The River
The Clarks
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Em G D C Am G C [Verse 1]Em G I come from down in the valleyD C Where mister when you're youngEm G C They bring you up to do, LikeG your daddy doneC Me and Mary we met in high school,G D/F# Em She was just seventeenAm We'd drive out of this valleyG C Down to where the fields were green [Chorus 1]Em C We'd go down to the riverD G And into the river we'd diveD/F# Em C D C Oh down to the river we'd ride [Verse 2]Em G D Then I got Mary pregnant and manC that was all she wroteEm G And for my nineteenth birthday IC G got a union card and a wedding coatContinúa después del anuncioC We went down to the courthouse andG D/F# Em the judge put it all to restAm No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisleG C No flowers no wedding dress [Chorus 2]Em C We'd go down to the riverD G And into the river we'd diveD/F# Em C D C Oh down to the river we'd ride [Guitar Solo]Em G D CEm G C GC G D/F# EmAm G C [Verse 3]Em G I got a job working constructionD C for the Johnstown CompanyEm G But lately there ain't been muchC G work on account of the economyC Now all those things that seemed so importantG D/F# Em Well they just vanished in the airAm And I act like I don't remember,G C Mary acts like she don't careEm And I remember us riding in myG brother's carD Her body tan and wet down by theC reservoirEm G At night on them banks I'd lie awakeC And pull her close to feel eachG breath she'd takeC Those memories come back to hauntG D/F# Em me, well they haunt me like a curseAm Is a dream a lie if it don't come trueG C Or is it something worse [Chorus 3]Em C And We'd go down to the riverD G And into the river we'd diveD/F# Em C D G Oh down to the river we'd rideEm C D G Down to the river my baby and ID/F# Em C D G Oh down to the river we'd ride Em G D C Em G C G Em G D C x2 Yeah Yeah Yeah the river we'd ride