Bruce Springsteen – The River chords

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The River chords
Bruce Springsteen

Em G D C  Em G C

  Em                    GI come from down in the valley,
      D                  Cwhere mister when you're young
     Em              G   C               GThey bring you up to do, like your daddy done
       CMe and Mary we met in high school,
     G            D    Emwhen she was just seventeen
     Am                                G                     CWe'd drive out of this valley, down to where the fields were green

        Em          CWe'd go down to the river,
    D                   Gand into the river we'd dive
    Em          C          D COh, down to the river we'd ride

     Em         GThen I got Mary pregnant,
    D                    Cand man that was all she wrote
    Em                G                       C                   GAnd for my nineteenth birthday, I got a union card, and a wedding coat
   CWe went down to the courthouse,
        G            D      Emand the judge put it all to rest
   Am               No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle,
   G                   Cno flowers, no wedding dress

                   Em          CThat night we went down to the river
    D                   Gand into the river we'd dive
    Em          C          D COh, down to the river we'd ride

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

        Em                     GBut I remember us riding in my brother's car,
         D                       Cher body tan and wet down at the reservoir
   Em                      GAt night on them banks I'd lie awake,
             C                       Gand pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
          C                     EmNow those memories come back to haunt me,
     G        D      Emthey haunt me like a curse
     Am             Is a dream a lie if it don't come true,
   G               Cor is it something worse?

              Em          CThat sends me down to the river,
         D                 Gthough I know the river is dry
              Em          C       D   CThat sends me down to the river tonight
Em          C         D        GDown to the river, my baby and I,
    Em          C        D  Coh, down to the river we ride


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