River chords by Ben Platt

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
|G+G |G+G |E minorEm |E minorEm |C majorC |C majorC |D MajorD |D MajorD |


Verse 1:
   Am/GAm/G   G+G
It's coming on Christmas
    Am/GAm/G      G+G
They're cutting down trees
    Am/GAm/G    G+G
They're putting up reindeer
      Am/GAm/G       G+G
And singing songs of joy and peace
   E minorEm                D MajorD
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

Verse 2:
  Am/GAm/G   G+G
But it don't snow here
  Am/GAm/G     G+G
It stays pretty green
      Am/GAm/G     G+G
I'm gonna make a lot of money
        Am/GAm/G      G+G
Then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene
   E minorEm                D MajorD
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on


Chorus:
   C majorC             D MajorD
Oh, I wish I had a river so long
    G+G         C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
I would teach my feet to fly
   G+G         D MajorD        G+G
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
 C majorC       G+G   E minorEm  D MajorD
I made my baby cry


Verse 3:
  Am/GAm/G     G+G
He tried hard to help me
       Am/GAm/G    G+G
You know, he put me at ease
    Am/GAm/G     G+G
And he loved me so naughty
    Am/GAm/G     G+G
Made me weak in the knees
   E minorEm                D MajorD
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

Verse 4:
  Am/GAm/G     G+G
I'm so hard to handle
   Am/GAm/G      G+G
I'm selfish and I'm sad
     Am/GAm/G          G+G
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
   Am/GAm/G  G+G
That I ever had
    E minorEm                D MajorD
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on


Chorus:
   C majorC             D MajorD
Oh, I wish I had a river so long
    G+G         C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
I would teach my feet to fly
   G+G         D MajorD        G+G
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
 C majorC         G+G   E minorEm  D MajorD
I made my baby say goodbye


Verse 5:
   Am/GAm/G    G+G
It's coming on Christmas
     Am/GAm/G     G+G
They're cutting down trees
     Am/GAm/G    G+G
They're putting up reindeer
       Am/GAm/G      G+G
And singing songs of joy and peace
   E minorEm                D MajorD
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on


Outro:
|D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |
|C majorC |C majorC |C majorC |C majorC |
|Am/GAm/G |Am/GAm/G |Am/GAm/G |Am/GAm/G |Am/GAm/G |Am/GAm/G |Am/GAm/G |