Intro---
D7 Gsus G G7 [see G7 in above chart play "1 2 and"]
---VERSE 1---
D7 [alt drone in] Gsus G G7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
D7 Gsus G G7
After all these changes that you put me through
Gsus G G7
You stole my money and my cigarettes
Gsus G G7
And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet
---CHORUS---
A# F C G G7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
D7 [ alt A7sus4]
Take me to the river,
D7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Washing me down
D7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Won't you cleanse my soul,
D7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Put my feet on the ground
---VERSE 2---
D7 [alt drone in] Gsus G G7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why she treated me so bad
D7 Gsus G G7
Look at all those things that we could have had
D7 Gsus G G7
Love is a notion that I can't forget
D7 Gsus G G7
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
---Pre CHORUS---
A# F C G G7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
D7 Gsus G [x4] [ can mix in D7 G G7 ]
---BRIDGE---
Bm G7 Bm G7
Hold me, love me, please me, tease me
F A7
Till I can't, till I can't take no more
D7
Take me to the river
---VERSE 3---
D7 [alternate drone in] Gsus G G7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
D7 Gsus G G7
After all the things that you put me through
D7 Gsus G G7
The sixteen candles burning on my wall
D7 Gsus G G7
Turning me into the biggest fool of them all
---ENDING---
A# F C G G7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
G7 G D7
I wanna know
G7 G D7
Take me to the river
G7 G D7
I wanna know
G7 G D7
I want you to dip me in the water
G7 G D7
I wanna know
G7 G D7
Won't you wash me in the water
G7 G D7
Wash me in the water
G7 G D7
Wash me in the water
G7 G D7
Won't you wash me in the water
G
Feeling good