The River

The River easy guitar chords by Bruce Springsteen

1980Rock
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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    come 
    from 
    down 
    in 
    the 
    valley 

    Where, 
    mister, 
    when 
    you're 
    young 

    They 
    bring 
    you 
    up 
    to 
    do 

    like 
    your 
    daddy 
    done 

    Me 
    and 
    Mary 
    we 
    met 
    in 
    high 
    school 

    When 
    she 
    was 
    just 
    seven
    teen 

    We 
    drive 
    out 
    of 
    this 
    val
    ley 

    Down 
    to 
    where 
    the 
    fields 
    were 
    green 

    Chorus 1
    We'd 
    go 
    down 
    to 
    the 
    river 

    And 
    into 
    the 
    river 
    we'd 
    dive 

    Oh, 
    down 
    to 
    the 
    river 
    we'd 
    ride 

    Verse 2
    Then 
    got 
    Mary 
    preg
    nant 

    And 
    man, 
    that 
    was 
    all 
    she 
    wrote 

    And 
    for 
    my 
    nineteenth 
    birth
    day 

    got 
    union 
    card 
    and 
    wedding 
    coat 

    We 
    went 
    down 
    to 
    the 
    court
    house 

    And 
    the 
    judge 
    put 
    it 
    all 
    to 
    rest 

    No 
    wedding 
    day 
    smiles, 

    no 
    walk 
    down 
    the 
    aisle 

    No 
    flowers, 
    no 
    wedding 
    dress 

    Chorus 2
    That 
    night 
    we 
    went 
    down 
    to 
    the 
    river 

    And 
    into 
    the 
    river 
    we'd 
    dive 

    Oh, 
    down 
    to 
    the 
    river 
    we'd 
    ride 

    Yeah, 
    yeah 

    Solo 1





    Verse 3
    got 
    job 
    working 
    con
    struct
    ion 

    For 
    the 
    Johnstown 
    Company 

    But 
    lately 
    there 
    ain't 
    been 
    much 
    work 

    On 
    ac
    count 
    of 
    the 
    econo
    my 

    Now 
    all 
    them 
    things 

    that 
    seemed 
    so 
    important 

    Well 
    mister 
    they 
    vanished 
    right 
    into 
    the 
    air 

    Now 
    just 
    act 
    like 
    don't 
    remember 

    Mary 
    acts 
    like 
    she 
    don't 
    care 

    Verse 4
    But 
    re
    member 
    us 
    riding 
    in 
    my 
    brother's 
    car 

    Her 
    body 
    tan 
    and 
    wet, 
    down 
    at 
    the 
    reservoir 

    At 
    night 
    on 
    them 
    banks 
    I'd 
    lie 
    awake 

    And 
    pull 
    her 
    close 

    just 
    to 
    feel 
    each 
    breath 
    she'd 
    take 

    Now 
    those 
    memories 
    come 
    back 
    to 
    haunt 
    me 

    They 
    haunt 
    me 
    like 
    curse 

    Is 
    dream 
    lie 
    if 
    it 
    don't 
    come 
    true 

    Or 
    is 
    it 
    something 
    worse 

    Chorus 3
    That 
    sends 
    me 
    down 
    to 
    the 
    river 

    Though 
    know 
    the 
    river 
    is 
    dry 

    That 
    sends 
    me 
    down 
    to 
    the 
    river 

    to
    night 

    Chorus 4
    down 
    to 
    the 
    river 

    My 
    baby 
    and 

    Oh, 
    down 
    to 
    the 
    river 
    we 
    ride-ide 

    Outro 1
    Ooh- 
    ooh... 

    Ooh- 
    ooh... 

    [Repeat 
    and 
    fade] 
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