The River chords by Joni Mitchell

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Intro:

C                  |C         G/C  C   |Em7                |Em7             :
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C/F                |C/F                |Gsus4     G        |Gsus4     G     :
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Verse 1:
Csus2     C                  Csus2        C
Coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees
        Csus2
They're putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace
Am                 Asus2  Am                  G
Oh, I wish I had a ri     ver I could skate away on
    Csus2    C             Csus2        C
But it don't snow here, it stays pretty green
    Csus2
I'm gonna make a lot of money, then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene
  Am           Asus2 Am                G
I wish I had a ri    ver I could skate away on
  F                     G
I wish I had a river so long
        C                  F         C/E      Dmadd9
I would   teach my feet to fl -y -y -y -y -y -y -y
      C                  G                 Fmaj7
Oh, I wish I had a river   I could skate a way on  I made my baby

C                  |C                  |Am                 |Dm6/A     Am    :
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 cry

Gsus4     G        |Gsus4     G        :
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                                       He

Verse 2:
Csus2         C                     Csus2     C
tried hard to help me, you know, he put me at ease
       Csus2
And he loved me so naughty, made me weak in the knees
             Am                        G
Oh, I wish I had a ri-i-i-iver I could skate a way on
Csus2
     But I'm so hard to handle, I'm selfish and I'm sad
    Csus2
Now I've gone and lost the best baby that I ever had
      Am           Asus2   Am                     G
Oh, I wish I had a ri      ver I could skate away on
  F                     G
I wish I had a river so long
        Csus2
I would teach my feet to


F         C/E      |Dmadd9    G/D      |Dmadd9    G/D      |Dmadd9    G/D            :
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 fly-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-yy-y-y


Dm        C                   C/G G                 C/F        F
    Oh, I wish I had a river        I could skate a way on
               C
I made my baby say good

Csus2              |Csus2              |Am                 |Am   Em/A      Am|         :
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 bye

Gsus4     G        |Gsus4     G          :
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Finale:
Csus2     C                  Csus2        C
Coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees
        Csus2
They're putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace
Am                 Asus2  Am                      G
Oh, I wish I had a ri     ver I could ska-a-a-te awa-a-a-ay

 |G                  |G                  |G                  |G                |
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  ska-a-a-a-a-a-ate a wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-y on

 |G                  |G                  |G7                 |G7               |
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 |F                  |F    C/F  F        |F                  |F                |
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 |Am                 |Am   Em/A Am       |Am                 |Am               | Am
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