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Take Me to The River

 Complimentary "Take Me to The River" Ringtone 

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Take me to the river

by Al Green

BTW- whatever happened to the band????

I dont know why I love you like I do
E7                                 D A
After all these changes that you put me through
E7					      D  A
You stole my money and my cigarettes
E7				   D  A
And I havent seen hide nor hair of you yet
E7					 D

 I wanna know    wont you tell me, am I in love to stay?
 A       C                  G         D              A7
 (Take me, take me) Take me to the river   and wash me down
				    E7           D  A     E7
Wont you cleanse my soul   get my feet on the ground
	   D     A     E7          D   A        E7

I dont know why you treated me so bad
Look at all these things that we could have had
Love is a notion that I wont forget
my sweet sixteen now I never regret

I wanna....

Bridge:

   Hold me   love me  squeeze me   tease me  till I die   till I de
C#m          A7     C#m         A7         G            B7

Repeat verse one, then chorus, then

Yeah, yeah         yeah   yeah  yeah
D A       E7        D   A     E7

Dip me in the water   dip me in the water baby
D             E7       D      A    E:7