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[Verse 1]
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It's coming on Christmas
        C
They're cutting down trees
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They're putting up reindeer
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And singing songs of joy and peace
      Am                                G
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
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But it don't snow here
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It stays pretty green
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I'm gonna make a lot of money
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Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
      Am                                G
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on


[Chorus]
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I wish I had a river so long
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I would   teach my feet to   fly
      C                  G                F
Oh, I wish I had a river   I could skate away on
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I made my baby cry


[Interlude]
C   Am   G


[Verse 2]
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He tried hard to help me
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You know, he put me at ease
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And he loved me so naughty
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Made me so weak in the knees
      Am                                G
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
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  I'm so hard to handle
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  I'm selfish and I'm sad
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Now I've gone and lost the best baby
     C
That I ever had
      Am                                G
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on


[Chorus]
      F                     G
Oh, I wish I had a river so long
        C                  F  Em  Dm  D  Dm
I would   teach my feet to   fly
      C                  G                F
Oh, I wish I had a river   I could skate away on
               C
I made my baby say goodbye


[Interlude]
C   Am   G


[Outro]
     C
It's coming on Christmas
        C
They're cutting down trees
        C
They're putting up reindeer
            C
And singing songs of joy and peace
      Am                              G
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
Dm