Chords for Bruce Springsteen - THE RIVER 1988

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_ _ _ [F#m] I come from down [A] in the valley, where [E] mister when [D] you're young, _ they [F#m] bring you up [A] to do,
_ [D] just like your [A] daddy done.
_ [D] Me and Mary we met in high school, [A] when she was [E] just seven.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] We'd ride [Bm] out of that valley, _ [A] down where the fields [D] were green. _ _ _
_ [E] We'd [F#m] go down to [D] the river, [E] and to the river [A] we'd die.
[G#m] Oh, [F#m] down to [D] the river _ [E] we'd ride.
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_ [F#m] Then I [F#] got [A] married, pray, _ and [E] man that was all [D] she wrote.
_ [F#m] And for [F#] my [G#] [A] nineteenth birthday, I got a [D] union card and a wedding [A] coat.
_ [D] We went down to the courthouse, and [A] the judge [E] put it all [F#m] to rest.
_ [Bm] No wedding day smiles, no bouquet down the aisle, [A] no flowers, no wedding [D] dress.
And [E] Mary [F#m] went down to [D] the river, [E] and to the river [A] we'd die.
_ [E] [F#m] Oh, down to [D] the river [E] we'd ride.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] We'd go down to Calhoun [A] East First, _ [E] where the John's had some fun.
[D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] But they three men [A] no more, than [D] _ _
_ _ [A] me.
Things _ [D] that seem so important, _ _ they [A] just vanish [E] right into [F#m] the air.
Yeah, [Bm] I just act like I don't remember, and [A] Mary acts like she [D] don't care.
But [F#m] I remember this rotted _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
sandwich down at [D] _ Marissa's.
[F#m] At night on those banks I'm [A] about _ _ _ [D] to feel every [A] breath she take.
[D] Now those _ _ _ _ _ men, they _ [A] [C#m] haunt me [F#m] like, _ _ [Bm] it's a dream of mine, but it don't come true.
_ [A] Mary said something, [D] _ that [F#m] sends me down to [D] the river.
Oh, I [E] know the river is [A] dry, it sends [E] me [F#m] back to [D] the river.
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] It's all to [D] the river, [E] my baby, and [A] I.
_ [E] [F#m] Oh, down to [D] the river [E] we'd ride.
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_ _ [D] to the river _ [E] we'd ride. _
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