The River tab

Intro:
[Em][G][D][C-Am]
[G][C][C][C]


Verse #1:
  Em                    G            D                   C
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              C                G   -        D -  Em
Me and Mary we met in high school when she was just seventeen
     Am                 Am            G                     C      (C)
We'd drive out of this valley down to where the fields were green


Chorus:
        Em          C         D                   G
We'd go down to the river and into the river we'd dive
   Em          C          D     C
Oh down to the river we'd ride


Verse #2:
     Em          G           D                    C
Then I got Mary pregnant and man that was all she wrote
    Em               G                      C                  G
And for my ninetieth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
   C                C                  G   -        D  -   Em
We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest
   Am                     Am
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
   G                   C
No flowers, no wedding dress


Chorus:
                   Em          C         D                   G
That night we went down to the river and into the river we'd dive
   Em          C            D     C
Oh down to the river we did ride


Solo:
[Em][G][D][C]
[Em][G][C][G]
[C][C][G-D][Em]
[Am][Am][G][C]


Verse #3:
  Em                      G              D                C
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                                C
Now all them things that seemed so important
            G    -        D  -           Em
Well mister they vanished right into the air
           Am                 Am           G                   C
Now I just act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care


Bridge:
        Em                     G                      D                       C
But I remember us riding in my brother's car her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
   Em                      G                       C                      G
At night on them banks I'd lie awake and pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
          C                     C              G   -    D  -   Em
Now those memories come back to haunt me, they haunt me like a curse
     Am                Am                 G               C
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true or is it something worse


Chorus:
              Em          C              D                 G
That sends me down to the river though I know the river is dry
              Em          C       D     C
That sends me down to the river tonight
Em          C        D        G
Down to the river my baby and I
   Em          C        D    C
Oh down to the river we ride


Outro:
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