I wanted a neater version of this to print off, having tidied it up I thought I'd post it.
I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young
They bring you up to do, like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school, when she was just seventeen
We'd drive out of this valley, down to where the fields were green
We'd go down to the river, and into the river we'd dive
Oh, oh, down to the river we'd ride
Then I got Mary pregnant, and man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday, I got a union card, and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse, and the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle, no flowers, no wedding dress
That night we went down to the river and into the river we'd dive
Oh, oh, down to the river we did ride
HARMONICA SOLO (verse chords):
I got a job working construction, for the Johnstown company
But lately there ain't been much work, on account of the economy
Now, all them things that seemed so important, well, mister they vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care
But I remember us riding in my brother's car, her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake, and pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
Now those memories come back to haunt me, they haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse
That sends me down to the river, though I know the river is dry
That sends me down to the river tonight
Down to the river, my baby and I
oh, oh, down to the river we ride
ENDING (chorus chords to fade):