Chords for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform "The River" at the 2014 Induction Ceremony

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_ [E] come from [G] down in the valley where [D] mister [C] when you're young [Em] they bring you [G] up to do
[C] like your [G] daddy done [C] me and Mary we met in high school [G] when [F#] she was just [Em] 17 [Am] we'd ride
out of that valley [G] down to where the [C] fields were green we'd [Em] go down [C] to the [Em] river
[D] and to the [G] river we'd [Bm] dive [Em] yeah down to [C] the river [D] we'd ride
[C] _ [Em] Then I got [G] Mary pregnant [D] and my hand was [C] all she wrote
[Em] For my [G] 19th birthday I [C] got a union card and [G] a wedding card
[C] We went down to the courthouse [G] and the [F#] judge put it all [E] to rest
[A] No [Am] wedding day smiles, no walk down the [G] aisle, no flowers, no [C] wedding dress
That [Em] night we went down [C] to the river [D]
and to [G] the river we'd dive
[Em] Whoa down [C] to the [G] river [D]
we'd [C] ride
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_ [C] I _ [Em] got a job [G] working construction [D] for the Georgetown [C] company
[Em] Lately there [G] ain't been much work [C] on account of the [G] economy
[C] All those things that seem so important [G] well they [D] vanish right [Em] into the air
[A] I act like I don't remember [Am] [G] Mary acts like she [C] don't care
[Em] But I remember us [G] riding in my brother's car [D] her body tanned and wet [C] down in the [Em] reservoir
At night on those [G] banks I'd lie awake [C] and pull the cords just to [G] feel each breath she'd take
[C] Now those [F#] memories come [G] back to haunt me yeah they [D] haunt me [Em] like a curse
[Am] There's a dream alive that don't come [G] true
Or is it [C] something worse that [Em] sends me down [C] to the river
[D] Oh I know the [G] river is dry it [Em] sends me down to the [G] river [D] to my [C] [Em] hide
Down to [C] the river [D] my baby [G] and [Bm] I
[Em] Whoa down [C] to the river [D] we'd ride
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