River Chords by Ben Platt

River chords by Ben Platt

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
|G  |G  |Em  |Em  |C  |C  |D  |D  |


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

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


Chorus:
      C                          D
Oh, I wish I had a river so long
       G                 C  C/B  Am
I would teach my feet to fly
      G                 D               G
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
  C             G     Em   D
I made my baby cry


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


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


Chorus:
      C                          D
Oh, I wish I had a river so long
       G                 C  C/B  Am
I would teach my feet to fly
      G                 D               G
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
  C                  G     Em   D
I made my baby say goodbye


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


Outro:
|D  |D  |D  |D  |D  |D  |
|C  |C  |C  |C  |
|Am/G |Am/G |Am/G |Am/G |Am/G |Am/G |Am/G |

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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