River - Joni Mitchell

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River chords (for the acoustic guitar)
Joni Mitchell  1971

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_(Joni_Mitchell_song)

[Intro (with piano)]

   

[Verse 1]

             
It's coming on

 
 Christmas
             
They're cuttin

       
g down trees
             
They're puttin

     
g up reindeer
             
And singing so

      
ngs of joy and

 peace
            
Oh, I wish I h

              
ad a river I c

            
ould skate awa

y on

[Verse 2]

            
But it don't s

now here
             
It stays prett

  
y green
             
I'm going to m

             
ake a lot of m

oney
              
Then I'm going

             
 to quit this 


crazy scene
            
Oh, I wish I h

              
ad a river I c

            
ould skate awa

y on

[Chorus 1]

             
I wish I had a

          
 river so long
             
I would teach 

             
my feet to fly

       
----       woo

h . .
             
I wish I had a

             
 river I could

            
 skate away on
            
I made my baby

 
 cry

[Interlude]

  

[Verse 3]

             
He tried hard 

   
to help me
             
You know, he p

         
ut me at ease
             
And he loved m

     
e so naughty
             
Made me weak i

      
n the knees
            
Oh, I wish I h

              
ad a river I c

            
ould skate awa

y on

[Verse 4]

             
I'm so hard to

 
 handle
             
I'm selfish an

      
d I'm sad
              
Now I've gone 

             
and lost the b

    
est baby
           
That I ever ha

d
            
Oh, I wish I h

              
ad a river I c

            
ould skate awa

y on

[Chorus 2]

             
I wish I had a

          
 river so long
             
I would teach 

             
my feet to fly

       
----       who

a
             
I wish I had a

             
 river I could

            
 skate away on
            
I made my baby

 
 say goodbye

[Interlude]

  

[Verse 1, repeated]

             
It's coming on

 
 Christmas
             
They're cuttin

       
g down trees
             
They're puttin

     
g up reindeer
             
And singing so

      
ngs of joy and

 peace
            
Oh, I wish I h

              
ad a river I c

            
ould skate awa

y on

[Outro]

  

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