Bruce - The River guitar tab

The River, Bruce Springsteen

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Am C G F

I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young

Am C F C

They bring you up to do like your daddy done

F C G Am

Me and Mary we met in high school, when she was just seventeen

Dm C F

We'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green

Am F G C

We'd go down to the river, And into the river we'd dive

Am F G A

Oh down to the river we'd ride

Am C G F

Then I got Mary pregnant, And man that was all she wrote

Am C F C

And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat

F C G Am

We went down to the courthouse, And the judge put it all to rest

Dm C F

No wedding day smiles no walk down in the aisle, No flowers no wedding dress

Am F G C

That night we went down to the river, And into the river we'd dive

Am F G F

On down to the river we did ride

Am C G F

I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company

Am C F C

But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy

F

Now all them things that seemed so important

C G Am

Well mister they vanished right into the air

Dm C F

Now I just act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care

Am C

But I remember us riding in my brother's car

G F

Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir

Am C

At night on them banks I'd lie awake

F C

And pull her close just to feel each other breath she'd take

F C Am

Now those memories come back to haunt me, They haunt me like a curse

Dm C

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, Or is it something worse that sends me

Am F G C

Down to the river though I know the river is dry,

Am F G

That sends me down to the river tonight

Am F G C Am F G

Down to the river, My baby and I, Oh down the river we'd ride

Am F

oh oh oh oh oh oh (The exact amount of oohing depends on version)