(words and music by Bruce Springsteen) {c:HARMONICA INTRO} [em] . . . . |[G] . . . . |[D] . . . . |[C] . . . . | [em] . . . . |[G] . . . . |[C] . . . . | . . . . | I [em]come from down in the [G]valley Where [D]mister when you're [C]young They [em]bring you up to [G]do [C]like your daddy [G]done Me and [C]Mary we met in high school When [G]she was just [D]seven[em]teen We'd [am]drive out of this valley down to [G]where the fields were [C]green We'd go [em]down to the [C]river And [D]into the river we'd [G]dive Oh [em]down to the [C]river we'd [D]ri[C]de Then [em]I got Mary [G]pregnant And [D]man that was all she [C]wrote And [em]for my nineteenth [G]birthday I got a union [C]card and a wedding [G]coat We [C]went down to the courthouse And the [G]judge put it [D]all to [em]rest No [am]wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle No [G]flowers, no wedding [C]dress That night we went [em]down to the [C]river And [D]into the river we'd [G]dive Oh [em]down to the [C]river we did [D]ri[C]de {c:HARMONICA BREAK} [em] . . . . |[G] . . . . |[D] . . . . |[C] . . . . | [em] . . . . |[G] . . . . |[C] . . . . |[G] . . . . | [C] . . . . | . . . . |[G] . . [D] . . |[em] . . . . | [am] . . . . | . . . . |[G] . . . . |[C] . . . . | I [em]got a job working con[G]struction for the [D]Johnstown Compa[C]ny But [em]lately there ain't been [G]much work on ac[C]count of the econo[G]my Now [C]all them things that seemed so important Well mister they [G]vanished right [D]into the [em]air Now I just [am]act like I don't remember Mary [G]acts like she don't [C]care But I re[em]member us riding in my [G]brother's car Her body [D]tan and wet down at the [C]reservoir At [em]night on them banks I'd [G]lie awake And pull her [C]close just to feel each [G]breath she'd take Now those [C]memories come back to haunt me They [G]haunt me [D]like a [em]curse Is a [am]dream a lie if it don't come true Or [G]is it something [C]worse, That sends me [em]down to the [C]river Though I [D]know the river is [G]dry That sends me [em]down to the [C]river to[D]ni[C]ght [em]Down to the [C]river My [D]baby and [G]I Oh [em]down to the [C]river we [D]ri[C]de {c:FADE OUT} [em] . . . . |[C] . . . . |[D] . . . . |[G] . . . . | [em] . . . . |[C] . . . . |[D] . . . . |[C] . . . . :| {st: 1979 Bruce Springsteen (ASCAP)} # {d:C 1 0 1 0 2 3 3} {d:D 1 2 3 2 0 0 -1} {d:G 1 3 0 0 0 2 3} {d:am 1 0 1 2 2 0 0} {d:em 1 0 0 0 2 2 0}