The River Chords

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I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young 
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They bring you up to do like your daddy done 
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Me and Mary we met in high school, when she was just seventeen 
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We'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green 
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We'd go down to the river, And into the river we'd dive 
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Oh down to the river we'd ride 
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Then I got Mary pregnant, And man that was all she wrote 
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And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat 
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We went down to the courthouse, And the judge put it all to rest 
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No wedding day smiles no walk down in the aisle, No flowers no wedding dress 
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That night we went down to the river, And into the river we'd dive 
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On down to the river we did ride 
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I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company 
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But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy 
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Now all them things that seemed so important 
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Well mister they vanished right into the air 
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Now I just act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care 
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But I remember us riding in my brother's car 
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Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir 
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At night on them banks I'd lie awake 
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And pull her close just to feel each other breath she'd take 
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Now those memories come back to haunt me, They haunt me like a curse 
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Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, Or is it something worse that sends me 
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Down to the river though I know the river is dry 
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That sends me down to the river tonight 
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Down to the river, My baby and I, Oh down the river we'd ride 
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