Chords for The River - Bruce Springsteen (live at Stockholm Olympic Stadium 1993)
Tempo:
114.8 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Em
D
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D] [G]
[Am] [G]
[C]
[E] [G] I know how, where we stood when you [C] left.
[G]
[E] They bring you up [G] to do, [C] just like your [G] daddy done.
[C] Me and Mary, we met in high school, [G] when she was just seven.
[Em] Me right [C] at, [Am] [G] I know where the fields [C] were for me.
[G]
[Em] We go down to [C] the river, [D] into the [G] river we dive.
Oh, [Em] down to [C] the river [D] we rise.
[C]
[Em] Then I got married pregnant, [G]
and [D] then was all she [C] wanted.
[Em] For my [G] 19th birthday, I got a [C] union card and a wedding [G] dress.
[C] We went down to the courthouse, and the [G] church put it all on [Em] her wrist.
[Am] No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle, [G] no flowers, no [C] wedding dress.
And then [Em] we went down to [C] the river, [D] into the river [G] we dive.
[Em] Oh, down to [C] the river [D] we rise.
[C]
[Em] [G]
[D] [C]
[Em] [G]
[C] [G]
[C]
[G] [Em]
[Am]
[G] [C]
[Em]
[G] Church, [D] you just stand up, [C] [Em]
hurry me, hurry [G] me,
[C] hurry me.
[G] And [C]
all these things that seem so important, [Dm] they just [G] got [D] stranded.
[Em] They [Am] just got back, and I don't remember the [G] days that I [C] should have known.
[Em] I've been through so much, [G] but this is all [D] I can say, I'm going down [C] to the river.
[Em]
And I almost [G] had it, and her [C] love was sweet [G] as fresh tea.
I have [C] memories of that behind me, [G] and they haunt me [Bm] like [Em] this.
[Am] The dream I had, it won't last me, [G] it's a disease.
[Bm] [C] I'm [Em]
getting [C] ready for [D] my wedding [G] dress.
[Em] And [C] I'm going down to the river, [D]
into the [C] [Em]
[C] [D]
river [G] we dive.
Oh, [Em]
down to [C] the river [D]
we rise.
[C] [Em]
[C] [D]
[G] Oh, down [Em]
[C] to the river we dive.
[D]
Oh, down [C] to the river [Em]
[C] we rise.
[D]
Oh, [G] [Em]
[C] [D]
down [G] to the river we dive.
[Em] [C] [D]
[G] [Em]
[C]
[D] [C]
[Em]
[D] [G]
[Em] [C]
[D] [C]
[Em] [C]
[D] [G]
[Em] [C]
[C] [D] [G]
[Em] [C]
[D] [G]
[Em]
[G] [C] [D]
[C] [Em] [N]
[D] [G]
[Am] [G]
[C]
[E] [G] I know how, where we stood when you [C] left.
[G]
[E] They bring you up [G] to do, [C] just like your [G] daddy done.
[C] Me and Mary, we met in high school, [G] when she was just seven.
[Em] Me right [C] at, [Am] [G] I know where the fields [C] were for me.
[G]
[Em] We go down to [C] the river, [D] into the [G] river we dive.
Oh, [Em] down to [C] the river [D] we rise.
[C]
[Em] Then I got married pregnant, [G]
and [D] then was all she [C] wanted.
[Em] For my [G] 19th birthday, I got a [C] union card and a wedding [G] dress.
[C] We went down to the courthouse, and the [G] church put it all on [Em] her wrist.
[Am] No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle, [G] no flowers, no [C] wedding dress.
And then [Em] we went down to [C] the river, [D] into the river [G] we dive.
[Em] Oh, down to [C] the river [D] we rise.
[C]
[Em] [G]
[D] [C]
[Em] [G]
[C] [G]
[C]
[G] [Em]
[Am]
[G] [C]
[Em]
[G] Church, [D] you just stand up, [C] [Em]
hurry me, hurry [G] me,
[C] hurry me.
[G] And [C]
all these things that seem so important, [Dm] they just [G] got [D] stranded.
[Em] They [Am] just got back, and I don't remember the [G] days that I [C] should have known.
[Em] I've been through so much, [G] but this is all [D] I can say, I'm going down [C] to the river.
[Em]
And I almost [G] had it, and her [C] love was sweet [G] as fresh tea.
I have [C] memories of that behind me, [G] and they haunt me [Bm] like [Em] this.
[Am] The dream I had, it won't last me, [G] it's a disease.
[Bm] [C] I'm [Em]
getting [C] ready for [D] my wedding [G] dress.
[Em] And [C] I'm going down to the river, [D]
into the [C] [Em]
[C] [D]
river [G] we dive.
Oh, [Em]
down to [C] the river [D]
we rise.
[C] [Em]
[C] [D]
[G] Oh, down [Em]
[C] to the river we dive.
[D]
Oh, down [C] to the river [Em]
[C] we rise.
[D]
Oh, [G] [Em]
[C] [D]
down [G] to the river we dive.
[Em] [C] [D]
[G] [Em]
[C]
[D] [C]
[Em]
[D] [G]
[Em] [C]
[D] [C]
[Em] [C]
[D] [G]
[Em] [C]
[C] [D] [G]
[Em] [C]
[D] [G]
[Em]
[G] [C] [D]
[C] [Em] [N]
Key:
C
G
Em
D
Am
C
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [G] I know how, _ where we stood when you [C] left.
_ [G] _
[E] They bring you up [G] to do, _ [C] just like your [G] daddy done.
_ [C] Me and Mary, we met in high school, [G] when she was just seven.
[Em] _ _ _ Me right [C] at, [Am] _ _ _ [G] I know where the fields [C] were for me.
[G] _ _
_ [Em] We go down to [C] the river, _ _ [D] into the [G] river we dive.
Oh, [Em] down to [C] the river [D] we rise.
_ [C] _
_ _ [Em] Then I got married pregnant, [G] _
_ and [D] then was all she [C] wanted.
_ _ [Em] For my _ [G] 19th birthday, I got a [C] union card and a wedding [G] dress.
_ _ [C] We went down to the courthouse, and the [G] church put it all on [Em] her wrist.
_ [Am] No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle, [G] no flowers, no [C] wedding dress.
And then [Em] we went down to [C] the river, _ [D] into the river [G] we dive.
_ [Em] Oh, down to [C] the river [D] we rise.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] Church, _ [D] you just stand up, [C] _ _ _ _ [Em]
hurry me, hurry [G] me, _ _ _ _
[C] hurry me.
[G] _ And _ [C]
all these things that seem so important, _ [Dm] they just [G] got [D] stranded.
_ [Em] _ _ They [Am] just got back, and I don't remember _ the [G] days that I [C] should have known. _
[Em] I've been through so much, [G] but this is all [D] I can say, I'm going down [C] to the river.
_ [Em]
And I almost [G] had it, and her [C] love was sweet [G] as fresh tea.
I have [C] memories of that behind me, [G] and they haunt me [Bm] like [Em] this. _ _
[Am] The dream I had, it won't last me, [G] it's a disease.
[Bm] [C] I'm _ _ [Em]
getting _ [C] ready _ _ for [D] my wedding [G] dress.
_ [Em] And _ _ [C] I'm going down to the river, [D]
into the _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
river _ [G] _ we dive.
Oh, [Em] _
down to [C] the river _ [D]
we rise.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] Oh, _ down [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ to the river we dive.
[D]
Oh, down _ [C] to the river _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] we rise.
_ _ [D] _
Oh, _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ down [G] to the river we dive.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [N] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [G] I know how, _ where we stood when you [C] left.
_ [G] _
[E] They bring you up [G] to do, _ [C] just like your [G] daddy done.
_ [C] Me and Mary, we met in high school, [G] when she was just seven.
[Em] _ _ _ Me right [C] at, [Am] _ _ _ [G] I know where the fields [C] were for me.
[G] _ _
_ [Em] We go down to [C] the river, _ _ [D] into the [G] river we dive.
Oh, [Em] down to [C] the river [D] we rise.
_ [C] _
_ _ [Em] Then I got married pregnant, [G] _
_ and [D] then was all she [C] wanted.
_ _ [Em] For my _ [G] 19th birthday, I got a [C] union card and a wedding [G] dress.
_ _ [C] We went down to the courthouse, and the [G] church put it all on [Em] her wrist.
_ [Am] No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle, [G] no flowers, no [C] wedding dress.
And then [Em] we went down to [C] the river, _ [D] into the river [G] we dive.
_ [Em] Oh, down to [C] the river [D] we rise.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] Church, _ [D] you just stand up, [C] _ _ _ _ [Em]
hurry me, hurry [G] me, _ _ _ _
[C] hurry me.
[G] _ And _ [C]
all these things that seem so important, _ [Dm] they just [G] got [D] stranded.
_ [Em] _ _ They [Am] just got back, and I don't remember _ the [G] days that I [C] should have known. _
[Em] I've been through so much, [G] but this is all [D] I can say, I'm going down [C] to the river.
_ [Em]
And I almost [G] had it, and her [C] love was sweet [G] as fresh tea.
I have [C] memories of that behind me, [G] and they haunt me [Bm] like [Em] this. _ _
[Am] The dream I had, it won't last me, [G] it's a disease.
[Bm] [C] I'm _ _ [Em]
getting _ [C] ready _ _ for [D] my wedding [G] dress.
_ [Em] And _ _ [C] I'm going down to the river, [D]
into the _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
river _ [G] _ we dive.
Oh, [Em] _
down to [C] the river _ [D]
we rise.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] Oh, _ down [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ to the river we dive.
[D]
Oh, down _ [C] to the river _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] we rise.
_ _ [D] _
Oh, _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ down [G] to the river we dive.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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