SPRINGSTEEN BRUCE - "The River" Tablature
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This is the way it is played on "The River" album. During the verses you should pick the chords with basic pattern of bass-bass-1-3-2-1. In the chorus and bridge, you should be strumming with a down-down-up-up-down-up pattern. INTRO Em G D Cadd9 Em G C.... VERSE 1 Em G D Cadd9 I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young Em G C G They bring you up to do like your daddy done C G G/F# Em Me and Mary we met in high school, when she was just seventeen Am G C We'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green CHORUS Em C D G We'd go down to the river, And into the river we'd dive Em C D Cadd9 Oh down to the river we'd ride VERSE 2 Em G D Cadd9 Then I got Mary pregnant, And man that was all she wrote Em G C G And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat C G G/F# Em We went down to the courthouse, And the judge put it all to rest Am G C No wedding day smiles no walk down in the aisle, No flowers no wedding dress CHORUS Em C D G That night we went down to the river, And into the river we'd dive Em C D Cadd9 On down to the river we did ride HARMONICA SOLO (repeat verse structure) VERSE 3 Em G D Cadd9 I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company Em G C G But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy C Now all them things that seemed so important G G/F# Em Well mister they vanished right into the air Am G C Now I just act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care BRIDGE Em G But I remember us riding in my brother's car D C Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir Em G At night on them banks I'd lie awake C G And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take C G G/F# Em Now those memories come back to haunt me, They haunt me like a curse Am D G Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, Or is it something worse that sends me CHORUS Em F G C Down to the river though I know the river is dry, Em F G That sends me down to the river tonight Em C D G Em C D Cadd9 Down to the river, My baby and I, Oh down the river we'd ride Em C D G Em C D Cadd9 oh oh oh oh oh oh Chords EADGBE Em 022000 G 320003 D XX0323 Cadd9 X32030 G/F# 220003 Am X02210
This is the way it is played on "The River" album. During the verses you should pick the chords with basic pattern of bass-bass-1-3-2-1. In the chorus and bridge, you should be strumming with a down-down-up-up-down-up pattern. INTRO Em G D Cadd9 Em G C.... VERSE 1 Em G D Cadd9 I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young Em G C G They bring you up to do like your daddy done C G G/F# Em Me and Mary we met in high school, when she was just seventeen Am G C We'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green CHORUS Em C D G We'd go down to the river, And into the river we'd dive Em C D Cadd9 Oh down to the river we'd ride VERSE 2 Em G D Cadd9 Then I got Mary pregnant, And man that was all she wrote Em G C G And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat C G G/F# Em We went down to the courthouse, And the judge put it all to rest Am G C No wedding day smiles no walk down in the aisle, No flowers no wedding dress CHORUS Em C D G That night we went down to the river, And into the river we'd dive Em C D Cadd9 On down to the river we did ride HARMONICA SOLO (repeat verse structure) VERSE 3 Em G D Cadd9 I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company Em G C G But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy C Now all them things that seemed so important G G/F# Em Well mister they vanished right into the air Am G C Now I just act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care BRIDGE Em G But I remember us riding in my brother's car D C Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir Em G At night on them banks I'd lie awake C G And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take C G G/F# Em Now those memories come back to haunt me, They haunt me like a curse Am D G Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, Or is it something worse that sends me CHORUS Em F G C Down to the river though I know the river is dry, Em F G That sends me down to the river tonight Em C D G Em C D Cadd9 Down to the river, My baby and I, Oh down the river we'd ride Em C D G Em C D Cadd9 oh oh oh oh oh oh Chords EADGBE Em 022000 G 320003 D XX0323 Cadd9 X32030 G/F# 220003 Am X02210
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