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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