The River

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[Verse 1]
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I come from down in the valley, 
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where mister, when you're young,
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They bring you up to do just like
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 your daddy done,
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Me and Mary we met in high school, 
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when she was just seven-teen,
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We rode out of that valley to 
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where the fields are green.


[Chorus]
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And we went down to the river and 
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into the river we'd dive,
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Oh down to the river we’d ride.


[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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I got Mary pregnant, oh man, 
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that was all she wrote,
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And for my 19th birthday I got a 
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union card and a wedding coat,
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We went down to the courthouse, and
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 the judge put it all to rest,
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No wedding day smiles, no walk down 
the aisle,
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No flowers, no wedding dress.


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[Chorus]
            Em          C         
Ooh we went down to the river and 
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into the river we'd dive,
   Em          C          D    C
Oh down to the river we’d ride.


[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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I got a job working construction 
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for the Johnstown Company,
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Ooh, but lately there ain't been 
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that much work on account of the 
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economy,
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And all these things that seemed so 
important,
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Mister they vanished right into 
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the air,
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Now I act like I don't remember, 
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Mary acts like she don't care.


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


[Chorus]
              Em          C
That sends me down to the river,
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And though the river is dry,
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Ooh ooh go down to the river 
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tonight,
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We will go down to the river my 
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baby and I,
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Oh down to the river we ride. Ooh..


[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
        Em          C        D/F#
We went down to the river my baby
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 and I,
   Em          C          D     
Oh down to the river we’d ride. Aah 
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ahh aah


[Otro]
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