Tablature take me to the river - Talking Heads

          



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  ksm@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Ken MacFarlane) writes:

   

  >Does anyone have any Talking Heads, especially Once in A Lifetime, Psycho

  >Killer or Take Me To The River?

   

   

   

  Take Me to the River--Al Green, et al

   

  intro:       E7      Asus4  A(repeat vamp to verse 1)

   

   

          E7                                 Asus4   A

  verse 1: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

   

   

                   C               G       D            A   A7

  chorus: 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)

   

   

          Dbm       A

  bridge: 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

   

   

  verse3: 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)

   

   

   

   

   

  verse

  chords:  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)

   

   

   

  This is a hybrid version of Al Green, Delbert McClinton, and the Talking Heads

  versions.  I hope I didn't goof on putting the chords down.  I'm new at this

  method.  Mike James  US30139@VM.CC.LATECH.EDU

   

   

   

   

  

  

   


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