The river

The river 


  Em                    G             D                  C
I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young
     G               Em  C                 G
They bring you up to do, like your daddy's done
       C                               G            F    Em
Me and Mary we met in Highschool, when she was just seventeen
     D                               G                     C
We'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green

        G           C         D                   G
We'd go down to the river and into the river we'd dive
    Em          C          D    Dsus4  D  C
Oh, down to the river we'd ride

     Em         G             D                   C
Then I got Mary pregnant and man that was all she wrote
    G                 Em                     C                 G
And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union car and a wedding coat
   C                                   G            F      Em
We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest
   D                                             G                  C
No weddingday smiles, no walk down the aisle, no flowers no wedding dress

                   G           C          D                   G
That night we went down to the river, and into the river we'd dive
       Em          C            D    Dsus4  D  C
Oooooh down to the river we did ride

  Em                   G                 D                 C
I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
    G                       Em             C                 G
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
    C                                                     G             F              Em
Now all them things that seemed so important, well mister they vanished right into the air
           D                              G                   C
Now I just act like I don't remember Mary acts like she don't care

        G                      Em                      D                       C
But I remember us riding in my brother’s car, her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
   G                       Em                      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        F      Em
Those memories come back to haunt me, they haunt me like a curse
     D                                     G               C
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse

              G           C               D                 G
That sends me down to the river, though I know the river is dry
              Em          C       D     Dsus4  D
That sends me down to the river tonight
G           C         D        G
Down to the river, my baby and I
    Em          C        D    Dsus4  D  G
Oh, down to the river we ride