RIVER - Joni Mitchell (capo 5h for JM version, capo 2nd for Travis version)

- adapted by Anton Frank

   
(adjust melody

    (
 of Jingle Bel


ls, as I play 

   
it on the guit

ar, I use thre

e top 
strings, it’s pretty easy to pick it out)

             
It's coming on

             
 Christmas, th

             
ey're cutting 

     
down trees
             
They're puttin

             
g up reindeer 

             
and singing so

              
ngs of joy and

  
 peace
            
Oh I wish I ha

              
d a river I co

             
uld skate away

    
 on
            
But it don't s

             
now here, it s

           
tays pretty gr

een
             
I'm going to m

             
ake alot of mo

              
ney then I'm g

             
oing to quit t

          
his crazy scen

e
            
Oh I wish I ha

              
d a river I co

             
uld skate away

     
 on

             
Oh I wish I ha

              
d a river so l


ong
             
I would teach 

            
my feet to fly
             
Oh I wish I ha

             
d a river I co

            
uld skate away

 on
              
I made my baby

      
 cry

He tried hard to help me, he put me at ease
Lord he loved me so naughty made me weak in the knees
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
I'm so hard to handle, I'm selfish and I'm sad
Now I've gone and lost the best baby that I ever had
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

Oh I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I made my baby say goodbye

It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river I could skate away on 

(in the ending she plays with , , )