The River Chords by Bruce Springsteen

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_ [Em] I come from [G] down in the valley [D] where Mr.
Winger [C]
gone.
_ They [E] bring you up [G] to do _ [C] like your daddy [G]
done.
_ [C] Me and Mary, we met in high school [G] when she was just [Em] seven.
_ _ _ [A] We'd drive [Am] out of this valley down [G] to where the [C] fields were green.
_ _ _ _ [Em] We'd go down to [C] the river [D] and into the [G] river we'd dive.
Oh, [Em] down to [C] the river [D] we'd ride.
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[Em] Then I got married, [G] pregnant, and [D] man, that was all she [C] wrote.
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[Em] And for my [G] 19th birthday, I got a [C] union card and a wedding [G] coat. _ _
[C] We went down to the courthouse and the [G] judge put it all [Em] to rest. _
[Am] No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle, [G] no flowers, no wedding [C] dress.
That night we [Em] went down to [C] the river [D] and into the river [G] we'd dive. _
[Em] Oh, down to [C] the river [D] we'd ride.
_ [C] Yeah, _ I [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Em] got a job working [G] construction _ for [D] the Johnstown [C] Company.
_ _ _ [Em] But lately there ain't been [G] much work [C] on account of the economy.
[G] _ _ _ [C] Now all them things that seem so important, [G] well,
Mr.
A [Bm] vanished right into [Em] the air.
_ [Am] Now I just act like I don't remember.
_ [G] Mary acts like she [C] don't care.
But I [Em] remember us riding [G] in my brother's car, her [D] body tan and wet [C] down
at the reservoir.
[Em] At night on the [G] bankside, I'd lie awake and [C] pull her clothes just
to feel [G] each breath she'd take.
[C] Those memories come back to haunt me.
[G] They haunt me [Em] like a curse.
_ [Am] Is the dream alive?
It don't come true.
[G] Or is it something [C] worse that sends [Em] me down [C] to the river?
Oh, I [D] know the [G] river is dry.
That sends [Em] me down to [C] the river [D] tonight. _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Em] Down _ to [C] the river, [D] my baby [G] and I.
[Em] Oh, down to [C] the river [D] we'd ride. _
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