{"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":1708854,"song":"The River","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1708854-the-river-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1708854?type=chord","rating":4.71555,"votes":203,"content":"[Intro]\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]C[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\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/F#[/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[Chorus]\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, oh, down to the river we'd ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\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]                                             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle, no flowers, no wedding dress[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat night we went 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, oh, down to the river we did ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Harmonica Solo] (verse chords)\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/F#[/ch]| [ch]Em[/ch]    |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]G[/ch]      | [ch]C[/ch]     | [ch]C[/ch]     |\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\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]                                                      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow, all them things that seemed so important, well 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[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I remember us riding in my brother's car, her body tan and wet down at the reservoir[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt night on them banks I'd lie awake, and pull her close just 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\nNow those memories come back to haunt me, they 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[Chorus]\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\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-oh, down to the river we ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro] (chorus chords to fade)\r\n| [ch]Em[/ch]   | [ch]C[/ch]    | [ch]D[/ch]    | [ch]G[/ch]    |\r\n| [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]    |\r\n| [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]    |\r\n| [ch]Em[/ch]   | [ch]C[/ch]    | [ch]D[/ch]    | [ch]C[/ch]    |","plain_text":"[Intro]\n| Em   | G    | D    | C    |\n| Em   | G    | C    | C    |\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Harmonica Solo] (verse chords)\n| Em    | G     | D      | C     |\n| Em    | G     | C      | G     |\n| C     | C     | G  D/F#| Em    |\n| Am    | Am    | G      | C     | C     |\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro] (chorus chords to fade)\n| Em   | C    | D    | G    |\n| Em   | C    | D    | C    |\n| Em   | C    | D    | G    |\n| Em   | C    | D    | C    |\n| Em   | C    | D    | G    |\n| Em   | C    | D    | C    |","chords":["Em","G","D","C","D/F#","Am"],"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]}}}