Capo 2nd fret
Standard (EADGBE)
Down to the river, lets go
Down to the river, lets go
Down to the river, going
Down and we're out from the days we were born
Come down here with broken hearts and our emotions torn
Off the beaten path to our old stomping grounds
As long as we've been growing up we've been coming
Down to the river, lets go
Down to the river, lets go
Down to the river, going
Down Mackinac, yeah we will have some fun
Get your daddy's old guitar and get your daddy's gun
Big brother will buy the beer, we'll shed a couple rounds
Stack up all the emptiness and then we'll knock them
Down to the river, lets go
Down to the river, lets go
Down to the river, going
Down on our luck and up comes the cost
Everything we do and done and all that we have lost
Empty out our pockets just to get around
The rich they keep on rising while the poor keep falling
Down to the river, lets go
Down to the river, lets go
Down to the river, going
Down go the faces of another dad and mom,
Down goes another soldier to a roadside bomb
I read it in the paper and on the faces of our town
Tomorrow we go to Pekin Illinois to lay him
Down to the river, lets go
Down to the river, lets go
Down to the river, going
Down