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The River, Bruce Springsteen
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Am C G F
I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young
Am C F C
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
F C G Am
Me and Mary we met in high school, when she was just seventeen
Dm C F
We'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green
Am F G C
We'd go down to the river, And into the river we'd dive
Am F G A
Oh down to the river we'd ride
Am C G F
Then I got Mary pregnant, And man that was all she wrote
Am C F C
And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
F C G Am
We went down to the courthouse, And the judge put it all to rest
Dm C F
No wedding day smiles no walk down in the aisle, No flowers no wedding dress
Am F G C
That night we went down to the river, And into the river we'd dive
Am F G F
On down to the river we did ride
Am C G F
I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
Am C F C
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
F
Now all them things that seemed so important
C G Am
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Dm C F
Now I just act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care
Am C
But I remember us riding in my brother's car
G F
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
Am C
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
F C
And pull her close just to feel each other breath she'd take
F C Am
Now those memories come back to haunt me, They haunt me like a curse
Dm C
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, Or is it something worse that sends me
Am F G C
Down to the river though I know the river is dry,
Am F G
That sends me down to the river tonight
Am F G C Am F G
Down to the river, My baby and I, Oh down the river we'd ride
Am F
oh oh oh oh oh oh (The exact amount of oohing depends on version)
From: inigoes@rohan.sdsu.edu (go-man)
suggests start on Em and change accordingly
From: goland@student.umass.edu
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 10:16:23 -0500
Subject: The_River Harmonica part
This is an addition to the Bruce Springsteen song, "The River." He actually
plays an A harmonica, but the part can be played on a C. It is pretty simple,
this is the version off of the 3rd disc of the live box set.
numbers with V under them mean inhale, A means exhale.
6-7-7-8-8-7-6-6 8-8-7-8-7-6
V V A A V A A V A V A V A V
I am 99% sure this is accurate. any corrections/flames can be sent to
me at goland@student.umass.edu
I hope this helps, anyone else who plays the harmonica, send in music, most of it doesn't seem too hard to play!!!!
Glen Goland
