Chords with lyrics
A minorAm 
C majorC 
G+G 
FF
I come from down in the valley, ...
A minorAm C majorC FF C majorC
They bring you up to ..
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
Me and Mary we met in high school...
DmDm C majorC FF
We'd ride out of that valley ...
A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
We'd go down to the river....
A minorAm FF G+G 
A augmentedA
Oh down to the ...
A minorAm C majorC G+G FF
Then I got Mary pregnant, And man .....
A minorAm C majorC FF C majorC
And for my nineteenth birthday I ...
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
We went down to the courthouse, And ...
DmDm C majorC FF
No wedding day smiles no walk down ...
A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
That night we went down to the river, ...
A minorAm FF G+G FF
On down to the river ..
A minorAm C majorC G+G FF
I got a job working ...
A minorAm C majorC FF C majorC
But lately there ain't been ...
FF
Now all them things that ....
C majorC G+G A minorAm
Well mister they vanished ....
DmDm C majorC FF
Now I just act like I don't remember....
A minorAm C majorC
But I remember us riding in ...
G+G FF
Her body tan and wet down ..
A minorAm C majorC
At night on them banks ...
FF C majorC
And pull her close just to feel ....
FF C majorC A minorAm
Now those memories come back to ...
DmDm C majorC
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, Or ...
A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
Down to the river though I ...
A minorAm FF G+G
That sends me down to the ..
A minorAm FF G+G C majorC A minorAm FF G+G
Down to the river, My baby and I, ....
A minorAm FF
oh oh oh oh oh oh (The exact amount of oohing depends on version)
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