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>Does anyone have any Talking Heads, especially Once in A Lifetime, Psycho
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>Killer or Take Me To The River?
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Take Me to the River--Al Green, et al
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intro: E7 Asus4 A(repeat vamp to verse 1)
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E7 Asus4 A
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verse 1:I don't know why I love you like I do
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E7 Asus4 A
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After all the changes you been putting me through
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E7 Asus4 A
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You took my money and my cigarettes
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E7 Asus4 A
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Now I ain't seen hide nor hair of you yet
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C G D A A7
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chorus: I wanna know, won't you tell me, I'd love to say...
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E7 Asus4 A E7
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Take me to the river, wash me down
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E7 E7+5 Asus4 A E
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Take me to the water, put my feet on the ground
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turnaround Asus4 A
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verse 2:I don't know why she treated me so bad
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After all the things that we could have had
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Love is emotion that I can't forget
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My sweet sixteen I will never regret (repeat chorus)
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Dbm A
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bridge: Hold me, love me
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Dbm A
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Please me, baby you can squeeze me
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B E7
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Til I drown, til I drown, til I drown, I'm gonna take you to the river
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verse3: I don't know why I love you like I do
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After all the changes you been putting me through
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Your sixteen candles are burnin' on my wall
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Telling me how you made a fool of them all (repeat chorus)
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verse
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chords: E7 0 2 0 1 3 0 or...
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E7 0 7 6 7 5 0(I like this version better)
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Asus4 x 0 4 2 3 0
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A x 0 2 2 2 0
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chorus chords:
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C x 3 5 5 x x or...
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C x 3 5 5 0 0(jangly)
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G 3 5 5 x x x
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D x 5 7 7 x x
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A x 0 2 2 2 0(if you can get to it)
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A 5 7 7 x x x(if you can't)
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A7 x 0 7 6 8 x(funky chord, mute the A string)
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rest of the chorus chords like the verse chords, except...
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E7+5 0 7 6 7 8 0(mute both E strings or let 'em ring)
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bridge chords:
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Dbm x 4 6 6 5 x
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A x 0 2 2 2 x
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B x 2 4 4 x x or...
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B x 2 4 4 0 0 (jangly)
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B7 x x 4 2 4 x or...
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B7 x x 9 8 10 x (funky)
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This is a hybrid version of Al Green, Delbert McClinton, and the Talking Heads
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versions. I hope I didn't goof on putting the chords down. I'm new at this
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method. Mike James US30139@VM.CC.LATECH.EDU
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