Intro: Em G D Cadd9 Em G C....
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/F# Em
Me and Mary we met in high school, when she was just seven-teen
Am G C
We'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green
Em C D G
We'd go down to the river, and into the river we'd dive
Em C D Cadd9
On down to the river we'd ride
Em G D Cadd9
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/F# 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 in the aisle, no flowers no wedding dress
Em C D G
That night we went down to the river, and into the river we'd dive
Em C D Cadd9
Oh down to the river we did ri-i-i-ide
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Em G D Cadd9
I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
Em G C G
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
C
Now all them things that seemed so important
G D/F# Em
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Am G C
Now I just act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care
Em G D C
But I remember us riding in my brother's car, her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
Em G C G
At night on them banks I'd lie awake And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
C G D/F# 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 that sends me
Em C D G
Down to the river, though I know the river is dry
Em C D C
That sends me down to the river tonigh-igh-igh-ight
Em C D G Em C D C
Down to the river my baby and I, oh down to the river we ri-i-i-ide
Em C D G Em C D C x4
oh oh oh oh...
Chords
EADGBE
Em 022000
G 320003
D XX0323
Cadd9 X32030
D/F# 200230
Am X02210