{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1774155,"song":"The River","artist":"The Clarks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11387917-the-river-chords-by-the-clarks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1774155?type=chord","rating":4.77423,"votes":16,"content":"The Clarks\r\nThe River\r\n*Appears on the album Light of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen*\r\n*Originally written by Bruce Springsteen*\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI come from down in the valley[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere mister when you're young[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey bring you up to do, Like your daddy done[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMe and Mary we met in high school,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe was just seventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'd drive out of this valley[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown to where the fields were green[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd go down to the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd into the river we'd dive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh down to the river we'd ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen I got Mary pregnant and man that was all she wrote[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo flowers no wedding dress[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd go down to the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd into the river we'd dive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh down to the river we'd ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Guitar Solo]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch] \r\nNow all those things that seemed so important[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell they just vanished in the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I remember us riding in my brother's car[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHer body tan and wet down by the reservoir[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt night on them banks I'd lie awake[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd pull her close to feel each breath she'd take[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThose memories come back to haunt me, well they haunt me like a curse[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIs a dream a lie if it don't come true[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr is it something worse[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd We'd go down to the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd into the river we'd dive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh down to the river we'd ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown to the river my baby and I[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh down to the river we'd ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] x2 \r\nYeah Yeah Yeah the river we'd ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCharted by Joshua Ballas","plain_text":"The Clarks\nThe River\n*Appears on the album Light of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen*\n*Originally written by Bruce Springsteen*\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nEm   G   D   C   Am   G   C\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Guitar Solo]\n\nEm   G   D   C\nEm   G   C   G\nC        G  D/F#  Em\nAm       G   C\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharted by Joshua Ballas","chords":["A","Em","G","D","C","Am","D/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}