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Take Me To The River by Talking Heads - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 Version 2

            [Intro]      E7      Asus4  A(repeat vamp to verse 1)
 
[Verse 1]
        E7                                 Asus4   A
        I don't know why I love you like I do
        E7                                         Asus4   A
        After all the changes you been putting me through
        E7                                Asus4   A
        You took my money and my cigarettes
        E7                              Asus4  A
        Now I ain't seen hide nor hair of you yet
 
[Chorus]
                 C               G       D            A   A7
        I wanna know, won't you tell me, I'd love to say...
                       E7     Asus4  A   E7
        Take me to the river, wash   me down
                       E7   E7+5         Asus4  A       E
        Take me to the water,     put my feet   on the ground
 
turnaround  Asus4  A
 
[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)
 
[Bridge]
        Dbm       A
        Hold me, love me
        Dbm        A
        Please me, baby you can squeeze me
        B                                                                E7
        Til I drown, til I drown, til I drown, I'm gonna take you to the river
 
[Verse 3]
        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)

[chords]
[Verse]  E7      0 2 0 1 3 0  or...
         E7      0 7 6 7 5 0(I like this version better)
         Asus4   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...
         E7+5    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) 
        

We also have 17 songs by Talking Heads

• And She Was
• Burning Down The House
• City Of Dreams
• Dont Worry About The Government
• Girlfriend Is Better
• Heaven
• Life During Wartime
• Nothing But Flowers
• Once In A Lifetime
• Psycho Killer
• Road To Nowhere
• Stay Up Late
• Take Me To The River
• The Big Country
• This Must Be The Place Naive Melody
• Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town
• Wild Wild Life

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