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