The River
Bruce Springsteen
Tabbed by Steini


[Intro]

               


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[Verse]

            
I come from do

             
wn in the vall

             
ey   Where mis

              
ter, when you'

    
re young
            
They bring you

            
 up to do like

             
 your daddy do

ne
             
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 wher

              
e the fields w

      
ere green


[Chorus]

            
We'd go down t

             
o the river An

             
d into the riv

         
er we'd dive
            
Oh down to the

            
 river we’d ri

  
de


[Verse] 

            
Then I got Mar

             
y pregnant  An

             
d man, that wa

           
s all she wrot

e
            
And for my 19t

             
h birthday I g

             
ot a union car

              
d and a weddin

   
g 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 flowers, no

           
 wedding dress


[Chorus]

              
That night we 

            
went down to t

   
he river
             
And into the r

           
iver we'd dive
            
Oh down to the

             
 river we did 

    
ride


[Solo]

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[Verse]

            
I got a job wo

             
rking construc

             
tion for the J

              
ohnstown Compa

 
ny
            
But lately the

              
re ain't been 

             
much work on a

             
ccount of the 

      
economy
    
Now all them t

hings that see

med so importa

nt
              
Well mister th

             
ey vanished ri

             
ght into the a

   
ir
            
Now I just act

              
 like I don't 

              
remember   Mar

             
y acts like sh

         
e don't care


[Bridge]

            
But I remember

              
 us riding in 

             
my brother's c

              
ar   Her body 

 
tan and wet do

wn at
             
the reservoir 

            
   At night on

              
 them banks I'

   
d lie awake
              
And pull her c

             
lose just to f

          
eel each breat

h she'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 somet

      
hing worse


[Chorus]

              
That sends me 

           
down to the ri

              
ver   Though I

             
 know the rive

      
r is dry
              
That sends me 

           
down to the ri

          
ver tonight
           
Down to the ri

             
ver my baby an

  
d I
            
Oh down to the

            
 river we ride


     Ooh...


[Outro]

               
               


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