Key: E minor•
Verse 1
Em
G
D
C
Am
G
C
I come
Em
G
from down the valley
D
C
Where mister, when you're young
Em
G
They bring you up to do like
C
G
your daddy done
G
Em
and she was just seventeen
down
G
C
to where the fields were green
Em
C
We go down to the river,
D
G
into the river we dive
Em
C
D
C
Oh, down to the river we drive
Em
G
Then I got Mary pregnant,
C
Em
G
Before my 19th birthday,
C
G
got a union card and a wedding coat
G
Em
the judge put it all to rest
no walking down the aisles
C
Em
C
That night we went down to the river
D
G
Into the river we dive
Em
C
Oh, down to the river
D
C
Em
G
D
C
Em
We did ride
G
C
G
C
G
D
Em
Am
G
C
G
D
for the Johnstown Company
C
Em
G
But lately there ain't been much work
C
G
On the account of the economy
G
D
Em
Well, Mr. Day vanished right into the air
C
Em
But I remember stridin'
D
C
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
Em
G
At night on the bankside, lie awake
G
D
Oh, they haunt me like a curse
Em
Am
Is a dream a life that don't come true?
G
C
Or is it something worse?
Em
C
It sends me down to the river
D
G
Though I know the river is dry
Em
C
Oh, down to the river tonight
D
C
Em
C
Down to the river,
D
G
my baby and I
Em
C
D
C
Oh, down to the river we ride
Em
C
Down to the river, oh
D
G
I know the river is right
Em
C
Whoa down to the river tonight
D
C
Em
C
D
G
Em
C
D
C
Em
C
D
G
Em
C
D
C
Em
Oh....
C
D
G
Em
Oh....
C
D
C
Oh....
Em
C
Oh oh oh oh,
D
G
oh oh oh
Outro 1
Em
C
D
C
Em
C
D
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEm G D C Am
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