********************** 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)
  (E)
My 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)
   (B)
We buried Laurie Mabrey
        (A)                       (E)
In the clothes that she'd been wearin'
     (B)                         (A)
Her cheerleader outfit never looked
            (E)
So out of place
       (B)                  
That sweater and that pleated skirt
    (A)                   (E)
Of blue and white and crimson
      (D)                      (A)           (B)
Just didn't belong in that shiny silver case


(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)                 (E)
Gave my soul to Jesus
(B)
How can such a peaceful place
    (A)                   (E)
Be filled with so much pain
     (B)
Cause two young mothers lost their daughters
 (A)                   (E)
Right there for no reason
    (D)              (A)              (B)
I swear I'll never go down there again


(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