Intro---
F7 A#sus A# A#7 [see A#7 in above chart play "1 2 and"]
---VERSE 1---
F7 [alt drone in] A#sus A# A#7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
F7 A#sus A# A#7
After all these changes that you put me through
A#sus A# A#7
You stole my money and my cigarettes
A#sus A# A#7
And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet
---CHORUS---
C# G# D# A# A#7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
F7 [ alt A7sus4]
Take me to the river,
F7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Washing me down
F7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Won't you cleanse my soul,
F7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Put my feet on the ground
---VERSE 2---
F7 [alt drone in] A#sus A# A#7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why she treated me so bad
F7 A#sus A# A#7
Look at all those things that we could have had
F7 A#sus A# A#7
Love is a notion that I can't forget
F7 A#sus A# A#7
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
---Pre CHORUS---
C# G# D# A# A#7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
F7 A#sus A# [x4] [ can mix in F7 A# A#7 ]
---BRIDGE---
Dm A#7 Dm A#7
Hold me, love me, please me, tease me
G# C7
Till I can't, till I can't take no more
F7
Take me to the river
---VERSE 3---
F7 [alternate drone in] A#sus A# A#7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
F7 A#sus A# A#7
After all the things that you put me through
F7 A#sus A# A#7
The sixteen candles burning on my wall
F7 A#sus A# A#7
Turning me into the biggest fool of them all
---ENDING---
C# G# D# A# A#7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
A#7 A# F7
I wanna know
A#7 A# F7
Take me to the river
A#7 A# F7
I wanna know
A#7 A# F7
I want you to dip me in the water
A#7 A# F7
I wanna know
A#7 A# F7
Won't you wash me in the water
A#7 A# F7
Wash me in the water
A#7 A# F7
Wash me in the water
A#7 A# F7
Won't you wash me in the water
A#
Feeling good