The River Uke tab by Bruce Springsteen (Baritone Chords)

3 Chords used in the song: G, D, C

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Album: 
Year:  1980
Difficulty: 
3
(Beginner)
Key: G, EmChords
{c:HARMONICA INTRO}
[em] . . . . |[G baritone chordG] . . . . |[D baritone chordD] . . . . |[C baritone chordC] . . . . |
[em] . . . . |[G baritone chordG] . . . . |[C baritone chordC] . . . . | . . . . |

I [em]come from down in the [G baritone chordG]valley
Where [D baritone chordD]mister when you're [C baritone chordC]young
They [em]bring you up to [G baritone chordG]do [C baritone chordC]like your daddy [G baritone chordG]done
Me and [C baritone chordC]Mary we met in high school
When [G baritone chordG]she was just [D baritone chordD]seven[em]teen
We'd [am]drive out of this valley down to [G baritone chordG]where the fields were [C baritone chordC]green

We'd go [em]down to the [C baritone chordC]river
And [D baritone chordD]into the river we'd [G baritone chordG]dive
Oh [em]down to the [C baritone chordC]river we'd [D baritone chordD]ri[C baritone chordC]de

Then [em]I got Mary [G baritone chordG]pregnant
And [D baritone chordD]man that was all she [C baritone chordC]wrote
And [em]for my nineteenth [G baritone chordG]birthday I got a union [C baritone chordC]card and a wedding [G baritone chordG]coat
We [C baritone chordC]went down to the courthouse
And the [G baritone chordG]judge put it [D baritone chordD]all to [em]rest
No [am]wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
No [G baritone chordG]flowers, no wedding [C baritone chordC]dress

That night we went [em]down to the [C baritone chordC]river
And [D baritone chordD]into the river we'd [G baritone chordG]dive
Oh [em]down to the [C baritone chordC]river we did [D baritone chordD]ri[C baritone chordC]de

{c:HARMONICA BREAK}
[em] . . . . |[G baritone chordG] . . . . |[D baritone chordD] . . . . |[C baritone chordC] . . . . |
[em] . . . . |[G baritone chordG] . . . . |[C baritone chordC] . . . . |[G baritone chordG] . . . . |
[C baritone chordC] . . . . | . . . . |[G baritone chordG] . . [D baritone chordD] . . |[em] . . . . |
[am] . . . . | . . . . |[G baritone chordG] . . . . |[C baritone chordC] . . . . |

I [em]got a job working con[G baritone chordG]struction for the [D baritone chordD]Johnstown Compa[C baritone chordC]ny
But [em]lately there ain't been [G baritone chordG]much work on ac[C baritone chordC]count of the econo[G baritone chordG]my
Now [C baritone chordC]all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they [G baritone chordG]vanished right [D baritone chordD]into the [em]air
Now I just [am]act like I don't remember
Mary [G baritone chordG]acts like she don't [C baritone chordC]care

But I re[em]member us riding in my [G baritone chordG]brother's car
Her body [D baritone chordD]tan and wet down at the [C baritone chordC]reservoir
At [em]night on them banks I'd [G baritone chordG]lie awake
And pull her [C baritone chordC]close just to feel each [G baritone chordG]breath she'd take
Now those [C baritone chordC]memories come back to haunt me
They [G baritone chordG]haunt me [D baritone chordD]like a [em]curse
Is a [am]dream a lie if it don't come true
Or [G baritone chordG]is it something [C baritone chordC]worse,
That sends me [em]down to the [C baritone chordC]river
Though I [D baritone chordD]know the river is [G baritone chordG]dry
That sends me [em]down to the [C baritone chordC]river to[D baritone chordD]ni[C baritone chordC]ght
[em]Down to the [C baritone chordC]river
My [D baritone chordD]baby and [G baritone chordG]I
Oh [em]down to the [C baritone chordC]river we [D baritone chordD]ri[C baritone chordC]de

{c:FADE OUT}
[em] . . . . |[C baritone chordC] . . . . |[D baritone chordD] . . . . |[G baritone chordG] . . . . |
[em] . . . . |[C baritone chordC] . . . . |[D baritone chordD] . . . . |[C baritone chordC] . . . . :|

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Good song. :)
'would maybe play CMaj7 instead of C, seems "cleaner" to me. But I'm quite fussy about it perhaps ! ;)
Thanks for this tab. :D
30 Apr 2019
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