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The River – Bruce Springsteen // capo on 2nd fret like live version
Intro: | Em | G | D | C | Am | G | C
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B|--------------12-10-8------12-10-8-10-------|
G|-9--8-9-11-12---------8b--------------8b----|
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A|--------------------------------------------|
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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 D seven Em teen
We'd Am drive out of this valley down to G
G where the fields were C green
#Chorus:
We'd go Em down to the C river
And D into the river we'd G dive
Oh Em down to the C river we’d D ride C
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Then Em I got Mary pregnant G And D man,
that was all she C wrote,
And Em for my 19th 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 D all to Em rest
No Am wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
No G flowers, no wedding C dress
#Chorus:
That night we went Em down to the C river
And D into the river we'd G dive
Oh Em down to the C river we did D ride C
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I Em got a job working constr-G-uction
for the D Johnstown Company C
But Em lately there ain't been G much work
on acc-C-ount of the economy G
Now C all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they G vanished right D into the air Em
Now I just Am act like I don't remember
Mary G acts like she don't C care
But I reme-Em-mber us riding in my G brother's car
Her body D tan and wet down at the C reservoir
Em At night on them banks G I'd 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 D like a Em curse
Is a Am dream a lie if it don't come true
Or G is it something C worse
#Chorus:
That sends me Em down to the C river
Though I D know the river is G dry
That sends me Em down to the C river ton-D-ight C
Em Down to the C river my D baby and G I
Oh Em down to the C river we D ride C Ooh..
Em C D G Em C C
#Solo: | Em G D C | Em G G |
| C C G D Em | Am G C | C
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G|-9--8-9-11-12---------8b------------------------------------------------------------8b---|
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A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|-12--10-10--8-10-8-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------8b---7-7-12-11-8b-----------------------------------------------------|
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