Take Me To The River Chords by Talking Heads

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

E7 Asus4 A

I don't know why I love you like I do

E7After all the changes you been putting me tAsus4hrough A

E7You took my money and my cigaretteAsus4s A

E7Now I ain't seen hide nor hair oAsus4f you yAet

C G D A A7

I wanna know, won't you tell me, I'd love to say...

Take me to the E7river, Asus4wash Ame dE7own

Take me to the E7waterE7(#5), put my Asus4feet Aon the gEround

turnaround Asus4 A

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)

C♯m A

Hold me, love me

C♯mPlease me, Ababy you can squeeze me

BTil I drown, til I drown, til I drown, I'm gonna take you to the E7river

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: E7 0 2 0 1 3 0 or...

E7 0 7 6 7 5 0(I like this version better)

C x 3 5 5 x x or...

C x 3 5 5 0 0(jangly)

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)

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)