E7                                              D   A
I don't know why I love you like I do
E7                                                              D   A
After all the changes you been putting me through
E7                                              D   A
You took my money and my cigarettes
E7                                     D  A
I haven’t seen the worst of it                                                 
C                         G            D         A  A7      
I wanna know, can you tell me why won’t you stay


[Chorus]

                E7       D A          E7                    D A  
Take me to the river,           Drop me in the water 
E7                     D A            E7                    D A  
Take me to the river.                   Dip me in the water     Washing me down
E7                     D A  
Washing me down


[Verse]

E7                                              D   A
I don't know why you treated me so bad
E7                                              D   A
Think about the  things we could have had
E7                                              D   A
Love is emotion that I can't forget
E7                                              D   A
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
C                         G            D         A  A7
Oh wanna know, can you tell me I'd love to stay


[Chorus]

                E7       D A          E7                    D A  
Take me to the river,           Drop me in the water 
E7                     D A            E7                    D A  
Push me to the river.                   Dip me in the water     Washing me down
E7              C#m            A              C#m          A                D              
Washing me      Hold me Love me Please me  tease me     Til I Can’t Til I Can’t

                E7       D A          E7                    D A  
Dip me in the water,           Drop me in the river 
E7                     D A            E7                    D A  
Push me in the water.          Dip me in the water     Washing me down
E7                     D A  
Washing me down


[Solo] 

[E7      D   A] 


[Verse]

E7                                              D   A
I don't know why I love you like I do
E7                                              D   A 
After the changes you put me through
E7                                              D   A 
The sixteen candles burn on my wall
E7                                              D   A 
Then tell me who is the biggest fool of them all
C                         G            D         A  A7
Oh wanna know, can you tell me I'd love to stay      


[Chorus]

                E7       D A          E7                    D A  
Take me to the river,           Drop me in the water 
E7                     D A            E7                    D A  
Take me to the river.                   Dip me in the water     Washing me down
E7                     D A  
Washing me down