The River Springsteen

[Intro]

 

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[Verse]

 

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I come from down in the valley   Where mister, when you're young

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They bring you up to do like your daddy done

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Me and Mary we met in high school  When she was just seventeen

      Am                                G                     C

We'd drive out of this valley down to where the fields were green

 

 

[Chorus]

 

         Em          C        D                    G

We'd go down to the river And into the river we'd dive

    Em          C          D  C

Oh down to the river we’d ride

 

 

[Verse]

 

    Em                G       D                      C

Then I got Mary pregnant  And man, that was all she wrote

    Em           G                      C                  G

And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat

    C                                    G           D       Em

We went down to the courthouse  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

 

 

[Chorus]

 

                   Em          C

That night we went down to the river

    D                    G

And into the river we'd dive

    Em          C            D   C

Oh down to the river we did ride

 

 

[Solo]

 

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[Verse]

 

  Em                     G               D               C

I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company

     Em                      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            Em

Well mister they vanished right into the air

           Am                               G                    C

Now I just act like I don't remember   Mary acts like she don't care

 

 

[Bridge]

 

         Em                      G                       D

But I remember us riding in my brother's car   Her body tan and wet down at

     C               Em                      G

the reservoir    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      Em

They haunt me like a curse

       Am                                    G                C

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true    Or is it something worse

 

 

[Chorus]

 

               Em          C                 D                G

That sends me down to the river   Though I know the river is dry

               Em          C       D   C

That sends me down to the river tonight

 Em          C        D       G

Down to the river my baby and I

    Em          C        D  C

Oh down to the river we ride     Ooh..

 

 

[Outro]

 

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