Joni Mitchell - River

[intro]
C  Am  C  Am  C  Am  G

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

[chorus]
  F                     G
I wish I had a river so long
        C                F Am Dm   Dm7
I would teach my feet to fly       wooh
  C            F             G          C
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
C         G    C
I made my baby cry

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

[chorus]
  F                     G
I wish I had a river so long
        C                F Am Dm   Dm7
I would teach my feet to fly       wooh
  C            F             G          C
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
C         G            C
I made my baby say goodbye

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

[outro]
G  F  Dm
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