The River

Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: EmCapotraste: Sem capotraste Tabbed by Steini [Intro] Em G D C Am G C C C e|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------12-10-8------12-10-8-10-------| G|-9--8-9-11-12---------8b--------------8b----| D|--------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| [Verse] Em G D C 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 [Chorus] 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 wed ride [Verse] Em G D C Then I got Mary pregnant And man, that was all she wrote Em G C G And for my 19th 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 No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle G C No flowers, no wedding dress [Chorus] 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 [Solo] (backing chords for the solo are the same as the verses) | Em | G | D | C | | Em | G | C | G | | C | C | G D | Em | | Am | Am | G | C | e|-------------------------------------10-10--12--10-12-10--12--10-12-10---------------- B|--------------12-10-8------12--12-12------------------------------------12--12-10-8--- G|-9--8-9-11-12---------8b------------------------------------------------------------8b D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| e|------------------------------------7------------------------------------------------- B|-12--10----10---8-10-8-----------------7---------------------------------------------- G|-----------------------8b------7----------8b------------------------------------------ D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| [Verse] 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 G C Now I just act like I don't remember Mary acts like she don't care [Bridge] Em G D But I remember us riding in my brother's car Her body tan and wet down at C Em G the reservoir 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 G C Is a dream a lie if it don't come true Or is it something worse [Chorus] Em C 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 tonight Em C D G Down to the river my baby and I Em C D C Oh down to the river we ride Ooh... [Outro] Em C D G Em C D C Em C D G Em C D C ************************* | b Bend *************************