[Intro] C  G9  

[Primeira Parte]

      C
It's coming on Christmas

They're cutting down trees

They're putting up reindeer

And singing songs 

Of joy and peace
    Am
Oh, I wish I had a river 
          G9
I could skate away on
    C     
But it don't snow here

It stays pretty green

I'm gonna make a

Lot of money

Then I'm going to quit 
             Am
This crazy scene
                       
Oh, I wish I had a river 
          G9
I could skate away on

[Refrão]

   F         
I wish I had a 
          G
River so long
         C 
I would teach 
          F9/C   Am7/E  Dm7(9)
My feet to     fly------y
       C             
Oh, I wish I had a river 
          G        F7M(9)
I could skate away on

   F       G     C6(9)  (Am  G)
I made my baby cry

[Segunda Parte]

      C
He tried hard to help me

You know, he put me at ease

And he loved me so naughty

Made me weak in the knees
       Am
Oh, I wish I had a river 
           G
I could skate away on
C9              C        
I'm so hard to handle
C9                   C
I'm selfish and I'm sad
                   C9 
Now I've gone and lost 
          C
The best baby

That I ever had
   Am
I wish I had a river 
          G9
I could skate away on

[Refrão]

   F         
I wish I had a 
          G
River so long
         C 
I would teach 
          F9/C   Am7/E  Dm7(9)
My feet to     fly------y
       C             
Oh, I wish I had a river 
          G        F7M(9)
I could skate away on

   F       G            C6(9)  (Am  G)
I made my baby say goodbye

[Terceira Parte]
 
      C9          C
It's coming on Christmas
         C9            C
They're cutting down trees
         C9         C
They're putting up reindeer
     C9           
And singing songs 
    Am
Of joy and peace

Oh, I wish I had a river 
          G9
I could skate away on

( Dm4(7) )