The River Bruce Springsteen
[INTRO] (Harmonica)
[Em] [G] [D] [C] [C/B] [Am] [Am] [G] [C]
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[VERSE]
I [Em]come from down in the [G]valley Where [D]mister when you're [C]young
They [Em]bring you up to [G]do [C] Like your daddy [G]done
Me and [C]Mary we met in [C]high school When [G]she was just [D]seven[Em]teen
We'd [Am]ride out of this [Am]valley Down to [G]where the fields were [C]green
[Em] [G] [D] [C] [Em] [G] [C] [G]
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C C G D Em Am Am G C (let ring...)
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[CBORUS]
We'd go [Em]down to the [C]river And [D]into the river we'd [G]dive
Oh [Em]down to the [C]river we'd [D]ride[C]
[Em] [C] [D] [G] [Em] [C] [D] [C]
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[VERSE]
Then [Em]I got Mary [G]pregnant And [D]man that was all she [C]wrote
And [Em]for my nineteenth [G]birthday I got a union [C]card and a wedding [G]coat
We [C]went down to the [C]courthouse And the [G]judge put it [D]all to [Em]rest
No [Am]wedding-day smiles no [Am]walk down the aisle no [G]flowers no wedding [C]dress
[Em] [G] [D] [C] [Em] [G] [C] [G]
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[C] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [Am] [Am] [G] [C]
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[CBORUS]
That night we went [Em]down to the [C]river And [D]into the river we'd [G]dive
Oh [Em]down to the [C]river we did [D]ride[C] [C]
[Em] [C] [D] [G] [Em] [C] [D] [C]
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[INSTRUMENTAL] (Harmonica)
[Em] [G] [D] [C] [Em] [G] [C] [G]
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[C] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [Am] [Am] [G] [C] [C]
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[VERSE]
I [Em]got a job working [G]construction For the [D]Johnstown Compa[C]ny
But [Em]lately there ain't been much [G]work On ac[C]count of the econo[G]my
Now all them [C]things that seemed so im[C]portant
Well, mister, they [G]vanished right in[D]to the [Em]air
Now I just [Am]act like I don't re[Am]member Mary [G]acts like she just don't [C]care
[Em] [G] [D] [C] [Em] [G] [C] [G]
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[C] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [Am] [Am] [G] [C]
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[VERSE]
But I re[Em]member us riding in my [G]brother's car
Her body [D]tan and wet down at the [C]reservoir
At [Em]night on them banks I'd [G]lie awake
And pull her [C]close just to feel each [G]breath she'd take
Now those [C]memories come back to [C]haunt me They [G]haunt me [D]like a [Em]curse
Is a [Am]dream a lie if it [Am]don't come true Or [G]is it something [C]worse?
[Em] [G] [D] [C] [Em] [G] [C] [G]
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[C] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [Am] [Am] [G] [C]
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[CBORUS]
That sends me [Em]down to the [C]river Though I [D]know the river is [G]dry
That sends me [Em]down to the [C]river To[D]night -igh -igh -[C]ight
[Em] [C] [D] [G] [Em] [C] [D] [C]
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[CODA] (Repeat chords and fade...)
[Em]Down to the [C]river My [D]baby and [G]I
Oh [Em]down to the [C]river we'd [D]ride -i -i -[C]ide
[Em] [C] [D] [G] [Em] [C] [D] [C]
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[Em] [C] [D] [G] [Em] [C] [D] [C]
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[Em] [C] [D] [G] [Em] [C] [D] [C]
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[Em] [C] [D] [G] [Em] [C] [D] [C]
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Tabbed by Michael Oxner
moxner@nbnet.nb.ca
March 16th, 2012
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