River

C    G       C    G        C   

 G        Em

[Verse 1]
     C         G                  
It's coming on Christmas, they're 
C            G
cutting down trees,
C                    G           
  they're putting up reindeer and
         G                G
 singing songs of joy and peace.
      Em                 Em       
Oh, I wish I had a river   I could
        D           D
 skate away on.

[Verse 2]
    C        G          C    
But it don't snow here,   stays 
          G
pretty green.
          C               G       
I'm gonna   make a lot of money 
                     G          
and and then I'm gonna quit this 
     G
crazy scene.
      Em                 Em       
Oh, I wish I had a river   I could
        D           D
 skate away on.

[Chorus]
  C                     D
I wish I had a river so long,
        G          G/B     C     
I would   teach my feet to fly.
G/B           Am        Am

      G                  D        
Oh, I wish I had a river   I could
        C          C
 skate away on.

Continues after the ad
Remove ads
[Interlude]
  C            G        G        
I made my baby cry.
Em        Em        D        D


[Verse 3]
C                  G           C
  He tried hard to help me. He 
         G
put me at ease.
C                      G         
  Lord, he loved me so naughty, 
       G           G
made me weak in the knees.
      Em                 Em       
Oh, I wish I had a river   I could
        D           D
 skate away on.

[Verse 4]
    C          G           C     
I'm so hard to handle, I'm 
          G
selfish and I'm sad.
               C                   
Now, I've gone   and lost the best 
G              G               G
baby that I've   ever had.
      Em                 Em       
Oh, I wish I had a river   I could
        D           D
 skate away on.

[Chorus]
  C                     D
I wish I had a river so long,
        G          G/B     C     
I would   teach my feet to fly.
G/B       Am        Am

      G                  D        
Oh, I wish I had a river   I could
        C          C
 skate away on.

[Interlude]
  C                    G         
I made my baby say goodbye,
G         Em        Em

    D        D         C         C*
say goodbye.

[Verse 5]
     C         G          C      
It's coming on Christmas,   
                G
they're cutting down trees,
C                  G         
they're putting up reindeer and 
           G                G
singing songs of joy and peace,
  Em                 Em           
I wish I had a river   I could 
    D     D  D        D
skate away on,   away on.

[Other]
C      C      D      D
C      C      D      D*
     C         G         C       
It's coming on Christmas.
    G*