The River Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][G][D][C]
[Am][G][C][C]

[Verse 1]
I [Em]come from down in the [G]valley
Where, [D]mister, when you're [C]young
They [Em]bring you up to [G]do
[C]like your daddy [G]done
Me and [C]Mary we met in high school
When [G]she was just seven[Em]teen
We [Am]drive out of this valley
Down to [G]where the fields were [C]green

[Chorus 1]
We'd go [Em]down to the [C]river
And [D]into the river we'd [G]dive
[D]Oh, [Em]down to the [C]river we'd [D]ride[C]

[Verse 2]
Then [Em]I got Mary pr[G]egnant
And [D]man, that was all she [C]wrote
And [Em]for my nineteenth [G]birthday
I got a union [C]card and a wedding [G]coat
We [C]went down to the courthouse
And the [G]judge put it all to [Em]rest
No [Am]wedding day smiles,
no walk down the aisle
No [G]flowers, no wedding [C]dress

[Chorus 2]
That night we went [Em]down to the [C]river
And [D]into the river we'd [G]dive
[D]Oh, [Em]down to the [C]river we'd [D]ride
Yeah, [C]yeah

[Solo 1]
[Em][G][D][C]
[Em][G][C][G]
[C][C][G][Em]
[Am][Am][G][C][C]

[Verse 3]
I [Em]got a job working cons[G]truction
For the [D]Johnstown [C]Company
But [Em]lately there ain't been [G]much work
On ac[C]count of the econo[G]my
Now [C]all them things
that seemed so important
Well mister [G]they vanished right into the [Em]air
Now I just [Am]act like I don't remember
Mary [G]acts like she don't [C]care

[Verse 4]
But I re[Em]member us riding in my [G]brother's car
Her body [D]tan and wet, down at the [C]reservoir
At [Em]night on them banks I'd [G]lie awake
And pull her [C]close
just to feel each [G]breath she'd take
Now those [C]memories come back to haunt me
They [G]haunt me like a [Em]curse
Is a [Am]dream a lie if it don't come true
Or [G]is it something [C]worse

[Chorus 3]
That sends me [Em]down to the [C]river
Though I [D]know the river is [G]dry
That sends [D]me [Em]down to the [C]river
to[D]night[C]

[Chorus 4]
[Em]down to the [C]river
My [D]baby and [G]I
[D]Oh, [Em]down to the [C]river we [D]ride-ide[C]

[Outro 1]
[Em]Ooh- [C]ooh...[D][G]
[Em]Ooh- [C]ooh...[D][C]
[Repeat and fade]