Talking Heads - Take Me to the River: chords

E7                                   D A
I don't know why I love you like I do
E7                                              D A
After all the changes you been putting me through
E7                                 D A
You took my money and my cigarettes
E7                            D  A
I haven’t seen the worst of it

          C        G          D              Em
I wanna know, can you tell me why won’t you stay

Chorus:
                E7   D A               E7  D A
Take me to the river,  Drop me in the water
E7                  D A   E7                 D A
Take me to the river.    Dip me in the water
Washing me down
E7             D A
Washing me down

I don't know why you treat me so bad
Think of all the things that we could have had
Love is a notion that I can't forget
My sweet sixteen I would never regret

I wanna know, can you tell me?
Am I in love to stay?

Chorus:
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Push me in the river, dip me in the water
Washing me down, washing me

Hug me, squeeze me, love me, tease me
Till I can't, till I can't, I can't take no more

Chorus:
Dip me in the water, drop me in the river
Push me in the water, drop me in the river
Washing me down, washing me down

I don't know why I love her like I do
All the trouble you put me through
Sixteen candles there on my wall
And here am I, the biggest fool of them all

I wanna know, can you tell me?
Am I in love to stay?

Chorus:
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Dip me in the river, drop me in the water
Washing me down, washing me down
Ooh, a-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya

Ooh, a na na na
A na na na na, ah!
A na na na, hoo!
A na na na, ooh!
A na na na na, hoo!
Ha! Na na na na, ah!
Na na na na na
Na na na na