Intro---
A7 Dsus D D7 [see D7 in above chart play "1 2 and"]
---VERSE 1---
A7 [alt drone in] Dsus D D7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
A7 Dsus D D7
After all these changes that you put me through
Dsus D D7
You stole my money and my cigarettes
Dsus D D7
And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet
---CHORUS---
F C G D D7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
A7 [ alt A7sus4]
Take me to the river,
A7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Washing me down
A7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Won't you cleanse my soul,
A7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Put my feet on the ground
---VERSE 2---
A7 [alt drone in] Dsus D D7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why she treated me so bad
A7 Dsus D D7
Look at all those things that we could have had
A7 Dsus D D7
Love is a notion that I can't forget
A7 Dsus D D7
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
---Pre CHORUS---
F C G D D7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
A7 Dsus D [x4] [ can mix in A7 D D7 ]
---BRIDGE---
F#m D7 F#m D7
Hold me, love me, please me, tease me
C E7
Till I can't, till I can't take no more
A7
Take me to the river
---VERSE 3---
A7 [alternate drone in] Dsus D D7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
A7 Dsus D D7
After all the things that you put me through
A7 Dsus D D7
The sixteen candles burning on my wall
A7 Dsus D D7
Turning me into the biggest fool of them all
---ENDING---
F C G D D7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
D7 D A7
I wanna know
D7 D A7
Take me to the river
D7 D A7
I wanna know
D7 D A7
I want you to dip me in the water
D7 D A7
I wanna know
D7 D A7
Won't you wash me in the water
D7 D A7
Wash me in the water
D7 D A7
Wash me in the water
D7 D A7
Won't you wash me in the water
D
Feeling good