Tonart: E minor
Verse 1
Em
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Am
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I come
Em
G
from down in the valley
Where
D
Mr.
Em
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They bring you up to do like
C
G
your daddy done
Me and
C
Mary, we met in high school
G
Em
When she was just seventeen
Am
We'd drive out of this valley
D
G
C
Down to where fields were green
Em
C
We'd go down to the river,
D
G
and into the river we'd dive
Em
C
D
C
Oh, down to the river we'd ride
Em
G
Then I got married, pregnant,
D
C
and man, that was all she owed
Em
G
And for my 19th birthday,
C
G
I got a union card and a wedding coat
C
We went down to the courthouse,
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D
Em
and the judge put it all to rest
Am
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle,
G
no flowers, no wedding dress
C
Em
C
At night we went down to the river
D
G
Then into the river we died
Em
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D
Oh, down to the river we did ride
C
Em
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D
C
Em
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Yeah, yeah
C
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C
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Em
Am
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C
Em
I've got a job working construc
D
Johnstown
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Company
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G
But lately there ain't been much work
C
G
on account of the economy
C
Now all them things that seem so important,
G
D
Em
well mister, they vanish right into the air
Am
Now I just act like I don't remember her
And
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C
Marie acts like she don't care
Em
But I remember us ridin'
D
C
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
Em
G
At night on the banks I'd lie awake
C
And pull her close just to feel
C
Those memories come back to haunt me
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D
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Em
They haunt me like a curse
Am
Is a dream a lie that don't come true?
G
Or is it something worse
C
Em
C
That sends me down to the river?
D
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Oh, I know the river is dry
Em
C
That sends me down to the river tonight
D
C
Em
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D
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Down to the river, my baby, and I
Em
C
D
Oh, down to the river we ride
C
G
Em
C
D
G
Em
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D
I
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Em
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D
G
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Em
Outro 1
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