The River chords by Sean Rowe

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Key: F# minorF#m

♫ Intro:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC


♫ Verse 1:
 E minorEm          G+G       D MajorD          C majorC
I come from down in the valley, where mister, when you're young
E minorEm       G+G    C majorC        G+G
They bring you up to do just like your daddy done
C majorC                G+G      D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Me and Mary we met in high school, when she was just seven-teen
A minorAm             G+G          C majorC
We rode out of that valley to where the fields are green.

♫ Chorus:
      E minorEm     C majorC     D MajorD          G+G
And we went down to the river and into the river we'd dive
E minorEm     C majorC     D MajorD  C majorC
Oh down to the river we’d ride.


♫ Interlude:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC


♫ Verse 2:
E minorEm     G+G      D MajorD           C majorC
I got Mary pregnant, oh man, that was all she wrote
E minorEm     G+G           C majorC         G+G
And for my 19th 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 minorAm
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
G+G          C majorC
No flowers, no wedding dress.


♫ Chorus:
      E minorEm     C majorC     D MajorD          G+G
Ooh we went down to the river and into the river we'd dive
E minorEm     C majorC     D MajorD  C majorC
Oh down to the river we’d ride.

♫ Interlude:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm G+G D MajorD 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
Ooh, but lately there ain't been that much work on account of the economy
C majorC
And all these things that seemed so important
G+G       D/F#D/F#   E minorEm
Mister they vanished right into the air
A minorAm                G+G          C majorC
Now I act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care.


♫ Bridge:
    E minorEm           G+G
But I remember us riding in my brother's car
D MajorD            C majorC
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
E minorEm           G+G
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
C majorC            G+G
And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
C majorC
Ooh but those memories come back to haunt me
G+G    D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
Ooh they haunt me like a curse
A minorAm
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true?
  G+G        C majorC
Or is it something worse?


♫ Chorus:
       E minorEm     C majorC
That sends me down to the river
D MajorD          G+G
And though the river is dry
E minorEm     C majorC    D MajorD   C majorC
Ooh ooh go down to the river tonight
E minorEm     C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
We will go down to the river my baby and I
E minorEm     C majorC    D MajorD   C majorC
Oh down to the river we ride. Ooh


♫ Interlude:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC


♫ Chorus:
    E minorEm     C majorC    D/F#D/F#   G+G
We went down to the river my baby and I
E minorEm     C majorC     D MajorD   C majorC
Oh down to the river we’d ride. Aah ahh aah


♫ Outro:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC