intro:       E5      A5  A(repeat vamp to verse 1)
 
 
        E5                                 A5   A5
verse 1:I don't know why I love you like I do
        E5                                         A5   A5
        After all the changes you been putting me through
        E5                                A5   A5
        You took my money and my cigarettes
        E5                              A5  A5
        Now I ain't seen hide nor hair of you yet
 
 
                 C5               G5       D5            A5   A5
chorus: I wanna know, won't you tell me, I'd love to say...
                       E5     A5  A5   E5
        Take me to the river, wash   me down
                       E5   E5         A5  A5       E5
        Take me to the water,     put my feet   on the ground
 
 
turnaround  A5  A5
 
 
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)
 
 
        C#5       A5
bridge: Hold me, love me
        C#5        A5
        Please me, baby you can squeeze me
        B5                                                                E5
        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)
         A4   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...
         E7M5    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)