The River

Accordi The River

Intro:
MIm  SOL  RE  DO  LAm  SOL  DO  DO

  MIm                   SOL

I come from down in the valley
      RE                  DOadd9
where mister, when you're young
     MIm             SOL

They bring you up to do...
DO              SOL

like your daddy done
       DO
Me and Mary we met in high school
     SOL          RE/FA# MIm

when she was just seven--teen
     LAm
We'd drive out of this valley
        SOL                   DO

down to where the fields were green

        MIm         DO

We'd go down to the river
    RE                  SOL

and into the river we'd dive
   MIm         DO         RE    DO

Oh down to the river we’d ride..

     MIm        SOL

Then I got Mary pregnant
    RE                    DOadd9
and man, that was all she wrote
    MIm         SOL

And for my 19th birthday
              DO                 SOL

I got a union card and a wedding coat
   DO
We went down to the courthouse
        SOL          RE/FA#  MIm

and the judge put it all to  rest
   LAm
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
   SOL                 DO

No flowers, no wedding dress

                   MIm         DO

That night we went down to the river
    RE                  SOL

And into the river we'd dive
   MIm         DO           RE    DO

Oh down to the river we did ride..

MIm  SOL  RE  DOadd9  MIm  SOL  DO  SOL

DO   DO   SOL RE/FA#  MIm

LAm  LAm  SOL  DO

  MIm                   SOL

I got a job working construction
        RE               DOadd9
for the Johnstown Company
    MIm                     SOL

But lately there ain't been much work
     DO                SOL

on account of the economy
    DO
Now all them things that seemed so important
            SOL                 RE/FA#   MIm

Well mister they vanished right into the air
           LAm
Now I just act like I don't remember
     SOL                 DO

Mary acts like she don't care

        MIm                    SOL

But I remember us riding in my brother's car
         RE                      DOadd9
her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
   MIm                     SOL

At night on them banks I'd lie awake
             DO
And pull her close just to feel
     SOL
each breath she'd take
          DO
Now those memories come back to haunt me
     SOL      RE/FA#  MIm

They haunt me like a  curse
     LAm
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
   SOL             DO

or is it something worse

              MIm         DO

That sends me down to the river
         RE                SOL

though I know the river is dry
              MIm         DO      RE    DO

That sends me down to the river tonight..
MIm         DO       RE       SOL

Down to the river my baby and I
   MIm         DO       RE   DO

Oh down to the river we ride.... Ooh..

MIm  DO  RE  SOL

MIm  DO  RE  SOL

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Autore: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Copyright: © BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN MUSIC, UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING RICORDI S.R.L