Joni Mitchell – River chords ver. 2

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River chords (for the acoustic guitar)
Joni Mitchell  1971

Piano intro

C Am  C Am  C Am  G

     F         CIt's coming on Christmas 
        F            CThey're cutting down trees 
        F          CThey're putting up reindeer 
                     F       CAnd singing songs of joy and peace 
      Am                         GOh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
 
    F        CBut it don't snow here 
   F            CIt stays pretty green 
             F             CI'm going to make a lot of money 
                            F     CThen I'm going to quit this crazy scene 
      Am                         GOh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on 

  F                     GI wish I had a river so long 
        C                F Am Dm   Dm7I would teach my feet to fly       wooh . .
  C            F             G          CI wish I had a river I could skate away on 
C         G    CI made my baby cry

piano break

   F             CHe tried hard to help me 
             F         CYou know, he put me at ease 
       F           CAnd he loved me so naughty 
        F           CMade me weak in the knees 
      Am                         GOh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on 

    F          CI'm so hard to handle 
    F               CI'm selfish and I'm sad 
         F                 CNow I've gone and lost the best baby 
     F      CThat I ever had 
      Am                         GOh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on 

  F                     GI wish I had a river so long 
        C                F Am Dm   Dm7I would teach my feet to fly       wooh . .
  C            F             G          CI wish I had a river I could skate away on 
C         G            CI made my baby say goodby

     F         CIt's coming on Christmas 
        F            CThey're cutting down trees 
        F          CThey're putting up reindeer 
                     F       CAnd singing songs of joy and peace 
      Am                         GOh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on


C Am  C Am  C Am  Am

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