“take me to the river”
*the basix*

*SCORES*

*LINX*

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*WORDS*

*SCRAPS*

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(4:4)
(Eblues)

(reference note: E E E E E D D D D E)

VERSE:

(E)

(i don’t know why…i…)

(E7)

(love you like i do)

(E)

(after all these changes)

(E7 E6 E) (Em E)

(you put me through)

(x2)

(E7)

i wanna…

PRECHORUS:

(C)

wanna

(C Csus2 C) (C C)

know…won’t you…

(G)

tell me?

(A A6 A A6 A A6)

am i in love to…

(A7)

stay?

(A7 A7 A6 A)

take me to the…

CHORUS:

(E7)

river

(Em Em Emsus2 Em)

wash me in the…

(E7)

water…

(Em Em Emsus2 Em)

take me to the…

(E7)

river…

(Em Em Emsus2 Em)

washing me down…

(Em Em Emsus2 E)

washing me down…

(***BACK TO “TAKE ME TO THE RIVER”***)

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*VERSE 1*

I DON’T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU LIKE I DO
AFTER ALL THESE CHANGES THAT YOU PUT ME THROUGH
YOU TOOK MY MONEY…MY CIGARETTES…
I HAVEN’T SEEN OR HEARD FROM YOU YET

I WANNA KNOW
WON’T YOU TELL ME?
AM I IN LOVE TO STAY?

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*CHORUS 1*

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
WASH ME IN THE WATER
TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
WASHING ME DOWN
WASHING ME DOWN

I DON’T KNOW WHY YOU TREAT ME SO BAD
THINK OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE COULD HAVE HAD
LOVE IS AN OCEAN THAT I’LL NEVER FORGET
MY SWEET SIXTEEN I WILL NEVER REGRET

I DON’T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU LIKE I DO
AFTER ALL THESE CHANGES THAT YOU PUT ME THROUGH
SIXTEEN CANDLES BURNED DOWN MY WALL
HERE AM I THE BIGGEST FOOL OF THEM ALL

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(open the following links in ‘new window’)

Ithen use ‘spectacle’ to evenly split screen in half)

(chords / lyrics)

(sonic extensions / lyrical scraps)

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*key*

*time signature*

*tempo*

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*INTRO*

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*SONIC SNAPSHOTS*

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*MANTRAS*

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*FREE-FORM CHANTS*

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*OUTRO*

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👈👈👈☜*”TAKE ME TO THE RIVER”* ☞ 👉👉👉

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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥