Em7
I don't know why I love you like I do
After all these changes you put me through
You stole my money and my cigarettes
And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet

             C                            G           D
I wanna know     Won't you tell me
                   A
Am I in love to stay?  Hey hey

Em7
Take me to the river        And wash me down
Won't you cleanse my soul      Put my feet on the ground

I don't know why she treated me so bad
Look at all those things that we could have had
Love is a notion that I can't forget
My sweet sixteen I will never regret

             C                     G    D
I wanna know     Won't you tell me
                   A
Am I in love to stay?  Hey hey
Em7
Take me to the river        And wash me down

C#m               A          C#m               A
Hold me,      love me,      please me,       tease me
 Em7                  B
Till I can't,    till I can't     take no more               

Em7
I don't know why I love you like I do
After all these changes you put me through
The sixteen candles burning on my wall
Turning me into the biggest   fool of them all

             C                            G           D
I wanna know     Won't you tell me
                   A
Am I in love to stay?  Hey hey
Em7
Take me to the river        And wash me down......