Intro---
A#7 D#sus D# D#7 [see D#7 in above chart play "1 2 and"]
---VERSE 1---
A#7 [alt drone in] D#sus D# D#7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
A#7 D#sus D# D#7
After all these changes that you put me through
D#sus D# D#7
You stole my money and my cigarettes
D#sus D# D#7
And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet
---CHORUS---
F# C# G# D# D#7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
A#7 [ alt A7sus4]
Take me to the river,
A#7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Washing me down
A#7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Won't you cleanse my soul,
A#7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Put my feet on the ground
---VERSE 2---
A#7 [alt drone in] D#sus D# D#7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why she treated me so bad
A#7 D#sus D# D#7
Look at all those things that we could have had
A#7 D#sus D# D#7
Love is a notion that I can't forget
A#7 D#sus D# D#7
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
---Pre CHORUS---
F# C# G# D# D#7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
A#7 D#sus D# [x4] [ can mix in A#7 D# D#7 ]
---BRIDGE---
Gm D#7 Gm D#7
Hold me, love me, please me, tease me
C# F7
Till I can't, till I can't take no more
A#7
Take me to the river
---VERSE 3---
A#7 [alternate drone in] D#sus D# D#7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
A#7 D#sus D# D#7
After all the things that you put me through
A#7 D#sus D# D#7
The sixteen candles burning on my wall
A#7 D#sus D# D#7
Turning me into the biggest fool of them all
---ENDING---
F# C# G# D# D#7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
D#7 D# A#7
I wanna know
D#7 D# A#7
Take me to the river
D#7 D# A#7
I wanna know
D#7 D# A#7
I want you to dip me in the water
D#7 D# A#7
I wanna know
D#7 D# A#7
Won't you wash me in the water
D#7 D# A#7
Wash me in the water
D#7 D# A#7
Wash me in the water
D#7 D# A#7
Won't you wash me in the water
D#
Feeling good