{"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":344754,"song":"The River","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11554681-the-river-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/344754?type=chord","rating":4.90047,"votes":4702,"content":"The River\r\nBruce Springsteen\r\nTabbed by Steini\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]  [ch]C[/ch] \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|--------------------------------------------|\r\nB|--------------12-10-8------12-10-8-10-------|\r\nG|-9--8-9-11-12---------8b--------------8b----|\r\nD|--------------------------------------------|\r\nA|--------------------------------------------|\r\nE|--------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI come from down in the valley   Where 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]                                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMe and Mary we met in high school  When she was just seventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd drive out of this valley down to where the fields were green[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe'd go down to the river And into the river we'd dive[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [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] \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 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/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]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat night we went 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]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh down to the river we did ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n\r\n(backing chords for the solo are the same as the verses)\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]C[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch]  |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]  | [ch]Am[/ch]  | [ch]G[/ch]   | [ch]C[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-------------------------------------10-10--12--10-12-10--12--10-12-10-------------------|\r\nB|--------------12-10-8------12--12-12------------------------------------12--12-10-8------|\r\nG|-9--8-9-11-12---------8b------------------------------------------------------------8b---|\r\nD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|------------------------------------7----------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|-12--10----10---8-10-8-----------------7-------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|-----------------------8b------7----------8b---------------------------------------------|\r\nD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\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 them things that seemed so important[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell mister they vanished right into the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow I just act like I don't remember   Mary acts like she don't care[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I remember us riding in my brother's car   Her body tan and wet down at[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe reservoir    At night on them banks I'd lie awake[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow those memories come back to haunt me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey haunt me like a curse[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs a dream a lie if it don't come true    Or is it something worse[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat sends me down to the river   Though I know the river is dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat sends me down to the river tonight[/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]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh down to the river we ride     Ooh...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n*************************\r\n\r\n| b  Bend\r\n\r\n*************************","plain_text":"The River\nBruce Springsteen\nTabbed by Steini\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nEm  G  D  C  Am  G  C  C \n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n\n(backing chords for the solo are the same as the verses)\n| Em  | G   | D   | C   |\n| Em  | G   | C   | G   |\n| C   | C   | G D | Em  |\n| Am  | Am  | G   | C   |\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nEm  C  D  G   Em  C  D  C\nEm  C  D  G   Em  C  D  C\n\n\n*************************\n\n| b  Bend\n\n*************************","chords":["Em","G","D","C","Am","B","A","E"],"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]}}}