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