River chords by Nashville Cast

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
C  G    C  G    C  G    Em


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

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

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

Interlude:
 C      G    G    Em    Em    D    D
I made my baby cry.

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

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

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

Interlude:
 C          G     G     Em    Em
I made my baby say goodbye,
  D    D     C     C*
say goodbye.

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

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