The Clarks - The river

^EmI come from down in the ^Gvalley Where ^Dmister when you're ^Cyoung They ^Embring you up to ^Gdo, ^CLike your daddy ^Gdone Me and ^CMary we met in high school, ^GShe was just ^D/F#seventee^Emn We'd ^Amdrive out of this valley Down to ^Gwhere the fields were ^Cgreen

We'd go ^Emdown to the ^Criver And ^Dinto the river we'd ^Gdive ^D/F#Oh dow^Emn to the ^Criver we'd ^Dride ^C

Then ^EmI got Mary ^Gpregnant and ^Dman that was all she ^Cwrote And ^Emfor my nineteenth ^Gbirthday I got a union ^Ccard and a wedding ^Gcoat We ^Cwent down to the courthouse and the ^Gjudge put it ^D/F#all to r^Emest No w^Amedding day smiles no walk down the aisle No ^Gflowers no wedding ^Cdress

We'd go ^Emdown to the ^Criver And ^Dinto the river we'd ^Gdive ^D/F#Oh dow^Emn to the ^Criver we'd ^Dride ^C

I ^Emgot a job working construc^Gtion for the J^Dohnstown Company^C But ^Emlately there ain't been ^Gmuch work on ac^Ccount of the economy^G Now ^Call those things that seemed so important Well ^Gthey just ^D/F#vanished in the ^Emair And I ^Amact like I don't remember, Mary a^Gcts like she don't c^Care And I r^Ememember us riding in my ^Gbrother's car Her body ^Dtan and wet down by the ^Creservoir At ^Emnight on them banks I'd ^Glie awake And pull her ^Cclose to feel each ^Gbreath she'd take Those ^Cmemories come back to haunt me, well they ^Ghaunt me ^D/F#like a ^Emcurse Is a ^Amdream a lie if it don't come true Or ^Gis it something ^Cworse

And We'd go ^Emdown to the ^Criver And ^Dinto the river we'd ^Gdive ^D/F#Oh dow^Emn to the ^Criver we'd ^Dride ^{G Em}Down to the ^Criver my ^Dbaby and ^GI ^D/F#Oh dow^Emn to the ^Criver we'd ^Dride ^G Em G D C Em G C G Em G D C x2 Yeah Yeah Yeah the river we'd ride