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The River

Bruce Springsteen

 
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 AmCGF
I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young
 AmCFC
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
 FCGAm
Me and Mary we met in high school, when she was just seventeen
 DmCF
We'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green

 AmFGC
We'd go down to the river, And into the river we'd dive
 AmFGF
Oh down to the river we'd ride  

 AmCGF
Then I got Mary pregnant, And man that was all she wrote
 AmCFC
And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
 FCGAm
We went down to the courthouse, And the judge put it all to rest
 DmCF
No wedding day smiles no walk down in the aisle, No flowers no wedding dress
 AmFGC
That night we went down to the river, And into the river we'd dive
 AmFGF
On down to the river we did ride  

 AmCGF
I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
 AmCFC
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
 F
Now all them things that seemed so important
 CGAm
Well mister they vanished right into the air
 DmCF
Now I just act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care
 AmC
But I remember us riding in my brother's car
 GF
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
 AmC
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
 FC
And pull her close just to feel each other breath she'd take
 FCAm
Now those memories come back to haunt me, They haunt me like a curse
 DmC
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, Or is it something worse that sends me
 AmFGC
 Down to the river though I know the river is dry,
 AmFG
That sends me down to the river tonight
 AmFGCAmFG
 Down to the river, My baby and I, Oh down the river we'd ride
 AmF
oh oh oh oh oh oh (The exact amount of oohing depends on version)

From: inigoes@rohan.sdsu.edu (go-man)
suggests start on Em and change accordingly
From: goland@student.umass.edu
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 10:16:23 -0500
Subject: The_River Harmonica part

This is an addition to the Bruce Springsteen song, "The River." He actually
plays an A harmonica, but the part can be played on a C. It is pretty simple,
this is the version off of the 3rd disc of the live box set.

numbers with V under them mean inhale, A means exhale. 
	6-7-7-8-8-7-6-6   8-8-7-8-7-6
V V A A V A A V A V A V A V
I am 99% sure this is accurate. any corrections/flames can be sent to
me at goland@student.umass.edu
I hope this helps, anyone else who plays the harmonica, send in music, most of it doesn't seem too hard to play!!!!
Glen Goland


Corrected by roger.holmes. View original
Am C Dm F G
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MeganJane (report comment to admin): 
I tend to play this without the dreaded F if that helps anyone...ie. 



I (Em)come from down the (G)valley

Where (D)Mr when your're (C)young

They (Em) bring you up to do(G) (C)like your Daddy (G)done