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THE RIVER from The River
INTRO: Em (D/F#) G D C (C/B) Am G C
Em D/F# G
I come from down in the valley
D C
Where mister, when you're young
Em D/F# G C G
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
C
Me and Mary we met in high school
G D/F# Em
When she was just seventeen
Am G C
We'd drive out of this valley down to where the fields were green
Em C
We'd go down to the river
D G D/F#
And into the river we'd dive
Em C D C
Oh down to the river we'd ride
Em D/F# G
Then I got Mary pregnant
D C
And man, that was all she wrote
Em D/F# G C G
And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
C
We went down to the courthouse
G D/F# 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
Em C
That night we went down to the river
D G
And into the river we'd dive
D/F# Em C D C
Oh down to the river we did ride
HARMONICA: Em (D/F#) G D C
Em (D/F#) G C G
C G (D/F#) Em
Am G C
Em D/F# G D C
I got a job working con-struction for the Johnstown Company
Em D/F# G C G
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
C
Now all them things that seemed so important
G D/F# 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 D/F# G
But I remember us riding in my brother's car
D C
Her body tanned and wet down at the reservoir
Em D/F# 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 D/F# 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
Em C
That sends me down to the river
D G
Though I know the river is dry
D/F# Em C D C
That sends me down to the river toni-ght
Em C D G
Down to the river my baby and I
D/F# Em C D C
Oh down to the river we ri-de
Em C D G (D/F#) Em C D C
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OUTRO: Em C D G (D/F#) Em C D C
