Capo on 2

G
Down to the river, lets go
C
Down to the river, lets go
D
Down to the river, going

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

G
Down to the river, lets go
C
Down to the river, lets go
D
Down to the river, going

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

G
Down to the river, lets go
C
Down to the river, lets go
D
Down to the river, going

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

G
Down to the river, lets go
C
Down to the river, lets go
D
Down to the river, going

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

G
Down to the river, lets go
C
Down to the river, lets go
D
Down to the river, going
G
Down