Key: E minor
Verse 1
Em
G
D
C
G
Am
G
C
I come
Em
G
from down in the valley
Where
D
Mr.
Em
G
They bring you up to do like
C
G
your daddy done
Me and
G
Em
When she was just seventeen
D
G
C
Down to where fields were green
Em
C
We'd go down to the river,
D
G
and into the river we'd dive
Em
C
D
C
Oh, down to the river we'd ride
Em
G
Then I got married, pregnant,
D
C
and man, that was all she owed
Em
G
And for my 19th birthday,
C
G
I got a union card and a wedding coat
G
D
Em
and the judge put it all to rest
Am
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle,
C
Em
C
At night we went down to the river
D
G
Then into the river we died
Em
C
D
Oh, down to the river we did ride
C
Em
G
D
C
Em
G
Yeah, yeah
C
G
C
G
Em
Am
G
C
D
Johnstown
C
Company
Em
G
But lately there ain't been much work
C
G
on account of the economy
G
D
Em
well mister, they vanish right into the air
And
G
C
Marie acts like she don't care
D
C
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
Em
G
At night on the banks I'd lie awake
G
D
G
Em
They haunt me like a curse
C
Em
C
That sends me down to the river?
D
G
Oh, I know the river is dry
Em
C
That sends me down to the river tonight
D
C
Em
C
D
G
Down to the river, my baby, and I
Em
C
D
Oh, down to the river we ride
C
G
Em
C
D
G
Em
C
D
I
C
Em
C
D
G
D
Em
Outro 1
D
C
Em
C
D
G
Em
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