• Song:

    River

  • Artist:

    Joni Mitchell

  • Album:

    Songs of a Prairie Girl

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Notes:  For the bass notes, its best to play triads of "root-5th-octave" (for C chords,
C/G/C, for Am chords A/E/A, etc.) like in the recording.  

Also, I don't know the chords for the bridge, so you'll just have to make something up.

Intro:

C (x32010@1)        C/A	C/F (x4111x@5)        G (320003@1)
(Play "Jingles Bells" melody using the C chord)

	Dm/C (030231@1)             CIt's (x32010@1)coming on Christmas
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CThey're (x32010@1)cutting down trees
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CThey're (x32010@1)putting up reindeer
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)singing songs of joy and peace
	AmOh (x02210@1)I wish I had a river
	GI (320003@1)could skate away on
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CBut (x32010@1)it don't snow here
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CIt (x32010@1)stays pretty green
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CI'm (x32010@1)going to make a lot of money
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CThen (x32010@1)I'm going to quit this crazy scene
	AmI (x02210@1)wish I had a river
	GI (320003@1)could skate away on
	F (133211@1)      GI (320003@1)wish I had a river so long
	C (x32010@1)	    F (133211@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em   Dm (xx0231@1)
I would teach my feet to fly
	COh (x32010@1)I wish I had a river
	G (320003@1)FmI (133111@1)could skate away on
			CI (x32010@1)made my baby cry

	Dm/C (030231@1)             CHe (x32010@1)tried hard to help me
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CYou (x32010@1)know, he put me at ease
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)he loved me so naughty
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CMade (x32010@1)me weak in the knees
	AmOh (x02210@1)I wish I had a river
	GI (320003@1)could skate away on
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CI'm (x32010@1)so hard to handle
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CI'm (x32010@1)selfish and I'm sad
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CNow (x32010@1)I've gone and lost the best baby
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CThat (x32010@1)I ever had
	AmOh (x02210@1)I wish I had a river
	GI (320003@1)could skate away on
	Fm (133111@1)	GI (320003@1)wish I had a river so long
	C (x32010@1)	    F (133211@1) Em (022000@1) DmI (xx0231@1)would teach my feet to fly
	G (320003@1)FmOh (133111@1)I wish I had a river
			CI (x32010@1)made my baby say goodbye
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CIt's (x32010@1)coming on christmas
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CThey're (x32010@1)cutting down trees
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CThey're (x32010@1)putting up reindeer
	Dm/C (030231@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)singing songs of joy and peace
	AmI (x02210@1)wish I had a river
	GI (320003@1)could skate away on

Outro:

Play "Jingle Bells" Melody using the G chord

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