Chord/Tab song: The River

NOTE
The chords during the verses are muffled which
brings out the nice tone of the (E11,1) (no7) chord
which in simple terms is an "E" chord picking up
your "second" finger and placing it on the first
string second fret ((F#)) also note the rhythm pattern
NOTE

Intro - (E11,1) (no7) - (E) 4x's

(verse 1)
[(E)]On a Friday night where I grew up
(E11,1) (no7) (E)
There ain't a whole lot you can do

The same ole' faces the same ole' places
(E11,1) (no7) (E)
Ain't nothin' ever new

After the football game we'd hang around
(E11,1) (no7) (E)
The high school parking lot

Then we'd pile into a couple of cars
(E11,1) (no7) (E)
And head off to our favorite spot


(chorus)
[(F#m)] [(C#m)] [(A)]

Down to the river---------er

(E11,1) (no7) - (E) 2x's
We went to the river


(verse 2)
My[(E)] Sophomore year was a carbon copy
(E11,1) (no7) (E)
Of the ones that came before

Til a night in late November
(E11,1) (no7) (E)
That shook us all down to the core

We'd won the game by twenty points
(E11,1) (no7) (E)
Couldn't wait to celebrate

But our lead car was goin' way too fast
(E11,1) (no7) (E)
They never even hit the breaks


(chorus)
[(F#m)] [(C#m)] [(A)]

They went into the river---------er

(E11,1) (no7) - (E) 2x's
Deep in the river


(bridge)
We [(B)]buried Laurie Mabrey
In the c[(A)]lothes that she'd been wea[(E)]rin'
Her c[(B)]heerleader outfit never look[(A)]ed
So out of pl[(E)]ace
That sw[(B)]eater and that pleated skirt
Of b[(A)]lue and white and crim[(E)]son
Just d[(D)]idn't belong in that shin[(A)]y silver case[(B)]

(verse 3)
I moved here to Nashville
On May 12th '89
And I started gettin' letters once a week
From this friend of mine
I'd gone to school with Christine Thuro
From kindergarten on
She'd say hang in there 'cause
I just know you're gonna be a star
She and her boyfriend and a couple of kids
I guess she met through him
Set out for the Marais Des Cygne
To try to cool off by takin' a swim
There'd been a lot of rain that summer
And the current was too strong
I heard that they did all they could
But Christine she was gone


(chorus)
[(F#m)] [(C#m)] [(A)]

They went into the river---------er

(E11,1) (no7) - (E) 2x's
She died there in the river


(bridge)
[(B)]I was baptized in that same water
[(A)]Gave my soul to Jesu[(E)]s
[(B)]How can such a peaceful place
Be f[(A)]illed with so much pai[(E)]n
Cause[(B)] two young mothers lost their daughters
R[(A)]ight there for no reas[(E)]on
I sw[(D)]ear I'll never go[(A)] down there again[(B)]

(chorus)
[(F#m)] [(C#m)] [(A)]

Back to the river---------er

(E11,1) (no7) - (E) 2x's
That mean ole' river
[(F#m)] [(C#m)] [(A)]

That beautiful river---------er

(E11,1) (no7) - (E) 2x's
That damn ole' river
(E11,1) (no7) - (E) 2x's
That damn ole' river