The River Bruce Springsteen
The River chords
Bruce Springsteen
[Em] [G] [D] [C] [Em] [G] [C]
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]where the fields were [C]green
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]ri[C]de
Then [Em]I got Mary [G]pregnant,
and [D]man that was all she [C]wrote
And [Em]for my nineteenth [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
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'd [D]ri[C]de
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[Em] [G] [D] [C] [Em] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [Am] [G] [C]
I [Em]got a job working con[G]struction, for the [D]Johnstown Compa[C]ny
But [Em]lately there ain't been [G]much work, on ac[C]count of the econo[G]my
Now, [C]all them things that seemed so important,
well, mister they [G]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
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 [G]breath she'd take
Now those [C]memories come back to [Em]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?
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]nigh[C]t
[Em]Down to the [C]river, my [D]baby and [G]I,
oh, [Em]down to the [C]river we [D]rid[C]e
[Em]ooh [C]ooh [D]ooh [G]ooh [Em]ooh [C]ooh [D]ooh [C]ooh 2x
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