The River chords by Bruce Springsteen
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Intro 1
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (C major)
(A minor) (G major) (C major) (C major)
Verse 1
I (E minor) come from down in the (G major) valley
Where, (D major) mister, when you're (C major) young
They (E minor) bring you up to (G major) do
(C major) like your daddy (G major) done
Me and (C major) Mary we met in high school
When (G major) she was just seven (E minor) teen
We (A minor) drive out of this valley
Down to (G major) where the fields were (C major) green
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Chorus 1
We'd go (E minor) down to the (C major) river
And (D major) into the river we'd (G major) dive
Oh, (D major) (E minor) down to the (C major) river we'd (D major) ride (C major)
Verse 2
Then (E minor) I got Mary preg (G major) nant
And man, (D major) that was all she (C major) wrote
And (E minor) for my nineteenth birth (G major) day
I got a union (C major) card and a wedding coat (G major)
We (C major) went down to the courthouse
And the judge (G major) put it all to (E minor) rest
No (A minor) wedding day smiles,
no walk down the aisle
No (G major) flowers, no wedding (C major) dress
Chorus 2
That night we went (E minor) down to the (C major) river
And (D major) into the river we'd (G major) dive
Oh, (D major) (E minor) down to the (C major) river we'd (D major) ride
Yeah, (C major) yeah
Solo 1
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (C major)
(E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (C major) (G major) (E minor)
(A minor) (A minor) (G major) (C major) (C major)
Verse 3
I (E minor) got a job working construct (G major) ion
For the (D major) Johnstown Company (C major)
But (E minor) lately there ain't been much (G major) work
On account (C major) of the economy (G major)
Now (C major) all them things
that seemed so important
Well mister (G major) they vanished right into the (E minor) air
Now I just (A minor) act like I don't remember
Mary (G major) acts like she don't (C major) care
Verse 4
But I re (E minor) member us riding in my (G major) brother's car
Her body (D major) tan and wet, down at the (C major) reservoir
At (E minor) night on them banks I'd (G major) lie awake
And pull her (C major) close
just to feel each breath (G major) she'd take
Now those (C major) memories come back to haunt me
They (G major) haunt me like a (E minor) curse
Is a (A minor) dream a lie if it don't come true
Or (G major) is it something (C major) worse
Chorus 3
That sends me (E minor) down to the (C major) river
Though I (D major) know the river is (G major) dry
That sends (D major) me (E minor) down to the (C major) river
to (D major) night (C major)
Chorus 4
(E minor) down to the (C major) river
My (D major) baby and (G major) I
Oh, (D major) (E minor) down to the (C major) river we (D major) ride-ide (C major)
Outro 1
(E minor) Ooh- ooh... (C major) (D major) (G major)
(E minor) Ooh- ooh... (C major) (D major) (C major)
[Repeat and fade]
The River
Bruce Springsteen
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