Chords for Foy Vance - The River - BBC Across the Line
Tempo:
91.425 bpm
Chords used:
G
Em
D
C
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [Em]
I come from the [G] valley where [Bm] I met you when you were [D] young.
They [Em] bring you [D] up to do [C] just like your daddy.
[G] [D] Me and Mary met in high school.
We were just [Em] seventeen.
[Am] We'd go down to the river, [Em]
[G] down where the fields [C] were green.
[Em] Well, like
[G] [D] mine, I was all you wrote.
[Em] For my [G] nineteenth birthday, I got a union card and a wedding coat.
[C] We went down to the courthouse.
[G] The judge put it [Em] all to rest.
No [Am] wedding day smiles, [A] no walk down the aisles, no [G] flowers, [D] no wedding [G] dress.
[Em] The night we went down [G] to the river, and [C] into the river [G] we died.
Oh, [Em] down to [C] the [E]
river we [D] ran.
[G] Then
[C] [Em] I got a job working [G] construction [D] at the Johnston [G] Company.
[Em] But lately there ain't been [G] much work [C] on the kind of the [D] economy.
[G] Now all those things that seem so [Em] important [D] just varnish right [Em] into the air.
[Am] And I act like I don't remember, and Mary [G] acts like she does [D] not.
Oh, but I [Em] remember us driving [G] in her brother's car.
Her body [D] timed and wet [G] by the reservoir.
[Em] And at all them [G] banks we lie awake and I pull her clothes.
Just to feel each breath she'd take.
Not those memories come back to haunt me.
[D] I'll be [Em] like a curse, is a [A] dream, a lie, [E] if it does not come true.
[G] [C]
That [Em] takes us down to [G] the river.
Going to [D] the river we [G] died.
Oh, [Em] down to [G] the river [D] tonight.
[G] [Em] We go down to [G] the river.
[D] Even though we know the river runs dry.
[Em] Down to [C] the river.
[D]
[C]
[A] [G] Oh, to the river, man.
Forget it [C] all, man.
[G] Down to the river, man.
I come from the [G] valley where [Bm] I met you when you were [D] young.
They [Em] bring you [D] up to do [C] just like your daddy.
[G] [D] Me and Mary met in high school.
We were just [Em] seventeen.
[Am] We'd go down to the river, [Em]
[G] down where the fields [C] were green.
[Em] Well, like
[G] [D] mine, I was all you wrote.
[Em] For my [G] nineteenth birthday, I got a union card and a wedding coat.
[C] We went down to the courthouse.
[G] The judge put it [Em] all to rest.
No [Am] wedding day smiles, [A] no walk down the aisles, no [G] flowers, [D] no wedding [G] dress.
[Em] The night we went down [G] to the river, and [C] into the river [G] we died.
Oh, [Em] down to [C] the [E]
river we [D] ran.
[G] Then
[C] [Em] I got a job working [G] construction [D] at the Johnston [G] Company.
[Em] But lately there ain't been [G] much work [C] on the kind of the [D] economy.
[G] Now all those things that seem so [Em] important [D] just varnish right [Em] into the air.
[Am] And I act like I don't remember, and Mary [G] acts like she does [D] not.
Oh, but I [Em] remember us driving [G] in her brother's car.
Her body [D] timed and wet [G] by the reservoir.
[Em] And at all them [G] banks we lie awake and I pull her clothes.
Just to feel each breath she'd take.
Not those memories come back to haunt me.
[D] I'll be [Em] like a curse, is a [A] dream, a lie, [E] if it does not come true.
[G] [C]
That [Em] takes us down to [G] the river.
Going to [D] the river we [G] died.
Oh, [Em] down to [G] the river [D] tonight.
[G] [Em] We go down to [G] the river.
[D] Even though we know the river runs dry.
[Em] Down to [C] the river.
[D]
[C]
[A] [G] Oh, to the river, man.
Forget it [C] all, man.
[G] Down to the river, man.
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I come from the [G] valley _ where _ _ [Bm] I met you when you were [D] young.
_ _ _ They [Em] bring you [D] up to do _ [C] just like your daddy.
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] Me and Mary met in high school.
We were just [Em] seventeen.
_ _ [Am] We'd go down to the river, [Em] _ _
[G] down where the fields [C] were green. _ _
_ _ [Em] _ Well, like _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] mine, I was all you wrote.
[Em] _ _ _ For my [G] nineteenth birthday, I got a union card and a wedding coat.
_ _ [C] We went down to the courthouse.
[G] _ _ The judge put it [Em] all to rest.
_ No [Am] wedding day smiles, [A] no walk down the aisles, no [G] flowers, [D] no wedding [G] dress.
_ [Em] _ _ _ The night we went down [G] to the river, and [C] into the river [G] we died.
Oh, _ [Em] _ down to [C] the [E]
river we [D] ran.
_ _ [G] Then _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] I got a job working [G] construction _ [D] at the Johnston [G] Company.
_ _ _ [Em] But lately there ain't been [G] much work [C] on the kind of the [D] economy.
[G] Now all those things that seem so [Em] important [D] just varnish right [Em] into the air.
_ [Am] And I act like I don't remember, and Mary [G] acts like she does [D] not.
_ _ _ _ Oh, but I [Em] remember us driving [G] in her brother's car.
Her body [D] timed and wet [G] by the reservoir. _
[Em] And at all them [G] banks we lie awake and I pull her clothes.
Just to feel each breath she'd take.
Not those memories come back to haunt me.
[D] I'll _ be [Em] like a curse, is a [A] dream, a lie, [E] if it does not come true.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ That [Em] takes us down to [G] the river.
Going to [D] the river we [G] died.
Oh, [Em] _ down to [G] the river [D] tonight. _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] We go down to [G] the river.
[D] Even though we know the river runs dry.
_ [Em] Down to [C] the river.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ Oh, to the river, man. _ _ _ _
Forget it [C] all, man.
[G] _ Down to the river, man. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I come from the [G] valley _ where _ _ [Bm] I met you when you were [D] young.
_ _ _ They [Em] bring you [D] up to do _ [C] just like your daddy.
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] Me and Mary met in high school.
We were just [Em] seventeen.
_ _ [Am] We'd go down to the river, [Em] _ _
[G] down where the fields [C] were green. _ _
_ _ [Em] _ Well, like _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] mine, I was all you wrote.
[Em] _ _ _ For my [G] nineteenth birthday, I got a union card and a wedding coat.
_ _ [C] We went down to the courthouse.
[G] _ _ The judge put it [Em] all to rest.
_ No [Am] wedding day smiles, [A] no walk down the aisles, no [G] flowers, [D] no wedding [G] dress.
_ [Em] _ _ _ The night we went down [G] to the river, and [C] into the river [G] we died.
Oh, _ [Em] _ down to [C] the [E]
river we [D] ran.
_ _ [G] Then _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] I got a job working [G] construction _ [D] at the Johnston [G] Company.
_ _ _ [Em] But lately there ain't been [G] much work [C] on the kind of the [D] economy.
[G] Now all those things that seem so [Em] important [D] just varnish right [Em] into the air.
_ [Am] And I act like I don't remember, and Mary [G] acts like she does [D] not.
_ _ _ _ Oh, but I [Em] remember us driving [G] in her brother's car.
Her body [D] timed and wet [G] by the reservoir. _
[Em] And at all them [G] banks we lie awake and I pull her clothes.
Just to feel each breath she'd take.
Not those memories come back to haunt me.
[D] I'll _ be [Em] like a curse, is a [A] dream, a lie, [E] if it does not come true.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ That [Em] takes us down to [G] the river.
Going to [D] the river we [G] died.
Oh, [Em] _ down to [G] the river [D] tonight. _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] We go down to [G] the river.
[D] Even though we know the river runs dry.
_ [Em] Down to [C] the river.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ Oh, to the river, man. _ _ _ _
Forget it [C] all, man.
[G] _ Down to the river, man. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _