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The River chords
Bruce Springsteen

EmG DC  EmG C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)                  GI (320003@1)come from down in the valley,
      D (xx0232@1)                Cwhere (x32010@1)mister when you're young
     Em (022000@1)            G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)             GThey (320003@1)bring you up to do, like your daddy done
       CMe (x32010@1)and Mary we met in high school,
     G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)  Emwhen (022000@1)she was just seventeen
     Am (x02210@1)                              G (320003@1)                   CWe'd (x32010@1)drive out of this valley, down to where the fields were green

Em (022000@1)        CWe'd (x32010@1)go down to the river,
    D (xx0232@1)                 Gand (320003@1)into the river we'd dive
    Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)        DC
Oh, down to the river we'd ride

Em (022000@1)       GThen (320003@1)I got Mary pregnant,
    D (xx0232@1)                  Cand (x32010@1)man that was all she wrote
    Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)                     C (x32010@1)                 GAnd (320003@1)for my nineteenth birthday, I got a union card, and a wedding coat
   CWe (x32010@1)went down to the courthouse,
        G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)    Emand (022000@1)the judge put it all to rest
   Am (x02210@1)             
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle,
   G (320003@1)                 Cno (x32010@1)flowers, no wedding dress

Em (022000@1)        CThat (x32010@1)night we went down to the river
    D (xx0232@1)                 Gand (320003@1)into the river we'd dive
    Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)        DC
Oh, down to the river we'd ride

EmG DC   EmG CG   CG DEm AmG C (x32010@1)
  Em (022000@1)                 G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)            CI (x32010@1)got a job working construction, for the Johnstown Company
    Em (022000@1)                    G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)               GBut (320003@1)lately there ain't been much work, on account of the economy
     CNow, (x32010@1)all them things that seemed so important,
                  G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)      Emwell, (022000@1)mister they vanished right into the air
           Am (x02210@1)Now I just act like I don't remember;
     G (320003@1)                 CMary (x32010@1)acts like she don't care

Em (022000@1)                   GBut (320003@1)I remember us riding in my brother's car,
         D (xx0232@1)                     Cher (x32010@1)body tan and wet down at the reservoir
   Em (022000@1)                    GAt (320003@1)night on them banks I'd lie awake,
             C (x32010@1)                     Gand (320003@1)pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
          C (x32010@1)                   EmNow (022000@1)those memories come back to haunt me,
     G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)    Emthey (022000@1)haunt me like a curse
     Am (x02210@1)           
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true,
   G (320003@1)             Cor (x32010@1)is it something worse?

Em (022000@1)        CThat (x32010@1)sends me down to the river,
         D (xx0232@1)               Gthough (320003@1)I know the river is dry
              Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1) CThat (x32010@1)sends me down to the river tonight
Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)      GDown (320003@1)to the river, my baby and I,
    Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)Coh, (x32010@1)down to the river we ride

Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)   Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Cooh (x32010@1)ooh ooh ooh   ooh ooh ooh ooh  2x

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