Al Green

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[E7] I don't know why I love you like I [D] do [A]

[E7] After all the changes you put me [D] through [A]

[E7] You took my money and my ciga-[D]-rettes [A]

[E7] Now I ain't seen hide nor hair of you [D] yet [A]

I wanna [C] know, won't you [G] tell me,

[A] Why I'd love to [G] stay, take me to the [E7] river,

And [D] wash [A] me [E7] down

[D] Take me [A] to the [E7] water,

And put my [D] feet back [A] on the [E7] ground [D][A]

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[E7] I don't know why you treat me so [D] bad [A]

[E7] Think of all the things that we could have [D] had [A]

[E7] Love is emotion that I can't for-[D]-get [A]

[E7] My sweet sixteen I will never re-[D]-gret [A]

I wanna [C] know, won't you [G] tell me,

[A] Why I'd love to [G] stay, take me to the [E7] river,

And [D] wash [A] me [E7] down

[D] Take me [A] to the [E7] water,

And put my [D] feet back [A] on the [E7] ground [D][A]

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[C#m] Hold me, [A] squeeze me

[C#m] Love me, baby you can [A] tease me

Til I [G] can't, til I can't, til I can't, I can't take no more

Take me to the [E7] river [D][A]

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[E7] I don't know why I love you like I [D] do [A]

[E7] After all the changes you put me [D] through [A]

[E7] Sixteen candles burn on my [D] wall [A]

[E7] Tell me I'm the biggest fool of them [D] all [A]

I wanna [C] know, won't you [G] tell me,

[A] Why I'd love to [G] stay, take me to the [E7] river,

And [D] wash [A] me [E7] down

[D] Take me [A] to the [E7] water,

And put my [D] feet back [A] on the [E7] ground [D][A]

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