Take Me To The River Bass

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER (Bassline)
 
As recorded by Al Green
(From the 1974 Album AL GREEN EXPLORES YOUR MIND)
 
Words and Music by Al Green & Mabon "Teenie" Hodges
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Leroy Hodges - Bass'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=118
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W            Q  E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
|----------|----------||-----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7----|
|----------|----------||o----------------|-6-7-9--------------|
|----------|----------||o----------------|-----------------7--|
|----------|----------||--0----0-0-0---0-|--------------------|
 
 
                                         $
  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E  3x
|----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7----||-|
|----------------|-6-7-9-------------o||-|
|----------------|-----------------7-o||-|
|-0----0-0-0---0-|--------------------||-|
 
 
   1st - 3rd Verses
    Q  E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
||-----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7----|
||o----------------|-6-7-9--------------|
||o----------------|-----------------7--|
||--0----0-0-0---0-|--------------------|
 
 
  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
|----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7---|----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7---|
|----------------|-6-7-9-------------|----------------|-6-7-9-------------|
|----------------|-----------------7-|----------------|-----------------7-|
|-0----0-0-0---0-|-------------------|-0----0-0-0---0-|-------------------|
 
 
                                       Chorus
  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E    +Q.   E E E E E   +E  E Q  E S S E E
|----------------|-------7-(7)-9-----||-----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-6-7-9-------------||-----------------|------------------0--|
|----------------|-----------------3-||-(3)---3-3-------|------------2-3-4----|
|-0----0-0-0---0-|-------------------||-----------0-1-3-|-(3)-3-3--3----------|
 
 
                                                           2/4
  +Q   Q  E E E E   +Q   E E +Q   E E   +Q   E E +Q   E E   +Q   E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------|
|-(0)--0--0-0-----|-------------------|-------------------|----------|
|-------------0-0-|-(0)----0-(0)----0-|-(0)----0-(0)----0-|-(0)----0-|
|-----------------|------0--------0---|------0--------0---|------0---|
 
 
 4/4
  E E Q  E Q  E   E E E E +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
|---------------|-------7-(7)-9-7---|----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7----|
|---------------|-6-7-9-------------|----------------|-6-7-9--------------|
|---------------|-----------------7-|----------------|-----------------7--|
|---0----0----0-|-------------------|-0----0-0-0---0-|--------------------|
 
 
                                                                   To Coda
  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
|----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7---|----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7------||
|----------------|-6-7-9-------------|----------------|-6-7-9---------------o||
|----------------|-----------------7-|----------------|-----------------7---o||
|-0----0-0-0---0-|-------------------|-0----0-0-0---0-|----------------------||
 
 
 Bridge
  Q  Q  E Q  E   +E  E Q  E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E
|--------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|------------------|----------------0-|
|-4--4--4-4--0-|-(0)-0-0--0---2-4-|-(4)-4-4--4-4---0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-4---|
|--------------|------------4-----|--------------4---|------------------|
 
 
  +E  E Q  E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-(0)-0-0--0-0-----|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------0-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-0---2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|------------------|------------------|--------------4---|------------------|
 
 
  +E  E E E E Q  E   E E E E +E  E E E
|------------------|-------7-(7)-9-7---|
|------------------|-6-7-9-------------|
|-(2)--------------|-----------------7-|
|-----0-0-0-0----0-|-------------------|
 
 
                    1.,2.
    Q  E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E  3x
||-----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7----||
||o----------------|-6-7-9-------------o||
||o----------------|-----------------7-o||
||--0----0-0-0---0-|--------------------||
 
 
                        Outro
  3.
        D.S. al Coda &
  E E E E +E  E E E      Q  E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   7x
|-------7-(7)-9-7----||-----------------|-------7-(7)-9-7-----||
|-6-7-9--------------||o----------------|-6-7-9--------------o||
|-----------------7--||o----------------|-----------------7--o||
|--------------------||--0----0-0-0---0-|---------------------||
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
 
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
 
 
 
I'd like to dedicate this song to Little Junior Parker,
a cousin of mine who's gone on
but we'd like to kinda carry on in his name, by singing
 
I don't know why I love like I do
After all the changes that you put me through
You stole my money and my cigarettes
And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet
 
I wanna know
Won't you tell me
Am I in love to stay, hey, hey
 
Take me to the river
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
After all the things that we could have had
Love is a notion that I can't forget
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
 
I wanna know
Won't you tell me
Am I in love to stay, hey, hey
 
Hold me, love me, please me, tease me
'Til I can't, 'til I can't take anymore
Take me to the river
 
I don't know why I love you like I do
After all the things that you put me through
There's sixteen candles that burn on my wall
Turning me into the biggest fool of them all
 
I wanna know
Can't you tell me
Am I in love to stay, hey, hey
I wanna know
Take me to the river
I wanna know
Won't you dip me in the water
I wanna know
Won't you wash me in the water
Wash me in the water
Wash me in the water
Won't you wash me in the water
Feelin' good
X