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[code] Take Me To The River (Diatonic) Words & Music by Al Green & Mabon Hodges Originally published Key: E Major Tabbed for a Key of C, Richter tuned diatonic
Tab notations: none = blow - = draw __ = hold; sustain ’ = half-step bend ” = full step bend ob = overblow = slur; slide smoothly from note to note = slur & hold; slide smoothly from note to note & holding final note.
5_ 5ob_ 6_ -6_ 6 5____
5_ 5ob_ 6_ -6_ 6 5____
6 6 6 6_ -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 5____ I don’t know why I love you like I do,__
-4 -4 -4 -4 -4 5_ -3 5 -3 -3 -3”_3 af-ter all these chang-es that you put me through.
-4 -4 -4 -4 5_ -4 5 -3 -3 -3”_3__ You stole my mon-ey and my cig-a-rettes,
-3 -3 -4 -4 -4_ -4 5 -3 -3” -3” -3”_ And I have-n’t seen hide nor hair of you yet.
5 5 -4 5_____ 4 -4 5_-4 –4____ I wan-na know,_ won’t you tell me,___
-3 5ob 5 -4_5__ -4 -3_-3”____ (am) I__ in love__ to stay?_____
6 6 6 5 5 5 Take me to the riv-er,
-3 -4 5 5___ (and) wash me down.
5 -4 5_ 5 6_-6’___ Won’t you cleanse my soul,___
-4 -4 6_ 5 -4 5__ get my feet on the ground?
6 6 6 6_ -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 5_____ I don’t know why she treat-ed me so bad.__
-4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 5 -3 -3 -3”_3 Look at all the things that we could have had._
-4 -4 -4 -4 5_ -4 5 -3 -3 -3”_3__ Love is a no-tion that I can’t for-get,___
-3 -4 -4 -4_ -4 5 -3 -3” -3”-3”_ my sweet six-teen, now I nev-er re-gret.
5 5 -4 5_____ 4 -4 5_-4 -4____ I wan-na know,_ won’t you tell me,___
-3 5ob_ 5 -4_5__ -4 -3_-3”____ (am) I___ in love__ to stay?_____
-4 -4’ -4 5___ -4 -4’ -4 -1___
-4 -4’ -4 5___ -4 -4’ -4 -1___
-6’_5ob 5__ 5_ -4’_ -6’_ -6’_5ob_5 5_ -4’ Hold___ me, love me,_ squeeze me,______ tease me,
6 6 5ob____ -6 -6 -7_6___ 6 5 6 5 till I change, till I can.___ Can’t take no more.
6 6_ 5 -4 5 5 Take me to the riv-er.
6 6 6 6_ -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 5____ I don’t know why I love you like I do,__
-4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 5 -3 -3 -3”_3 af-ter all the things that you put me through.
-4 -4 -4 -4 5_ -4 5 -3 -3 -3”_3__ There’s six-teen can-dles burn-ing on my wall,__
-3 -3 -4 -4 -4_ -4 5 -3 -3” -3” -3__ tell-ing me that I_ am the fool of them all.
5 5 -4 5_____ 4 -4 5_-4 -4__ I wan-na know,_ won’t you tell me,_
-3 5ob_ 5 -4_5__ -4 -3_-3”____ (am) I___ in love__ to stay?_____
5 5 -4 5____ 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 -4 5 I wan-na know. Take me to the riv-er, I wan-na know,
-6 -6 -6 6 6_ 5 5 5 -4 5____ Dip me in the wa-ter, I wan-na know.
-6 -6 -6 6 6_ 5_ Walk me in the wa-ter,
-6 -6 -6 6 6_ 5_ Walk me in the water,
-6 -6 -6 6 6_ 5_ Walk me in the water,
-6 -6 -6 6 6_ 5_ Walk me in the water. Repeat ad lib and fade
Other artist’s versions of this song include:
Syl Johnson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-2PSp87dN0
Gov’t Mule: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef4wbinQ6L8
Foghat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXVq7VNUPx0
Annie Lennox: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hrm5r7_RWk
and Levon Helm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_95DOmt9Bc
and international appeal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M0WVYkSq_Y&playnext=1&list=PLAF8F7ECF2BE501DB&feature=results_video
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