The River chords by
Bruce Springsteen
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Key: E minor•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
Em Em 
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I come
G G 
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from down in the valley
D D 
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C C 
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Where, mister, when you're young
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G G 
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They bring you up to do
C C 
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G G 
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like your daddy done
C C 
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Me and Mary we met in high school
G G 
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When she was just seventeen
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Am Am 
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We drive out of this valley
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G G 
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C C 
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Down to where the fields were green
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C C 
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We'd go  down to the river
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G G 
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And into the river we'd dive
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C C 
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Oh, down to the river we'd ride
D D 
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Verse 2
C C 
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Em Em 
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G G 
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Then I   got Mary pregnant
D D 
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C C 
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And man, that was all she wrote
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G G 
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And for my nineteenth birthday
C C 
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G G 
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I got a union card and a wedding coat
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We went down to the courthouse
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Em Em 
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And the judge put it all to rest
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No wedding day smiles,
no walk down the aisle
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C C 
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No flowers, no wedding dress

Verse 3

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That night we went down to the river

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And into the river we'd dive

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Oh, down to the river we did ride

Interlude 1

Yeah, yeah

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Verse 4
Em Em 
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G G 
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I got a job working construction
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For the Johnstown Company
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G G 
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But lately there ain't been much work
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On account of the economy
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C C 
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Now all them things that
seemed so important
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Well mister they vanished
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Em Em 
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right into the air
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Now I just act like I don't remember
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C C 
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Mary acts like she don't care

Verse 5
Em Em 
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But I remember us riding
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in my brother's car
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C C 
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Her body tan and wet, down at the reservoir
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G G 
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At night on them banks I'd lie awake
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And pull her close just to feel
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each breath she'd take
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Now those memories come
back to haunt me
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D D 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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They haunt me like a  curse
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Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
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C C 
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Or is it something worse
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C C 
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That sends me down to the river
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G G 
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Though I know the river is dry
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That sends me down to the
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D D 
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C C 
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river tonight
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C C 
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Down to the river
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G G 
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My baby and I
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C C 
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Oh, down to the river we
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ride- ide

Verse 6
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G G 
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Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh
Em Em 
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Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh
C C 
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D D 
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G G 
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Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh
Em Em 
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C C 
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D D 
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Oo h- ooh- ooh- ooh
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C C 
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Em Em 
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Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh
D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- oo h