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Take Me To The River

Biography:

Reverend Albert Green (born April 13 1946 in Forrest City, Arkansas) is an American Grammy award winning soul and gospel singer who enjoyed great popularity in the 70s with hit singles such as "Let's Stay Together", Tired of Being Alone", and "You Oughta Be With Me". Green has boasted a voice capable of both fluid high streams of sugar and deep south growls and rasps. He has sold over 20 million records worldwide, and he was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995

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Take Me to the River
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ARTIST: Al Green
ALBUM: Al Green Explores Your Mind
YEAR: 1974

tabbed by : pp1pete
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TUNING: standard

CHORDS

[high -to mix it up] [high]
E7 E7 Asus4 C5 G5 D5 A7 A7sus4 E7+5 B7 C#m
e||--0-----0-----0------0-----x-----x-----3-----x------0------x-------x---||
B||--3-----5-----3------0-----x-----x-----2-----x------8------10------5---||
G||--1-----7-----2------5-----x-----7-----2-----x------7------8-------6---||
D||--0-----6-----4------5-----5-----7-----2-----x------6------9-------6---||
A||--2-----7-----0------3-----5-----5-----0-----x------7------x-------4---||
E||--0-----0-----x------x-----3-----x-----x-----x------0------x-------x---||

---INTRO---

E7 Asus A A7 [see A7 in above chart play "1 2 and"]

---VERSE 1---

E7 [alt drone in] Asus A A7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
E7 Asus A A7
After all these changes that you put me through
Asus A A7
You stole my money and my cigarettes
Asus A A7
And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet

---CHORUS---

C G D A A7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
E7 [ alt A7sus4]
Take me to the river,
E7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Washing me down
E7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Won't you cleanse my soul,
E7 [ alt A7sus4 ]
Put my feet on the ground

---VERSE 2---
E7 [alt drone in] Asus A A7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why she treated me so bad
E7 Asus A A7
Look at all those things that we could have had
E7 Asus A A7
Love is a notion that I can't forget
E7 Asus A A7
My sweet sixteen I will never regret

---Pre CHORUS---

C G D A A7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay

E7 Asus A [x4] [ can mix in E7 A A7 ]

---BRIDGE---

C#m A7 C#m A7
Hold me, love me, please me, tease me
G B7
Till I can't, till I can't take no more
E7
Take me to the river

---VERSE 3---

E7 [alternate drone in] Asus A A7 ["1 2 and"]
I don't know why I love you like I do
E7 Asus A A7
After all the things that you put me through
E7 Asus A A7
The sixteen candles burning on my wall
E7 Asus A A7
Turning me into the biggest fool of them all

---ENDING---

C G D A A7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
A7 A E7
I wanna know
A7 A E7
Take me to the river
A7 A E7
I wanna know
A7 A E7
I want you to dip me in the water
A7 A E7
I wanna know
A7 A E7
Won't you wash me in the water
A7 A E7
Wash me in the water
A7 A E7
Wash me in the water
A7 A E7
Won't you wash me in the water
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