Key: E minor
Intro 1
Em
D
G
D
C
Am
G
C
Verse 1
C
I'll
Em
G
come from down in the valley
D
C
Where mistletoe and your yule
Em
G
They bring you up to do
C
G
Like your daddy done
Em
Am
We'd drive out of this valley
G
C
Down to where the fields were green
Em
C
We go down to the river,
D
G
into the river we dive,
D
Em
C
D
C
oh down to the river we ride
Em
G
Then I got married pregnant
D
C
And then that was all she knew
Em
G
And for my 19th birthday
G
C
We went down to the courthouse
G
Em
And the judge put it all to rest
no walk down the aisle
G
C
No flowers, no wedding dress
Em
C
That night we went down to the river
D
G
And into the river we dived
D
Em
C
Oh, down to the river we dived
D
C
Oh, yeah, yeah
Interlude 1
Em
G
D
C
Em
G
C
G
C
G
D
G
Em
Am
G
C
Verse 2
got a job working construction
G
D
C
For the joint retail and company
Em
G
But lately there ain't been much work
C
G
On account of the economy
seemed so important
D
Em
right at the end
G
C
Mary acts like she don't care
D
C
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
Em
G
A night on them banks I lie awake
back to haunt me
G
Em
They haunt me like a curse
that don't come true?
G
C
Or is it a suffering voice
Em
C
That sends me down to the river
D
G
Though I know the river is dry
D
Em
C
This sends me down to the river
D
C
And I, I, I
Em
C
Down to the river
D
G
My baby and I
D
Em
C
Oh, down to the river
D
C
Em
C
D
G
D
Em
C
We rise
D
C
Em
C
D
G
D
Em
C
D
C
Whoa oh whoa,
Em
C
D
G
Em
C
oh whoa, oh
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