Talking Heads – Take Me To The River (Ukulele)

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From uunet!darwin.sura.net!newshost.latech.edu!VM.CC.LATECH.EDU!US30139 Tue Jul 21 16:20:45 PDT 1992 Article: 930 of alt.guitar.tab Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab Path: nevada.edu!uunet!darwin.sura.net!newshost.latech.edu!VM.CC.LATECH.EDU!US30139 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: TAB REQUEST: Talking Heads Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Nntp-Posting-Host: vm.cc.latech.edu Organization: LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY References: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 11:19:23 CST Lines: 91 In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (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 [email protected]