Take Me to the River — Talking Heads
Chords and lyrics for Take Me to the River by Talking Heads (key of A).
Verse 1
[Intro] E7 Asus4 A(repeat vamp to verse 1)
Verse 1
[E7]I don't know why I love you like I [Asus4]do[A]
[E7]After all the changes you been putting me [Asus4]through[A]
[E7]You took my money and my [Asus4]cigarettes[A]
[E7]Now I ain't seen hide nor hair [Asus4]of you [A]yet
Chorus
I wanna [C]know, won't you [G]tell me, [D]I'd love to [A][A7]say...
Take me to the [E7]river, [Asus4]wash [A]me [E7]down
Take me to the [E7][E7+5]water, put my [Asus4]feet [A]on the [E]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)
Bridge
[Dbm]Hold me, [A]love me
[Dbm]Please me, [A]baby you can squeeze me
[B]Til I drown, til I drown, til I drown, I'm gonna take you to the
[E7]river
Verse 3
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
[Verse] 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)
X