The River Chords by Bruce Springsteen

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[Em] come from down [G] in the valley [D] where mister when you're [C] young _ [E] they bring you up [G] to do
_ [C] like your daddy [G] done _ me [C] and Mary we met in high school _ when she [G] was just seven [Em] or two
years old [A] we'd drive [Am] 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 river [G] we'd dive oh [Em] down to [C] the river [D] we'd ride [C] then _ _ _ [Em] I got
[G] married pregnant _ [D] and man that was all [C] she wrote [D] _ _ [Em] for my [G] 19th 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 [Em] we 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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I _ [Em] got a job working [G] construction _ for [D] the Johnstown [C] company _
[G] _ but [Em] lately there ain't been [G] much work on [C] account of the _ [G] economy
_ now [C] all them things that seemed so important [G] well Mr.
A [F#m] vanished right into [Em] the air _ now I [Am] 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 [D] her body tan and wet [C] down at the reservoir
[Em] that night on the [G] bankside I'd lie awake [C] then pull her close 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 a dream a lie that don't come true [G] or is it something [C] worse that sends [Em] me down [C] to the mirror
[D] oh I know the [G] river is dry that sends [Em] me down to [C] the river [D] _ tonight
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down [Em] _ _ to [C] the river [D] my baby [G] and I [Em] oh down to [C] the river [D] we ride
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