                                 Asus4   A
verse 1:I don't ..
        E7                                         Asus4   A
        After ...
        E7                                Asus4   A
        You ..
        E7                              Asus4  A
        Now ..


                 C               G       D            A   A7
chorus: I ..
                       E7     Asus4  A   E7
        Take ..
                       E7   E7+5         Asus4  A       E
        Take ..


turnaround  Asus4  A


verse 2:
(repeat chorus)


        Dbm       A
bridge: Hold ..
        Dbm        A
        Please ..
        B                                                                E7
        Til ..


verse3:
(repeat chorus)





verse
chords:  E7      0 2 0 1 3 0  or...
         E7      0 7 6 7 5 0(I like this version better)
         Asus4   x 0 4 2 3 0
         A       x 0 2 2 2 0

chorus chords:
         C       x 3 5 5 x x  or...
         C       x 3 5 5 0 0(jangly)
         G       3 5 5 x x x
         D       x 5 7 7 x x
         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)

bridge chords:
         Dbm     x 4 6 6 5 x
         A       x 0 2 2 2 x
         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)



This is a hybrid version of Al Green, Delbert McClinton, and the Talking Heads
versions.  I hope I didn't goof on putting the chords down.  I'm new at this
method.  Mike James  US30139@VM.CC.LATECH.EDU

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