Chords
[Intro]
Em G D C G
Am G
C
[Verse 1]
I Emcome from down in the Gvalley
Where D/F#mister when you're [Cadd9]young
They Embring you up to Gdo Clike your daddy done G
Me and CMary we met in high school
When Gshe was just G/F#sevenEmteen
We'd Amride out of this valley down to Gwhere the fields were Cgreen
[Chorus]
We'd go Emdown to the Criver
And Dinto the river we'd Gdive
Oh Emdown to the Criver we'd Dride
[Verse 2]
[Cadd9] Then EmI got Mary pregGnant
And manD that was all she [Cadd9]wrote
And Emfor my nineteenth birthGday I got a union Ccard and a wedding coat G
We Cwent down to the courthouse
And the judgeG put it D/F#all to Emrest
No Amwedding day smiles no walk down the aisle
No Gflowers no wedding [Cadd9]dress
[Chorus]
That night we went Emdown to the Criver
And Dinto the river we'd Gdive Oh G/F#
Emdown to the Criver we'd Dride, ayyayah [Cadd9]
[Harmonica Solo]
Em G D C
Em G C G
C G G/F# Em Am
G C
[Verse 3]
I Emgot a job working construcGtion for the DJohnstown Company
[Cadd9] But Emlately there ain't been muchG work on accountC of the economy G
Now allC them things that seemed so important
Well mister Gthey vanished right D/F#into the air
Em Now I just Amact like I don't remember
Mary Gacts like she don't Ccare
[Verse 4]
But I reEmmember us riding in my Gbrother's car
Her body Dtan and wet down at the [Cadd9]reservoir
At Emnight on them banks I'd Glie awake
And pull her Cclose just to feel each breathG she'd take
Now those Cmemories come back to haunt me
They Ghaunt me D/F#like a Emcurse
Is a Amdream a lie if it don't come true
Or Gis it something Cworse
[Chorus]
That sends me Emdown to the Criver
Though I Dknow the river is Gdry
That sends G/F#me Emdown to the Criver toDnight, ay ya Cyah
EmDown to the Criver
My Dbaby and GI Oh G/F#
Emdown to the Criver we Dride, ay ya Cyah
[Outro]
EmOohC oohD G ooh G/F#
EmOoh C D C
EmOohC oohD G ooh G/F#
EmOoh C D C
Em C D G G/F#
Em C D C