The River Chords by Bruce Springsteen

[Start]

[Intro]
Em G D C G Am G C
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[Verse]
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                 Em       
When she was just seventeen
Am                           
We'd drive 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
Em               C          D    C
Ohoh 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         Bm        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


[Chorus]
              Em               C    
That night we went down to the river
D                       G   
And into the river we'd dive
Em           C                D    C     
Ohoh down to the river we did ride ayayay


[Solo]
Em G D C Em G C G
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C G Em Am G C
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[Verse]
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             Bm             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                       G                
And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
          C                             
Now those memories come back to haunt me
G                    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


[Chorus]
              Em          C    
That sends me down to the river
           D                 G  
Though I'd know the river is dry
              Em          C     D       C     
That sends me down to the river tonight ayayay
Em          C    
Down to the river
D       G    
My baby and I
Em               C        D    C     
Ohoh down to the river we ride ayayay
G Em C D G Em C D
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[Outro]
C Em C D G Em C D
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C Em C D G Em C D
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[End]