Intro---
C7 Fsus F F7 [see F7 in above chart play "1 2 and"]
---VERSE 1---
C7 [alt drone in] Fsus F F7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
C7 Fsus F F7
After all these changes that you put me through
Fsus F F7
You stole my money and my cigarettes
Fsus F F7
And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet
---CHORUS---
G# D# A# F F7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
C7 [ alt A7sus4]
Take me to the river,
C7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Washing me down
C7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Won't you cleanse my soul,
C7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Put my feet on the ground
---VERSE 2---
C7 [alt drone in] Fsus F F7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why she treated me so bad
C7 Fsus F F7
Look at all those things that we could have had
C7 Fsus F F7
Love is a notion that I can't forget
C7 Fsus F F7
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
---Pre CHORUS---
G# D# A# F F7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
C7 Fsus F [x4] [ can mix in C7 F F7 ]
---BRIDGE---
Am F7 Am F7
Hold me, love me, please me, tease me
D# G7
Till I can't, till I can't take no more
C7
Take me to the river
---VERSE 3---
C7 [alternate drone in] Fsus F F7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
C7 Fsus F F7
After all the things that you put me through
C7 Fsus F F7
The sixteen candles burning on my wall
C7 Fsus F F7
Turning me into the biggest fool of them all
---ENDING---
G# D# A# F F7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
F7 F C7
I wanna know
F7 F C7
Take me to the river
F7 F C7
I wanna know
F7 F C7
I want you to dip me in the water
F7 F C7
I wanna know
F7 F C7
Won't you wash me in the water
F7 F C7
Wash me in the water
F7 F C7
Wash me in the water
F7 F C7
Won't you wash me in the water
F
Feeling good