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River chords (for the acoustic guitar)
Joni Mitchell  1971

Piano intro

CAm  CAm  CAm  G (320003@1)F (133211@1)       CIt's (x32010@1)coming on Christmas 
        F (133211@1)          CThey're (x32010@1)cutting down trees 
        F (133211@1)        CThey're (x32010@1)putting up reindeer 
                     F (133211@1)     CAnd (x32010@1)singing songs of joy and peace 
      Am (x02210@1)                       GOh, (320003@1)I wish I had a river I could skate away on
 
    F (133211@1)      CBut (x32010@1)it don't snow here 
   F (133211@1)          CIt (x32010@1)stays pretty green 
             F (133211@1)           CI'm (x32010@1)going to make a lot of money 
                            F (133211@1)   CThen (x32010@1)I'm going to quit this crazy scene 
      Am (x02210@1)                       GOh, (320003@1)I wish I had a river I could skate away on

F (133211@1)                   GI (320003@1)wish I had a river so long 
        C (x32010@1)              FAm Dm (xx0231@1) Dm7
I would teach my feet to fly       wooh . .
  C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)        CI (x32010@1)wish I had a river I could skate away on 
C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)  CI (x32010@1)made my baby cry

piano break

F (133211@1)           CHe (x32010@1)tried hard to help me 
             F (133211@1)       CYou (x32010@1)know, he put me at ease 
       F (133211@1)         CAnd (x32010@1)he loved me so naughty 
        F (133211@1)         CMade (x32010@1)me weak in the knees 
      Am (x02210@1)                       GOh, (320003@1)I wish I had a river I could skate away on

F (133211@1)        CI'm (x32010@1)so hard to handle 
    F (133211@1)             CI'm (x32010@1)selfish and I'm sad 
         F (133211@1)               CNow (x32010@1)I've gone and lost the best baby 
     F (133211@1)    CThat (x32010@1)I ever had 
      Am (x02210@1)                       GOh, (320003@1)I wish I had a river I could skate away on

F (133211@1)                   GI (320003@1)wish I had a river so long 
        C (x32010@1)              FAm Dm (xx0231@1) Dm7
I would teach my feet to fly       wooh . .
  C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)        CI (x32010@1)wish I had a river I could skate away on 
C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)          CI (x32010@1)made my baby say goodby

F (133211@1)       CIt's (x32010@1)coming on Christmas 
        F (133211@1)          CThey're (x32010@1)cutting down trees 
        F (133211@1)        CThey're (x32010@1)putting up reindeer 
                     F (133211@1)     CAnd (x32010@1)singing songs of joy and peace 
      Am (x02210@1)                       GOh, (320003@1)I wish I had a river I could skate away on

CAm  CAm  CAm  Am (x02210@1)Set8