Chords for Bruce Springsteen - the river

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[C] I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] grew up on a farm down in [G] the valley _
[D] Where Mr.
_ [C] Winter gone
They [E] bring you up [G] to do
_ _ [C] Like your daddy [G] done _
[C] Me and Mary we met in high school
[G] When she was just seven [Em] or two
_ _ [A] We'd [Am] drive out of this valley
Down to [G] where the fields [C] were green
_ We'd _ _
[Em] go down to [C] the river
[D] And into the [G] river we'd dive
Oh, [Em]
down to [C] the river [D] we'd ride
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_ _ [Em] Then I got married [G] pregnant
_ [D] And man, that was all [C] she wrote
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[Em] And for my [G] nineteenth birthday
I got a [C] union card and a wedding [G] coat
We [C]
went down to the courthouse
And [G] the judge [Bm] put it all [Em] to rest
_ [Am] No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
[G] No flowers, no wedding [C] dress
That night we [Em] went down to [C] the river
[D] And into the river [G] we'd dive
_ [Em] Oh, down to [C] the river [D] we'd ride [C] Yeah, yeah
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_ _ _ _ [Em] I got a job working [G] construction _
For [D] the Johnstown [C] Company
_ But _ [Em] lately there ain't been [G] much work
[C] On account of the _ [G] economy _
_ [C] Now all them things that seemed so important
[G] Well, mysteriously [Bm] vanished right into [Em] the air
_ [Am] Now I just act like I don't remember _
[G] Mary acts like she [C]
don't care
But I [Em] remember us riding [G] in my brother's car
Her [D] body tanned and wet [C] down at the reservoir
[Em] At night on the [G] bankside, light awake
And [C] full of clothes just to feel [G] each breath she'd take
[C] Those memories come back to haunt me
[G] They haunt me [Em] like a curse
[Am] Is the dream alive that don't come true?
[G]
Or is it something [C] worse
That sends [Em] me down [C] to the river?
[D] Oh, I know the river [G] is dry
That sends [Em]
me down to [C] the river [D] _ tonight [C] Yeah, yeah
_ [G] _ [Em] Down to [C] the river, [D] my baby [G] and I
[Em] Oh, down to [C]
the river [D] we'd ride [G] Yeah, yeah
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_ [D] _ _ Mwah
[G] Mwah _ [Em] Mwah Mwah Mwah
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