The River

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Intro

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Verse 1

 
Em  
come from down in the v
G  
alley
 
Where m
D  
ister, when you’re y
C  
oung
 
They br
Em  
ing you up to d
G  
 
l
C  
ike your daddy d
G  
one
 
Me and M
C  
ary we met in high school
 
When sh
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e was just s
D  
evente
Em  
en
 
We’d d
Am  
rive out of this valley
 
Down to wh
G  
ere the fields were gre
C  
en

Chorus

 
We’d go d
Em  
own to the r
C  
iver
 
And 
D  
into the river we’d d
G  
ive
 
Oh, d
Em  
own to the r
C  
iver we’d r
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ide 
 
 
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Verse 2

 
Then 
Em  
I got Mary pregna
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nt
 
And 
D  
man, that was all she w
C  
rote
 
And 
Em  
for my nineteenth b
G  
irthday
 
I got a union c
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ard and a wedding c
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oat
 
We w
C  
ent down to the courthouse
 
And the j
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udge put it  
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all to r
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est
 
No w
Am  
edding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
 
No fl
G  
owers, no wedding dr
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ess

Chorus

 
That night we went d
Em  
own to the r
C  
iver
 
And 
D  
into the river we’d d
G  
ive
 
Oh d
Em  
own to the r
C  
iver we did r
D  
ide 
 
 
C  

Solo

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Verse 3

 
Em  
got a job working const
G  
ruction
 
For the 
D  
Johnstown 
 
Compan
C  
y
 
But l
Em  
ately there ain’t been m
G  
uch 
 
work
 
On acc
C  
ount of the econom
G  
y
 
Now 
C  
all them things that seemed so important
 
Well mister th
G  
ey vanished right  
D  
into the air  
Em  
 
Now I just 
Am  
act like I don’t remember
 
Mary 
G  
acts like she don’t c
C  
are

Bridge

 
But I rem
Em  
ember us riding in my br
G  
other’s 
 
car
 
Her body t
D  
an and wet, down at the r
C  
eservoir
 
At n
Em  
ight on them banks I’d l
G  
ie 
 
awake
 
And pull her cl
C  
ose just to feel each b
G  
reath she’d take
 
Now those m
C  
emories come back to haunt me
 
They h
G  
aunt me l
D  
ike a c
Em  
urse
 
Is a dr
Am  
eam a lie if it don’t come true
 
Or 
G  
is it something w
C  
orse

Chorus

 
That sends me d
Em  
own to the r
C  
iver
 
Though I kn
D  
ow the river is d
G  
ry
 
That sends me d
Em  
own to the r
C  
iver 
 
ton
D  
ight 
 
 
C  
 
D
Em  
own to the r
C  
iver
 
My b
D  
aby and  
G  
I
 
Oh, d
Em  
own to the r
C  
iver we r
D  
ide 
 
 
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Ooh…

Outro

 
 
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