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 G] . . . . |[D D] . . . . |[C C] . . . . |
[em] . . . . |[G G] . . . . |[C C] . . . . | . . . . |

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

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

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

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

{c:HARMONICA BREAK}
[em] . . . . |[G G] . . . . |[D D] . . . . |[C C] . . . . |
[em] . . . . |[G G] . . . . |[C C] . . . . |[G G] . . . . |
[C C] . . . . | . . . . |[G G] . . [D D] . . |[em] . . . . |
[am] . . . . | . . . . |[G G] . . . . |[C C] . . . . |

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

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

{c:FADE OUT}
[em] . . . . |[C C] . . . . |[D D] . . . . |[G G] . . . . |
[em] . . . . |[C C] . . . . |[D D] . . . . |[C C] . . . . :|

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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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About this song: The River

year: 1981 "The River" became a centerpiece of shows on some Springsteen tours. On the 'Born in the U.S.A.' tour, it was often preceded by a long, intense story from Springsteen about his battles with his father growing up, that would sometimes conclude in a good ending and sometimes not; the silence after the story would then be interrupted by the start of the harmonica part.

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