River chords by Nashville Cast

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
C majorC  G+G    C majorC  G+G    C majorC  G+G    E minorEm


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

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

Chorus:
 C majorC           D MajorD
I wish I had a river so long,
    G+G     G/BG/B   C majorC   G/BG/B      A minorAm    A minorAm
I would  teach my feet to fly.
   G+G         D MajorD        C majorC     C majorC
Oh, I wish I had a river  I could skate away on.

Interlude:
 C majorC      G+G    G+G    E minorEm    E minorEm    D MajorD    D MajorD
I made my baby cry.

Verse 3:
C majorC         G+G      C majorC     G+G
 He tried hard to help me. He put me at ease.
C majorC           G+G        G+G      G+G
 Lord, he loved me so naughty, made me weak in the knees.
   E minorEm         E minorEm        D MajorD      D MajorD
Oh, I wish I had a river  I could skate away on.

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

Chorus:
 C majorC           D MajorD
I wish I had a river so long,
    G+G     G/BG/B   C majorC   G/BG/B    A minorAm    A minorAm
I would  teach my feet to fly.
   G+G         D MajorD        C majorC     C majorC
Oh, I wish I had a river  I could skate away on.

Interlude:
 C majorC          G+G     G+G     E minorEm    E minorEm
I made my baby say goodbye,
  D MajorD    D MajorD     C majorC     C*
say goodbye.

Verse 5:
   C majorC     G+G     C majorC           G+G
It's coming on Christmas,  they're cutting down trees,
C majorC         G+G          G+G        G+G
they're putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace,
 E minorEm         E minorEm        D MajorD   D MajorD D MajorD    D MajorD
I wish I had a river  I could skate away on,  away on.

Outro:
C majorC   C majorC   D MajorD   D MajorD
C majorC   C majorC   D MajorD   D*
   C majorC     G+G     C majorC      G*
It's coming on Christmas.