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The River by Bruce Springsteen

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[INTRO] (Harmonica)
 C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

[VERSE]
  C
 I come from down in the valley  Where mister when you're young
    G
 They bring you up to do      Like your daddy done
     Em
 Me and Mary we met in high school  When she was just seventeen
    C
 We'd ride out of this valley   Down to where the fields were green

 G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

 C (let ring...)
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

[CHORUS]
     G
 We'd go down to the river  And into the river we'd dive
   C
 Oh down to the river we'd ride

 C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2--22-0-|---5--5-|0---0-4-|5---5-4-|2---2-0-|--------|0--0--0-|----5-54|
A:--------|3---3---|---0----|---5----|---2----|3--3--3-|----0---|3--3----|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----3---|--------|--------|

[VERSE]
    C
 Then I got Mary pregnant  And man that was all she wrote
   G
 And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
   Em
 We went down to the courthouse  And the judge put it all to rest
   C
 No wedding-day smiles no walk down the aisle no flowers no wedding dress

 G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2---2-4-|5--55---|0--0--0-|----5-4-|2---2-4-|5--55---|---5----|5--55---|
A:---2----|--------|----0---|3--3----|---2----|--------|3---3-5-|--------|
E:--------|------3-|--------|--------|--------|------3-|--------|------3-|

 C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------2-|0--00---|--------|
D:---5--5-|---5--5-|5--54--4|2-------|----2---|----2---|------0-|------5-|
A:3---3---|3---3--3|--------|---2----|0--0----|0--0----|--------|3--33---|
E:--------|--------|--------|----0---|------0-|--------|--------|--------|

[CHORUS]
           G
 That night we went down to the river  And into the river we'd dive
   C
 Oh down to the river we did ride

 C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2---2---|---5--5-|0---0---|5--55-4-|2---2-0-|--------|0--0--0-|----5---|
A:---2--2-|3---3---|---0--0-|--------|---2----|3--3--3-|----0---|3--3--3-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----3---|--------|--------|

[INSTRUMENTAL] (Harmonica)
 G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2---2-4-|5--55---|0---0---|------54|2---2-4-|5--55---|---5----|5--55---|
A:---2----|--------|---0--0-|3--33---|---2----|--------|3---3-5-|--------|
E:--------|------3-|--------|--------|--------|------3-|--------|------3-|

 C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|------2-|------2-|0--00---|--------|5-------|
D:----5---|-------2|5--54--4|2-------|----2---|----2---|------0-|------5-|------0-|
A:3--3----|3---3-5-|--------|---2--2-|0--0----|0--0----|--------|3--33---|--3-3---|
E:------3-|---3----|--------|----0---|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
[VERSE]
  C
 I got a job working construction  For the Johnstown Company
   G
 But lately there ain't been much work  On account of the economy
        C
 Now all them things that seemed so important
           Em
 Well, mister, they vanished right into the air
       C
 Now I just act like I don't remember  Mary acts like she just don't care

 G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2-------|--------|0--0--0-|----5-4-|2-------|--------|--------|5--55---|
A:---2----|------0-|----0---|3--3----|---2----|------0-|3--33---|--------|
E:----0-2-|3--33---|--------|--------|----0-2-|3--33---|--------|------3-|

 C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------2-|0--00---|--------|
D:----5---|----0-2-|5--54--4|2-------|----2---|----2---|------0-|---5--5-|
A:3--3----|3--3----|--------|---2----|0--0----|0--0----|--------|3---3---|
E:------3-|--------|--------|----0---|------0-|--------|--------|--------|

[VERSE]
     G
 But I remember us riding in my brother's car
      C
 Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
   G
 At night on them banks I'd lie awake
        G
 And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
      Em
 Now those memories come back to haunt me  They haunt me like a curse
    C
 Is a dream a lie if it don't come true   Or is it something worse?

 G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2-------|--------|----7---|------0-|2-------|--------|---5----|5--55---|
A:---2----|------0-|5--5--5-|3--33---|---2----|------0-|3---3-5-|--------|
E:----0-2-|3--33---|--------|--------|----0-2-|3--33---|--------|------3-|

 C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----2---|0--00---|--------|
D:----5---|--------|5--54--4|2---2---|----2--2|---2--2-|------0-|------0-|
A:3--3----|3--33-35|--------|---2--2-|0--0----|0-------|--------|3--33---|
E:------3-|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

[CHORUS]
        G
 That sends me down to the river   Though I know the river is dry
        C
 That sends me down to the river   Tonight -igh -igh -ight

 C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2---2---|---5--5-|0---0-4-|5---5-4-|2---2-0-|--------|----7---|----5-4-|
A:---2--2-|3---3---|---0----|---5----|---2----|3--3--3-|5--5--5-|3--3----|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----3---|--------|--------|

[CODA] (Repeat chords and fade...)
 G
 Down to the river    My baby and I
   C
 Oh down to the river we'd ride  -i -i -ide

 C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2---2-0-|------5-|0---0---|5---5-4-|2---2-0-|--------|0--0--0-|----5---|
A:---2----|3--33---|---0--0-|---5----|---2----|3--3--3-|----0---|3--3--3-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----3---|--------|--------|

 C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2---2---|----5---|----7---|5---5-4-|2---2-0-|----5---|0--0--0-|---5--5-|
A:---2--2-|3--3--3-|5--5--5-|---5----|---2----|3--3--3-|----0---|3---3---|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

 C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2---2-0-|------5-|0---0-4-|5--55-4-|2---2-0-|----5---|0--0--0-|------5-|
A:---2----|3---3---|---0----|--------|---2----|3--3--3-|----0---|3--33---|
E:--------|---3----|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

 C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2---2-0-|----5---|0---0---|5--55-4-|2---2-0-|--------|0--0--0-|----5---|
A:---2----|3--3--3-|---0--0-|--------|---2----|3--3--3-|----0---|3--3--3-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----3---|--------|--------|

Tabbed by Michael Oxner
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