The River

(words and music by Bruce Springsteen) em G D C . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | em G C . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | em G I come from down in the valley D C Where mister when you're young em G C G They bring you up to do like your daddy done C Me and Mary we met in high school G D em When she was just seventeen am G C We'd drive out of this valley down to where the fields were green em C We'd go down to the river D G And into the river we'd dive em C D C Oh down to the river we'd ride em G Then I got Mary pregnant D C 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 We went down to the courthouse G D em And the judge put it all to rest am No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle G C No flowers, no wedding dress em C That night we went down to the river D G And into the river we'd dive em C D C Oh down to the river we did ride em G D C . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | em G C G . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | C G D em . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | am G C . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | em G D C 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 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 em G But I remember 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 Now those memories come back to haunt me G D em They haunt me like a curse am Is a dream a lie if it don't come true G C Or is it something worse, em C That sends me down to the river D G Though I know the river is dry em C D C That sends me down to the river tonight em C Down to the river D G My baby and I em C D C Oh down to the river we ride em C D G . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | em C D C . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . :| #