--===Foghat Tab - Take Me To The River===--
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                          _Take Me To The River_ 
                                       
                                     
                 Tabbed by Charlie Coombs [GUNGBG@aol.com] 
          If you have anything to add to this, or have a way to 
          improve what's here, feel free to drop Charlie a line.
                                      
                                      
                                     
                                      
                                        Take Me To The River
                                                by Foghat
                         From the album Return of the Boogie Men
                        Tabbed by Charlie Coombs (GUNGBG@aol.com)
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                                  [Setup]
            Tune strings    This song uses the following chords:
         down to this:       D    F    G    A    Bb   B     C     D
         D  down 2       D  -0-  -3-  -5-  -7-  -8-  -9-  -10-  -12-
         A  down 2       A  -0-  -3-  -5-  -7-  -8-  -9-  -10-  -12-
         F# down 1       F# -0-  -3-  -5-  -7-  -8-  -9-  -10-  -12-
         D  same         D  -0-  -3-  -5-  -7-  -8-  -9-  -10-  -12-
         A  same         A  -0-  -3-  -5-  -7-  -8-  -9-  -10-  -12-
         D  down 2       D  -0-  -3-  -5-  -7-  -8-  -9-  -10-  -12-
                                  [Intro]
                   Start off with this picking pattern:
                D                                          C G
           D |-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-10-5-|
           A |---0-------0-|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|-10-5-|
           F#|-------------|-------------|-------------|-10-5-|
           D |-0---0---0---|-0---0---0---|-0---0---0---|-10-5-|
           A |-------------|-------------|-------------|-10-5-|
           D |-------------|-------------|-------------|-10-5-|
                  (then repeat with a little slide solo)
                                     D
                   I don't know why I love you like I do,
               D                                       C G D
                 After the things that you put me through.
                                     D
                   You stole my money and my cigarettes,
                                     D
                    I haven't seen what I should forget.
                      Bb     F                C                G
       I want to know, won't you tell me? I'd love to stay, yea hey.
                  D                  G F D          C C D
                    Take me to the river, wash me down,
                D           G F D                      C C D
                 Please my soul, put my feet on the ground.
                                     D
                   I don't know why she treat me so bad,
                D                                      C G D
                 After all the things that we coulda' had.
                                     D
                    My sweet sixteen I'll never regret,
                                     D
                   Love is a notion that I can't forget.
                     Bb      F               C                 G
   I want to know, won't you tell me? I'd love to stay, I'd love to stay.
                  D                 G F D            C C D
                    Take me to the river, wash me down,
               D           G F D                       C C D
            Please my soul, put my feet on the ground, oh yeah.
                 (Dobro Solo) -  D   G F D   C G D   G F D
                       B        G         B         G
                  Hold me, love me, please me, squeeze me,
                            F                 A
   Oh, 'til I can't, 'til I can't, 'til I can't, I can't take it no more.
                  D                 G F D           C C D
                    Take me to the river, wash me down,
                D           G F D                      C C D
                 Please my soul, put my feet on the ground.
                  D                 G F D           C C D
                    Take me to the river, wash me down,
                D           G F D                      C C D
                 Please my soul, put my feet on the ground.
                                                      C G D
                  Take me, take me, take me to the river -
                                                    C G D
                  Take me, take me, take me to the river,
                                                      C G D
                  Take me, take me, take me to the river -
                                                    C G D
                  Take me, take me, take me to the river.
                  (Dobro Solo) - D   G F D  several times
                      D               G F D etc......
               Wash me down baby, hold me baby, love me baby,
             Please, please me baby, take me, take me, take me.
                   All the way down - All the way down -
                    All the way down - All the way down
            Dip me in the water baby - Dip me in the water baby,
                           Take me, take me down,
              I said, take me, take me, take me to the river -
                  take me, take me, take me to the river,
                  Take me, take me, take me to the river -
                  take me, take me, take me to the river.
                   Take me to the river - wash me down -
               take me to the river - feet on the ground ....
                         Dip me in the water baby.
                                       
                                     
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