[Intro]
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[Verse]
Em G
I come from down in the valley
D C
Where mister, when you're young
Em G C G
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
C
Me and Mary we met in high school
G D Em
When she was just seventeen
Am
We'd drive out of this valley down
G C
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
We went down to the courthouse
G D Em
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]
Em G D C |
Em G G |
C C G D Em |
Am G C |
C
[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
Now I just act like I don't remember
G C
Mary acts like she don't care
[Verse]
Em G
But I remember us riding in my brother's car
D C
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
Em G
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
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
G C
Or is it something worse
[Chorus]
Em C
That sends me down to the river
D G
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
[Outro]
Em C D G
Ooh..
Em C C
Ooh..
[Intro]
Em G D C Am G
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[Verse]
Em G
I come from down in the valley
D C
Where mister, when you're young
Em They bring you up to
G C G
do like your daddy done
C
Me and Mary we met in high school
G D Em
When she was just seventeen
Am
We'd drive out of this valley down
G C
to where the fields were green
[Chorus]
Em C We'd go down to the river
D G
And into the river we'd dive
Em C Oh down to the river
D C
we’d ride
[Verse]
Em G Then I got Mary pregnant
D C
And man, that was all she wrote
Em G And for my 19th birthday I got
C G
a union card and a wedding coat
C
We went down to the courthouse
G D Em
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]
That night we went
Em C
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]
Em G D C |
Em G G |
C C G D Em |
Am G C |
C
[Verse]
Em G I got a job working construction
D C
for the Johnstown Company
Em G But lately there ain't been much
C G
work on account of the economy
C
Now all them things
that seemed so important
G Well mister they vanished
D Em
right into the air
Am
Now I just act like
I don't remember
G C
Mary acts like she don't care
[Verse]
Em But I remember us riding
G
in my brother's car
D Her body tan and wet
C
down at the reservoir
Em At night on them
G
banks I'd lie awake
C And pull her close just to
G
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
Is a dream a lie
if it don't come true
G C
Or is it something worse
[Chorus]
Em C
That sends me down to the river
D G
Though I know the river is dry
Em That sends me down
C D C
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
[Outro]
Em C D G
Ooh..
Em C C
Ooh..