The River – Bruce Springsteen // capo on 2nd fret like live version
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I [Em] come from down in the [G] valley,
where [D] mister, when you're [C] young.
They [Em] bring you up to [G] do
[C] like your daddy [G] done
Me and [C] Mary we met in high school
When [G] she was just [D] seven [Em] teen
We'd [Am] drive out of this valley down to [G]
[G] where the fields were [C] green
#Chorus:
We'd go [Em] down to the [C] river
And [D] into the river we'd [G] dive
Oh [Em] down to the [C] river we’d [D] ride [C]
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Then [Em] I got Mary pregnant [G] And [D] man,
that was all she [C] wrote,
And [Em] for my 19th [G] birthday
I got a union [C] card and a wedding [G] coat
We [C] went down to the courthouse
And the [G] judge put it [D] all to [Em] rest
No [Am] wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
No [G] flowers, no wedding [C] dress
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#Chorus:
That night we went [Em] down to the [C] river
And [D] into the river we'd [G] dive
Oh [Em] down to the [C] river we did [D] ride [C]
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I [Em] got a job working constr-[G]-uction
for the [D] Johnstown Company [C]
But [Em] lately there ain't been [G] much work
on acc-[C]-ount of the economy [G]
Now [C] all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they [G] vanished right [D] into the air [Em]
Now I just [Am] act like I don't remember
Mary [G] acts like she don't [C] care
But I reme-[Em]-mber us riding in my [G] brother's car
Her body [D] tan and wet down at the [C] reservoir
[Em] At night on them banks [G] I'd lie awake
And pull her [C] close just to feel each [G] breath she'd
take
Now those [C] memories come back to haunt me
They [G] haunt me [D] like a [Em] curse
Is a [Am] dream a lie if it don't come true
Or [G] is it something [C] worse
#Chorus:
That sends me [Em] down to the [C] river
Though I [D] know the river is [G] dry
That sends me [Em] down to the [C] river ton-[D]-ight [C]
[Em] Down to the [C] river my [D] baby and [G] I
Oh [Em] down to the [C] river we [D] ride [C] Ooh..
Em C D G Em C C
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| C C G D Em | Am G C | C
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