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Take Me to the River

Talking Heads
ChordsKeyAintermediate
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Chords in this song8

Intro

E7 D A x4

Verse 1

I don't know why I love you like I do  
After all the changes you been putting me through  
You took my money and my cigarettes  
I haven’t seen the worst of it 
I wanna know, can you tell me why won’t you stay

Chorus

Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Take me to the river. Dip me in the water Washing me down
Washing me down

Verse 2

I don't know why you treated me so bad  
Think about the things we could have had  
Love is emotion that I can't forget  
My sweet sixteen I will never regret  
I wanna know, can you tell me why won’t you stay

Chorus

Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Take me to the river. Dip me in the water Washing me down, Washing me

Bridge

Hold me, squeeze me, love me, tease me
'Til I can't, 'til I can't, I can't take no more

Chorus

Dip me in the water, drop me in the river
Push me in the water. Dip me in the water Washing me down
Washing me down

Solo

 

Verse 3

I don't know why I love you like I do  
After all the trouble you put me through  
The sixteen candles burn on my wall  
Turning me into the biggest fool of them all  
I wanna know, can you tell me why won’t you stay

Chorus

Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Take me to the river. Dip me in the water Washing me down
Washing me down  

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