The River Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][G][D][C][G][Am][G][C]

[Verse 1]
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
[G]When she was just seventeen
[Em]We drive[Am] out of this valley
Down [D]to where [G]the fields were gre[C]en
We'd [Em]go down to the ri[C]ver
And [D]into the river we'd [G]dive
Oh, [Em]down to [C]the river we'd ride
[D]

[Verse 2]
[C]
Then [Em]I got Mary pregna[G]nt
And [D]man, that was all she [C]wrote
[Em]And for my nineteenth birth[G]day
I got a union [C]card and a wedding [G]coat
We [C]went down to the courthouse
And [G]the 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

[Verse 3]
That night we went [Em]down to the [C]river
And [D]into the river we'd [G]dive
Oh, [Em]down to [C]the river we did [D]ride

[Interlude 1]
Yeah, yeah
[C][Em][G][D][C][Em][G]
[C][G][C][G][Em][Am]
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[Verse 4]
[Em]I got a job working construc[G]tion
For [D]the Johnstown [C]Company
But [Em]lately there ain't been [G]much work
On [C]account of the economy
[G]Now all[C] them things that
seemed so important
Well mister [G]they vanished
right [D]into the [Em]air
Now I just [Am]act like I don't remember
Mary [G]acts like she don't [C]care

[Verse 5]
But I re[Em]member us riding
in my [G]brother's car
Her body [D]tan and wet, down at the [C]reservoir
At [Em]night on them banks I'd [G]lie awake
And pull her [C]close just to feel
each breath [G]she'd take
Now those [C]memories come
back to haunt me
They [G]haunt me [D]like [G]a c[Em]urse
Is [Am]a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or [G]is it something [C]worse
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 to[D]night[C]
[Em]Down to the [C]river
My [D]baby and [G]I
Oh, [Em]down to the [C]river we
[D]ride- ide

[Verse 6]
Ooh- ooh- ooh- [C]ooh[G]
Oo[Em]h- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh
Ooh- oo[C]h- [D]ooh- [G]ooh
Ooh- [Em]ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh
[C]Oo h- ooh- ooh- [D]ooh
Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh
[C]Ooh- ooh- [Em]ooh- ooh[C]
Ooh- [D]ooh- ooh- [G]ooh- [D]oo [Em]h[C]

[Outro 1]
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