The River chords by The Clarks

Chords with lyrics

The Clarks
The River
*Appears on the album Light of Day: A augmentedA Tribute to Bruce Springsteen*
*Originally written by Bruce Springsteen*


Intro

E minorEm  G+G  D MajorD  C majorC  A augmentedA  G+G  C majorC


Verse 1

E minorEm           G+G
I come from down in the valley
   D MajorD         C majorC
Where mister when you're young
   E minorEm       G+G  C majorC        G+G
They bring you up to do, Like your daddy done
    C majorC
Me and Mary we met in high school,
G+G      D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
She was just seventeen
   A augmentedA
We'd drive out of this valley
    G+G           C majorC
Down to where the fields were green

Chorus 1

    E minorEm     C majorC
We'd go down to the river
  D MajorD          G+G
And into the river we'd dive
D/F#D/F# E minorEm    C majorC     D MajorD    C majorC
Oh down to the river we'd ride


Verse 2

   E minorEm     G+G      D MajorD          C majorC
Then I got Mary pregnant and man that was all she wrote
  E minorEm        G+G           C majorC         G+G
And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
  C majorC                  G+G      D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest
  A augmentedA
No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle
  G+G         C majorC
No flowers no wedding dress

Chorus 2

    E minorEm     C majorC
We'd go down to the river
  D MajorD          G+G
And into the river we'd dive
D/F#D/F# E minorEm    C majorC     D MajorD    C majorC
Oh down to the river we'd ride


Guitar Solo

E minorEm  G+G  D MajorD  C majorC
E minorEm  G+G  C majorC  G+G
C majorC    G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
A augmentedA    G+G  C majorC


Verse 3

 E minorEm            G+G       D MajorD        C majorC
I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
  E minorEm           G+G       C majorC          G+G
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
  C majorC
Now all those things that seemed so important
   G+G     D/F#D/F#      E minorEm
Well they just vanished in the air
   A augmentedA                G+G          C majorC
And I act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care
    E minorEm           G+G
And I remember us riding in my brother's car
     D MajorD            C majorC
Her body tan and wet down by the reservoir
  E minorEm           G+G
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
       C majorC         G+G
And pull her close to feel each breath she'd take
   C majorC                     G+G    D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
Those memories come back to haunt me, well they haunt me like a curse
   A augmentedA
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
  G+G        C majorC
Or is it something worse


Chorus 3

      E minorEm     C majorC
And We'd go down to the river
  D MajorD          G+G
And into the river we'd dive
D/F#D/F# E minorEm    C majorC     D MajorD    G+G
Oh down to the river we'd ride
E minorEm     C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
Down to the river my baby and I
D/F#D/F# E minorEm    C majorC     D MajorD    G+G
Oh down to the river we'd ride
E minorEm G+G  D MajorD  C majorC       (E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G | E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC x2)
Yeah Yeah Yeah the river we'd ride