[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
            
I come from do

             
wn in the vall

             
ey, where mist

              
er when you're

 
 young
            
They bring you

            
 up to do, lik

             
e your daddy d

one
             
Me and Mary we

              
 met in high s

             
chool, when sh

           
e was just sev

# 
enteen
            
We'd drive out

              
 of this valle

             
y, down to whe

              
re the fields 

     
were green

[Chorus]
            
We'd go down t

             
o the river, a

             
nd into the ri

         
ver we'd dive
            
Oh, oh, down t

             
o the river we

        
'd ride

[Verse 2]
            
Then I got Mar

             
y pregnant, an

             
d man that was

         
 all she wrote
            
And for my nin

             
eteenth birthd

              
ay, I got a un

             
ion card, and 

          
a wedding coat
             
We went down t

              
o the courthou

             
se, and the ju

           
dge put it all

#   
 to rest
            
No wedding day

              
 smiles, no wa

              
lk down the ai

             
sle, no flower

              
s, no wedding 


dress

[Chorus]
              
That night we 

            
went down to t

            
he river and i

              
nto the river 

     
we'd dive
            
Oh, oh, down t

             
o the river we

          
 did ride

[Harmonica Solo] (verse chords)
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[Verse 3]
            
I got a job wo

             
rking construc

              
tion, for the 

             
Johnstown comp

 
any
            
But lately the

              
re ain't been 

             
much work, on 

             
account of the

      
 economy
             
Now, all them 

              
things that se

              
emed so import

              
ant, well mist

             
er, they vanis

          
hed right into

     
 the air
            
Now I just act

              
 like I don't 

              
remember, Mary

             
 acts like she

       
 don't care

[Verse 4]
            
But I remember

              
 us riding in 

             
my brother's c

             
ar, her body t

              
an and wet dow

         
n at the reser

voir
            
At night on th

             
em banks I'd l

              
ie awake, and 

             
pull her close

              
 just to feel 

     
each breath sh

e'd take
             
Now those memo

              
ries come back

              
 to haunt me, 

             
they haunt me 

   
like a curse
            
Is a dream a l

              
ie if it don't

              
 come true, or

             
 is it somethi

   
ng worse

[Chorus]
              
That sends me 

           
down to the ri

              
ver, though I 

             
know the river

    
 is dry
              
That sends me 

           
down to the ri

            
ver tonight

           
Down to the ri

             
ver, my baby a

   
nd I
            
Oh-oh, down to

             
 the river we 

     
ride

[Outro] (chorus chords to fade)
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