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