JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Pada Oktober 1972 musisi soul asal Amerika, Al Green merilis sebuah lagu yang berjudul "Take Me to the River".
Lagu tersebut menjadi trek kedua dari sembilan lagu dalam albumnya yang bertajuk Al Green Explores Your Mind.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Old Time Lovin - Al Green
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Take Me to the River" dari Al Green.
E7 Asus A A7
I don't know why I love you like I do
E7 Asus A A7
After all these changes that you put me through
Asus A A7
You stole my money and my cigarettes
Asus A A7
And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet
---CHORUS---
C G D A A7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
E7 A7sus4
Take me to the river,
E7 A7sus4
Washing me down
E7 A7sus4
Won't you cleanse my soul,
E7 A7sus4
Put my feet on the ground
---VERSE 2---
E7 Asus A A7
I don't know why she treated me so bad
E7 Asus A A7
Look at all those things that we could have had
E7 Asus A A7
Love is a notion that I can't forget
E7 Asus A A7
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
---Pre CHORUS---
C G D A A7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
E7 Asus A [x4]
---BRIDGE---
C#m A7 C#m A7
Hold me, love me, please me, tease me
G B7
Till I can't, till I can't take no more
E7
Take me to the river
---VERSE 3---
E7 Asus A A7
I don't know why I love you like I do
E7 Asus A A7
After all the things that you put me through
E7 Asus A A7
The sixteen candles burning on my wall
E7 Asus A A7
Turning me into the biggest fool of them all
---ENDING---
C G D A A7
I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay
A7 A E7
I wanna know
A7 A E7
Take me to the river
A7 A E7
I wanna know
A7 A E7
I want you to dip me in the water
A7 A E7
I wanna know
A7 A E7
Won't you wash me in the water
A7 A E7
Wash me in the water
A7 A E7
Wash me in the water
A7 A E7
Won't you wash me in the water
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