The River

Benutzte Akkorde

Intro:  Em - G - D - CaddD - Em - G  - C

Verse 1:
     Em                           G                  D                         CaddD
I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young
        Em                   G  C                             G
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
                C                                               G               G/F#  Em
Me and Mary we met in high school, when she was just seventeen
           Am                                             G                            C
  We'd drive out of that valley down to where the fields were green  

Refrain:
               Em            C             D                          G          
We'd go down to the river, and into the river we'd dive
      Em             C              D   CaddD
Oh down to the river we'd ride  

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

Refrain:
                               Em           C               D                          G          
That night we went down to the river, and into the river we'd dive
        Em            C                  D   CaddD
Oh down to the river we did ride 

Solo: Em - G - D - Cadd9 - Em - G - C - G - C - G - G/F# - Em - Am - G - C 

Verse 3:
  Em                                G                   D                            CaddD
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                         G/F#     Em
Well mister they vanished right into the air
                 Am                                             G                         C
Now I just act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care
         Em                                   G               
But I remember us riding in my brother's car
                D                               CaddD
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 other breath she'd take
                      C                                                         G         G/F#     Em
Now those memories come back to haunt me, They haunt me like a curse
          Am                                            G                       C
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse that sends me

Refrain:
    Em          C                     D                      G          
Down to the river though I know the river is dry,
                        Em             C          D      CaddD        
That sends me down to the river tonight
Em              C            D           G        Em        C              D      CaddD       
Down to the river, my baby and I, Oh down the river we'd ride

Outro:
Em - C - D - G - Em - C -  D -  CaddD (3x)
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