The River

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[Verse]

  Em                     G     
I come from down in the valley   
         D                   C
Where mister, when you're young
       Em             G  C       
They bring you up to do like your
        G
 daddy done
        C                          
Me and Mary we met in high school  
       G           D    Em
When she was just seventeen
      Am                           
We'd drive out of this valley down 
     G                     C
to where the fields were green


[Chorus]

         Em          C        D  
We'd go down to the river And 
                  G
into the river we'd dive
    Em          C          D  C
Oh down to the river we’d ride


[Verse]

    Em                G       D  
Then I got Mary pregnant  And 
                    C
man, that was all she wrote
    Em           G             
And for my 19th birthday I got a 
         C                  G
union card and a wedding coat
    C                              
We went down to the courthouse  And
      G           D       Em
 the judge put it all to rest
    Am
No wedding day smiles, no walk down 
the aisle
     G                   C
No flowers, no wedding dress


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[Chorus]

                   Em          C
That night we went down to the river
    D                    G
And into the river we'd dive
    Em          C            D   C
Oh down to the river we did ride


[Solo]

(backing chords for the solo are the
 same as the verses)
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[Verse]

  Em                     G        
I got a job working construction 
       D               C
for the Johnstown Company
     Em                      G 
But lately there ain't been much 
             C                 G
work on account of the economy
    C
Now all them things that seemed so 
important
              G                 D 
Well mister they vanished right 
           Em
into the air
           Am                      
Now I just act like I don't 
         G                    C
remember   Mary acts like she don't 
care


[Bridge]

         Em                   
But I remember us riding in my 
   G                       D
brother's car   Her body tan and wet
 down at
     C               Em           
the reservoir    At night on them 
           G
banks I'd lie awake
               C                   
And pull her close just to feel 
   G
each breath she'd take
           C
Now those memories come back to 
haunt me
      G        D      Em
They haunt me like a curse
       Am                        
Is a dream a lie if it don't come 
            G                C
true    Or is it something worse


[Chorus]

               Em          C      
That sends me down to the river   
           D                G
Though I know the river is dry
               Em          C  
That sends me down to the river 
     D   C
tonight
 Em          C        D       G
Down to the river my baby and I
    Em          C        D  C
Oh down to the river we ride     
Ooh..


[Otro]

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