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Bruce Springsteen - The River

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Intro:

Em

G

D

C

C/B

Am

G

C

Em

G

I come from down in the valley

D

C

Where mister when you're young

Em

G

They bring you up to do

C

G

Like your daddy done

C

Me and Mary we met in high school

G

G/F#

Em

When she was just seventeen

Am

We'd ride out of this valley

G

C

Down to where the fields were green

Em

C

We'd go down to the river

D

G

And into the river we'd dive

G/F#

Em

C

D

C

Ohhh down to the river we'd ride

Em

G

Then I got Mary pregnant

D

C

And man that was all she wrote

Em

G

And for my nineteenth birthday

C

G

I got a union card and a wedding coat

C

We went down to the courthouse

G

G/F#

Em

And the judge put it all to rest

Am

No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle

G

C

No flowers no wedding dress

Em

C

That night we went down to the river

D

G

And into the river we'd dive

G/F#

Em

C

Ohhh down to the river

D

C

We'd ride yeah yeah

Brdige:

Em

G

D

C

Em

G

C

G

C

C

G

G/F#

Em

Am

G

C

C

Em

G

I got a job working construction

D

C

For the Johnstown Company

Em

G

But lately there ain't been much work

C

G

On account of the economy

C

Now all them things that seemed so important

G

G/F#

Em

Well mister they vanished right into the air

Am

Now I just act like I don't remember

G

C

Mary acts like she don't care

Em

G

But I remember us riding in my brother's car

D

C

Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir

Em

G

At night on them 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

G/F#

Em

They haunt me like a curse

Am

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true

G

C

Or is it something worse

Em

C

That sends me down to the river

D

G

Though I know the river is dry

G/F#

Em

C

That sends me down to the river

D

C

Tonight ahhh yeah yeah

Em

C

D

G

Down to the river my baby and I

Em

C

D

Oh down to the river we ride

C

Ahhh yeah yeah

Ending:

Em

C

D

G

G/F#

Em

C

D

C x3

Bridge:

Em D Em Am x4

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