Capo on 2

G5
Down to the river, lets go
C5
Down to the river, lets go
D5
Down to the river, going

G5                           C5
Down and we're out from the days we were born
D5                                      C5           G5
Come down here with broken hearts and our emotions torn
G5                      C5
Off the beaten path to our old stomping grounds
D5                                C5  
As long as we've been growing up we've been coming

G5
Down to the river, lets go
C5
Down to the river, lets go
D5
Down to the river, going

G5                   C5
Down Mackinac, yeah we will have some fun
D5                               C5                G5
Get your daddy's old guitar and get your daddy's gun
G5                              C5
Big brother will buy the beer, we'll shed a couple rounds
D5                              C5
Stack up all the emptiness and then we'll knock them

G5
Down to the river, lets go
C5
Down to the river, lets go
D5
Down to the river, going

G5                    C5
Down on our luck and up comes the cost
D5                             C5                G5
Everything we do and done and all that we have lost
G5                     C5
Empty out our pockets just to get around
D5                                  C5
The rich they keep on rising while the poor keep falling

G5
Down to the river, lets go
C5
Down to the river, lets go
D5
Down to the river, going

G5                    C5  
Down go the faces of another dad and mom ,
D5                         C5             G5
Down goes another soldier to a roadside bomb
G5                                 C5
I read it in the paper and on the faces of our town
D5                           C5
Tomorrow we go to Pekin Illinois to lay him

G5
Down to the river, lets go
C5
Down to the river, lets go
D5
Down to the river, going
G5
Down