title: Take Me To The Riverkey: Soulharp type: Chromaticgenre: Eskill: BeginnerTake Me To The River (Chromatic)Words & Music by Al Green & Mabon HodgesOriginally published Key: E MajorKey: E Major Range: D4 to A5Tabbed for a 12 hole Key of C Solo tuned ChromaticTab notations:none = blow – = draw * – button in__ = hold; sustain-3_3 = slur; slide smoothly from note to note-3_3__ = slur & hold; slide smoothly from note to note &holding final note.2_ -2*_ 3_ -3_ 3 2_____2_ -2*_ 3_ -3_ 3 2_____7 7 7 7_ -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 6____I don’t know why I love you like I do,__-5 -5 -5 -5 -5 6_ -4 6 -4 -4 -3_3Af-ter all these chang-es that you put me through.-5 -5 -5 -5 6_ -5 6 -4 -4 -3_3__You stole my mon-ey and my cig-a-rettes,-4 -4 -5 -5 -5 -5 6 -4 -3 -3 -3_And I haven’t seen hide nor hair of you yet.6 6 -5 6_____ 5 -5 6_-5 -5____I wan-na know,_ won’t you tell me,___-5 -6*_ 6 -5_6_ -5 -4_-3____(am) I__ in love_ to stay?____7 7 7 6 6 6Take me to the riv-er,-4 -5_ 6 6_____(and) wash me down._6 -5 6_ 6 7_7*____Won’t you cleanse my soul,___-5 -5 7_ 6 -5 6____get my feet on the ground?7 7 7 7_ -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 6____I don’t know why she treat-ed me so bad._-5 -5 -5 -5 6_ -4 6 -4 -4 -3_3Look at all the things that we could have had.-5 -5 -5 -5 6_ -5 6 -4 -4 -3_3__Love is a no-tion that I can’t for-get,__-4_ -5 -5 -5_ -5 6 -4 -3 -3 -3_my_ sweet six-teen, now I nev-er re-gret.6 6 -5 6_____ 5 -5 6_-5 -5____I wan-na know,_ won’t you tell me,___-5 -6*_ 6 -5_6_ -5 -4_-3____(am) I__ in love_ to stay?____-5 5* -5 6___ -5 5* -5 2____-5 5* -5 6___ -5 5* -5 2____7*_-6* 6__ 6_ 5*__ 7*_ 7*_-6*_6 6_ 5*__Hold__ me, love me,_ squeeze me,_____ tease me,_7 7 -6*_____ -7 -7 -8_7___ 7 6 7 6till I change,_ till I can.___ Can’t take no more.7 7_ 6 -5 6 6Take me to the riv-er.7 7 7 7_ -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 6____I don’t know why I love you like I do,__-5 -5 -5 -5 6_ -4 6 -4 -4 -3_3af-ter all the things that you put me through.-5 -5 -5 -5 6_ -5 6 -4 -4 -3_3__There’s six-teen can-dles burn-ing on my wall,_-4 -4 -5 -5 -5 -5 6 -4 -3 -3 -3_Tell-ing me that I am the fool of them all.6 6 -5 6_____ 5 -5 6_-5 -5____I wan-na know,_ won’t you tell me,___-5 -6*_ 6 -5_6_ -5 -4_-3____(am) I__ in love_ to stay?____6 6 -5 6____ 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 -5 6__I wan-na know. Take me to the riv-er, I wan-na know,-7 -7 -7 7 7_ 7_ 6 6 -5 6__Dip me in the wa-ter, I wan-na know.-7 -7 -7 7 7_ 6_Walk me in the wa-ter,-7 -7 -7 7 7_ 6_Walk me in the wa-ter,-7 -7 -7 7 7_ 6_Walk me in the wa-ter,-7 -7 -7 7 7_ 6_Walk me in the wa-ter.Repeat ad lib and fade