[Intro]
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[Verse]
Bm D
I come from down in the valley
A G
Where mister, when you're young
Bm D G D
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
G
Me and Mary we met in high school
D A Bm
When she was just seventeen
Em
We'd drive out of this valley down
D G
to where the fields were green
[Chorus]
Bm G A D
We'd go down to the river And into the river we'd dive
Bm G A G
Oh down to the river we’d ride
[Verse]
Bm D A G
Then I got Mary pregnant And man, that was all she wrote
Bm D G D
And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
G
We went down to the courthouse
D A Bm
And the judge put it all to rest
Em
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
D G
No flowers, no wedding dress
[Chorus]
Bm G
That night we went down to the river
A D
And into the river we'd dive
Bm G A G
Oh down to the river we did ride
[Solo]
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Bm D D |
G G D A Bm |
Em D G |
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[Verse]
Bm D A G
I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
Bm D G D
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
G
Now all them things that seemed so important
D A Bm
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Em
Now I just act like I don't remember
D G
Mary acts like she don't care
[Verse]
Bm D
But I remember us riding in my brother's car
A G
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
Bm D
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
G D
And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
G
Now those memories come back to haunt me
D A Bm
They haunt me like a curse
Em
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
D G
Or is it something worse
[Chorus]
Bm G
That sends me down to the river
A D
Though I know the river is dry
Bm G A G
That sends me down to the river tonight
Bm G A D
Down to the river my baby and I
Bm G A G
Oh down to the river we ride
[Outro]
Bm G A D
Ooh..
Bm G G
Ooh..
[Intro]
Bm D A G Em D
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[Verse]
Bm D
I come from down in the valley
A G
Where mister, when you're young
Bm They bring you up to
D G D
do like your daddy done
G
Me and Mary we met in high school
D A Bm
When she was just seventeen
Em
We'd drive out of this valley down
D G
to where the fields were green
[Chorus]
Bm G We'd go down to the river
A D
And into the river we'd dive
Bm G Oh down to the river
A G
we’d ride
[Verse]
Bm D Then I got Mary pregnant
A G
And man, that was all she wrote
Bm D And for my 19th birthday I got
G D
a union card and a wedding coat
G
We went down to the courthouse
D A Bm
And the judge put it all to rest
Em
No wedding day smiles,
no walk down the aisle
D G
No flowers, no wedding dress
[Chorus]
That night we went
Bm G
down to the river
A D
And into the river we'd dive
Bm G A G
Oh down to the river we did ride
[Solo]
Bm D A G |
Bm D D |
G G D A Bm |
Em D G |
G
[Verse]
Bm D I got a job working construction
A G
for the Johnstown Company
Bm D But lately there ain't been much
G D
work on account of the economy
G
Now all them things
that seemed so important
D Well mister they vanished
A Bm
right into the air
Em
Now I just act like
I don't remember
D G
Mary acts like she don't care
[Verse]
Bm But I remember us riding
D
in my brother's car
A Her body tan and wet
G
down at the reservoir
Bm At night on them
D
banks I'd lie awake
G And pull her close just to
D
feel each breath she'd take
G
Now those memories
come back to haunt me
D A Bm
They haunt me like a curse
Em
Is a dream a lie
if it don't come true
D G
Or is it something worse
[Chorus]
Bm G
That sends me down to the river
A D
Though I know the river is dry
Bm That sends me down
G A G
to the river tonight
Bm G A D
Down to the river my baby and I
Bm G A G
Oh down to the river we ride
[Outro]
Bm G A D
Ooh..
Bm G G
Ooh..