The River
Ton : CCapo 2English
Intro :
Em G D C Em G C
I Emcome from down in theG valley,
where Dmister when you'reC2 young
They Embring you up toG do,C like your daddGy done
Me and CMary we met in high school,
when Gshe was G/F#just sevenEmteen
We'd Amdrive out of this valley, down toG where the fields werCe green
We'd go Emdown to theC river,
and Dinto the river we'dG dive
Oh, Emdown to theC river we'Dd ride C2
Then EmI got MaryG pregnant,
and Dman that was all sheC2 wrote
And Emfor my nineteenthG birthday, I got a unioCn card, and a weddiGng coat
We Cwent down to the courthouse,
and the Gjudge put iG/F#t all to Emrest
No Amwedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle,
no Gflowers, no weddingC dress
That night we went Emdown to theC river
and Dinto the river we'dG dive
Oh, Emdown to theC river we'Dd rideC2
Em G D C Em G C G C G D Em Am G C
I Emgot a job working coGnstruction, for thDe Johnstown CoCmpany
But Emlately there ain't beenG much work, on Caccount of the ecGonomy
Now, Call them things that seemed so important,
well, mister Gthey vanished right G/F#into the aEmir
Now I just Amact like I don't remember;
Mary Gacts like she don't caCre
But I reEmmember us riding in myG brother's car,
her body Dtan and wet down at theC2 reservoir
At Emnight on them banks I'dG lie awake,
and pull her Cclose just to feel eachG breath she'd take
Now those Cmemories come back to haunt me,
they Ghaunt me G/F#like a Emcurse
Is a Amdream a lie if it don't come true,
or Gis it somethingC worse ?
That sends me Emdown to theC river,
though I Dknow the river isG dry
That sends me Emdown to theC river DtoniCght
EmDown to theC river, mDy baby aGnd I,
oh, Emdown to theC river wDe rideC2
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