Key: E minor•
Intro 1
Em
G
D
C
G
Am
G
C
Verse 1
D
C
Where, mister, when you're young
Em
G
They bring you up to do
C
G
like your daddy done
Em
Am
We drive out of this valley
D
G
C
Down to where the fields were green
Em
C
We'd go down to the river
D
G
And into the river we'd dive
Em
C
Oh, down to the river we'd ride
D
Verse 2
C
Em
G
Then I got Mary pregnant
D
C
And man, that was all she wrote
Em
G
And for my nineteenth birthday
C
G
I got a union card and a wedding coat
G
D
Em
And the judge put it all to rest
no walk down the aisle
G
C
No flowers, no wedding dress
Verse 3
Em
C
That night we went down to the river
D
G
And into the river we'd dive
Em
C
D
Oh, down to the river we did ride
Interlude 1
Yeah, yeah
C
Em
G
D
C
Em
G
C
G
C
G
Em
Am
G
C
Verse 4
Em
G
I got a job working construction
D
C
For the Johnstown Company
Em
G
But lately there ain't been much work
G
C
Now all them things that
seemed so important
D
Em
right into the air
G
C
Mary acts like she don't care
Verse 5
D
C
Her body tan and wet, down at the reservoir
Em
G
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
back to haunt me
G
D
G
Em
They haunt me like a curse
G
C
Or is it something worse
Em
C
That sends me down to the river
D
G
Though I know the river is dry
C
D
C
river tonight
Em
C
Down to the river
D
G
My baby and I
Em
C
Oh, down to the river we
Verse 6
C
G
Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh
C
D
G
Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh
C
D
Oo h- ooh- ooh- ooh
Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh
C
Em
C
Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh
D
G
D
Em
C
Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- oo h
Outro 1
D
C
Em
C
D
G
Em
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEm G D C Am
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