intro: E7 Asus4 A(repeat vamp to verse 1)
E7 Asus4 A
verse 1:I don't know why I love you like I do
E7 Asus4 A
After all the changes you been putting me through
E7 Asus4 A
You took my money and my cigarettes
E7 Asus4 A
Now I ain't seen hide nor hair of you yet
C G D A A7
chorus: I wanna know, won't you tell me, I'd love to say...
E7 Asus4 A E7
Take me to the river, wash me down
E7 E7+5 Asus4 A E
Take me to the water, put my feet on the ground
turnaround Asus4 A
verse 2:I don't know why she treated me so bad
After all the things that we could have had
Love is emotion that I can't forget
My sweet sixteen I will never regret (repeat chorus)
Dbm A
bridge: Hold me, love me
Dbm A
Please me, baby you can squeeze me
B E7
Til I drown, til I drown, til I drown, I'm gonna take you to the river
verse3: I don't know why I love you like I do
After all the changes you been putting me through
Your sixteen candles are burnin' on my wall
Telling me how you made a fool of them all (repeat chorus)
verse
chords: E7 0 2 0 1 3 0 or...
E7 0 7 6 7 5 0(I like this version better)
Asus4 x 0 4 2 3 0
A x 0 2 2 2 0
chorus chords:
C x 3 5 5 x x or...
C x 3 5 5 0 0(jangly)
G 3 5 5 x x x
D x 5 7 7 x x
A x 0 2 2 2 0(if you can get to it)
A 5 7 7 x x x(if you can't)
A7 x 0 7 6 8 x(funky chord, mute the A string)
rest of the chorus chords like the verse chords, except...
E7+5 0 7 6 7 8 0(mute both E strings or let 'em ring)
bridge chords:
Dbm x 4 6 6 5 x
A x 0 2 2 2 x
B x 2 4 4 x x or...
B x 2 4 4 0 0 (jangly)
B7 x x 4 2 4 x or...
B7 x x 9 8 10 x (funky)
