The River

Accordi The River

Intro:
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I come from down in the valley
      
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where mister, when you're young
     
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They bring you up to do...
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like your daddy done
       
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Me and Mary we met in high school
     
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when she was just seven--teen
     
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We'd drive out of this valley
        
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down to where the fields were green

        
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We'd go down to the river
    
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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
    
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and man, that was all she wrote
    
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And for my 19th birthday
              
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I got a union card and a wedding coat
   
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We went down to the courthouse
        
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and the judge put it all to  rest
   
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No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
   
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No flowers, no wedding dress

                   
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That night we went down to the river
    
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And into the river we'd dive
   
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Oh down to the river we did ride..

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I got a job working construction
        
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for the Johnstown Company
    
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But lately there ain't been much work
     
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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
     
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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
     
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each breath she'd take
          
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Now those memories come back to haunt me
     
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They haunt me like a  curse
     
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Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
   
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or is it something worse

              
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That sends me down to the river
         
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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
   
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Oh down to the river we ride.... Ooh..

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