Intro---
B7 Esus E E7 [see E7 in above chart play "1 2 and"]
---VERSE 1---
B7 [alt drone in] Esus E E7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
B7 Esus E E7
After all these changes that you put me through
Esus E E7
You stole my money and my cigarettes
Esus E E7
And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet
---CHORUS---
G D A E E7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
B7 [ alt A7sus4]
Take me to the river,
B7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Washing me down
B7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Won't you cleanse my soul,
B7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Put my feet on the ground
---VERSE 2---
B7 [alt drone in] Esus E E7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why she treated me so bad
B7 Esus E E7
Look at all those things that we could have had
B7 Esus E E7
Love is a notion that I can't forget
B7 Esus E E7
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
---Pre CHORUS---
G D A E E7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
B7 Esus E [x4] [ can mix in B7 E E7 ]
---BRIDGE---
G#m E7 G#m E7
Hold me, love me, please me, tease me
D F#7
Till I can't, till I can't take no more
B7
Take me to the river
---VERSE 3---
B7 [alternate drone in] Esus E E7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
B7 Esus E E7
After all the things that you put me through
B7 Esus E E7
The sixteen candles burning on my wall
B7 Esus E E7
Turning me into the biggest fool of them all
---ENDING---
G D A E E7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
E7 E B7
I wanna know
E7 E B7
Take me to the river
E7 E B7
I wanna know
E7 E B7
I want you to dip me in the water
E7 E B7
I wanna know
E7 E B7
Won't you wash me in the water
E7 E B7
Wash me in the water
E7 E B7
Wash me in the water
E7 E B7
Won't you wash me in the water
E
Feeling good