#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: The River Original Album: The River Words and Music by Bruce Springsteen Copyright © 1979, 1981 Bruce Springsteen (ASCAP) Published by Sony Music Publishing Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net) INTRO: Chords: Em 022000 C x32010 G 320003 C/B x20010 D xx0232 Am x02210 [play: 4/4| Em | G | D | C C/B | Am | G | C |] VERSE1: Chords: Em 022000 Cadd9 x32030 G 320003 C x32010 D xx0232 Am x01220 | Em | G | D | Cadd9 I come from down in the valley where, mister, when you're young | Em G | C G They bring you up to do, like your daddy done | C | G | D Em Me and Mary we met in high school, when she was just seventeen | Am | G | C We'd drive out of this valley, down to where the fields were green CHORUS1: Chords: Em 022000 D xx0232 C x32010 G 320003 | Em | C | D | G We'd go down to the river, and into the river we'd dive | Em | C | D C | Oh, down to the river we'd ri__ide VERSE2: Chords: Em 022000 C x32010 G 320003 Am x01220 D xx0232 | Em | G | D | C Then I got Mary pregnant, and man that was all she wrote | Em | G | C | G And for my nineteenth birthday, I got a union card, and a wedding coat | C | G | D | Em We went down to the courthouse, and the judge put it all to rest | Am | G | C No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle, no flowers, no wedding dress CHORUS2: Chords: Em 022000 D xx0232 C x32010 G 320003 | Em | C | D | G That night we went down to the river and into the river we'd dive | Em | C | D C | Oh, down to the river we'd ri__ide [Harmonica SOLO over VERSE chords:] 4/4| Em | G | D | C | Em | G | C | G | C | G | D | Em | Am | G | C |] VERSE3: Chords: Em 022000 C x32010 G 320003 Am x01220 D xx0232 | Em | G | D | C I got a job working con - struction, for the Johnstown Compan - y | Em | G | C | G But lately there ain't been much work, on ac - count of the econom - y | C Now, all them things that seemed so important, | G | D | Em Well, mister, they vanished right into the air | Am Now I just act like I don't remember; | G | C Mary acts like she don't care BRIDGE: Chords: Em 022000 C x32010 G 320003 Am x01220 D xx0232 | Em | G But I re - member us riding in my brother's car, | D | C Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir | Em | G At night on them banks I'd lie awake, | C | G and pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take | C | Em | G | D | Em Now those memories come back to haunt me, they haunt me like a curse | Am | G | C Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse? CHORUS3: Chords: Em 022000 D xx0232 C x32010 G 320003 | Em | G | D G That sends me down to the river, though I know the river is dry | Em | C | D | C That sends me down to the river to - night | Em | C | D | G Down to the river, my baby and I, | Em | C | D | C Oh, down to the river we ride CODA: Chords: Em 022000 D xx0232 C x32010 G 320003 | Em C D G | Em C D C Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh [repeat] [end on C]