[Verse]
I [Em]come from down in the v[G]alley Where m[D]ister, when you're y[C]oung
They br[Em]ing you up to d[G]o l[C]ike your daddy d[G]one
Me and M[C]ary we met in high school When sh[G]e was just s[D]event[Em]een
We'd d[Am]rive out of this valley down to wh[G]ere the fields were gr[C]een
[Chorus]
We'd go d[Em]down to the r[C]river And [D]into the river we'd d[G]ive
Oh d[Em]own to the r[C]iver we’d r[D]ide[C]
[Verse]
Then[Em]Then I got Mary pregna[G]pregnant And [D]man, that was all she w[C]rote
And [Em]for my 19th b[G]irthday I got a union c[C]ard and a wedding c[G]oat
We w[C]went down to the courthouse And the j[G]judge put it [D]all to r[Em]est
No w[Am]wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
No fl[G]flowers, no wedding dr[C]dress
[Chorus]
That night we went [Em]down to the [C]river
And [D]into the river we'd d[G]dive
Oh d[Em]own to the r[C]iver we did r[D]ide [C]
[Verse]
I [Em]got a job working const[G]construction for the [D]Johnstown Compan[C]Company
But l[Em]ately there ain't been m[G]uch work on acc[C]ount of the econom[G]y
Now [C]all them things that seemed so important
Well mister th[G]they vanished right [D]into the air [Em]
Now I just [Am]act like I don't remember Mary [G]acts like she don't c[C]care
[Bridge]
But I rem[Em]ember us riding in my br[G]other's car Her body t[D]an and wet down at
the r[C]eservoir At n[Em]ight on them banks I'd l[G]ie awake
And pull her cl[C]close just to feel each b[G]breath she'd take
Now those m[C]memories come back to haunt me
They h[G]aunt me l[D]ike a c[Em]urse
Is a dr[Am]dream a lie if it don't come true Or [G]is it something w[C]worse
[Chorus]
That sends me d[Em]own to the r[C]iver Though I kn[D]ow the river is d[G]ry
That sends me d[Em]own to the r[C]iver ton[D]ight[C]
D[Em]own to the r[C]iver my b[D]aby and [G]I
Oh d[Em]own to the r[C]iver we r[D]ide[C] Ooh..
[Outro]
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