Chords for James Taylor - River

Tempo:
171.75 bpm
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Bbm

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Abm

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James Taylor - River chords
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[Db] [Cm] [Bbm] [Fm]
[Gb] [Fm]
[Gb] [Ab] [Bbm]
[Db] [Ab] [Bbm]
[Fm] [Db]
[Bbm] [Eb] [Bbm]
[Abm] It's coming [Db] on Christmas, they're cutting down trees
[Abm] Putting up [Db] reindeer, singing [Gb] songs [Db] of [Gb] joy and peace
[Bbm] Oh I wish I had a [Eb] river,
[Bbm] [Eb] I could skate [Ab] it way on
Yeah
[Bb] [Ab]
[Abm] but it don't [Db] snow here, it stays pretty green
You won't [Abm] make a lot [Db] of money, [Gb] to split [C] this crazy [B] scene
[Bbm] I wish I had a [Eb] river,
[Bbm] [Eb] I could skate it [Ab] [Abm] [Gb] way [G] on
[Gb] Oh I wish I had [Db] a river so [Ebm] wide
[Db] I could teach my [Ab] feet to [Gb] fly [Db]
[F] away
Yeah,
[Bbm] I wish I had [Fm] a river,
[Bbm] [Eb] I could skate it [Ab] [Abm] way on
But I'm so hard [Db] to handle, I'm selfish and I'm sad
And I think [Abm] I was the only [Db] best baby [Gb] that I ever [Gbm] had
Oh [Bbm] I wish I had a [Eb] river,
[Bbm] [Eb] I could skate [Ab] it way on
She [Db]
[Ab]
[Abm] tried hard [Db] to help me, tried to put me at ease
[Abm] She loved me [Db] so, naughty made me [Ebm] weak [Ab] in my [C] [B] knees
[Bbm] Yeah I wish I had a river, [Eb]
[Bbm] I [G] could skate it [Gb] way [Ab]
[Db] on
Oh [Gb] I wish I had a river [Db] so
[Gb] wide
I [Db] could teach my feet to
[Gbm] fly
[B] away
Yeah I [Bbm]
wish I [Fm] had a river, [Bbm]
I could skate it way [Abm]
[G] on
[Gb] I made my baby
[Db] cry
[Gb] And I made [F] my baby [Gbm] [C] say
[B] goodbye
And [Bbm] I wish I [Fm] had a river, [Bbm]
[Eb] I could skate it [Bb] [Abm] way [Gb]
on
I could skate [Abm] it way [Ebm] on
[Gb]
I
[Abm] could skate it way [Ebm] on
[Gb] [Abm]
100%  ➙  172BPM
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Bbm
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Gb
134211112
Abm
123111114
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
Bbm
13421111
Gb
134211112
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[Db] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Fm] _
[Gb] _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ It's coming [Db] on Christmas, _ _ they're cutting down trees _
_ [Abm] Putting up [Db] reindeer, singing [Gb] _ songs [Db] of [Gb] joy and peace
[Bbm] Oh I wish I had a [Eb] river, _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] I could skate [Ab] it way on
_ Yeah _
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] but it don't [Db] snow here, it stays pretty _ green
You won't [Abm] make a lot [Db] of money, _ [Gb] to split [C] this crazy [B] scene
[Bbm] I wish I had a [Eb] river, _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] I could skate it [Ab] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Gb] way _ [G] on _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] Oh I wish I had [Db] a river so [Ebm] _ _ _ wide _ _
[Db] I could teach my [Ab] feet to [Gb] _ fly [Db] _ _ _ _
[F] away
_ _ _ Yeah, _ _
[Bbm] I wish I had [Fm] a river, _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] I could skate it [Ab] _ [Abm] way _ _ _ _ _ on
_ _ But _ I'm so hard [Db] to handle, _ I'm selfish and I'm sad
And I think [Abm] I was the only [Db] best baby _ [Gb] that I ever [Gbm] _ had
Oh [Bbm] I wish I had a [Eb] river, _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] I could skate [Ab] it way on
She [Db] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ tried hard [Db] to help me, tried to put me at ease _ _
[Abm] She loved me [Db] so, naughty made me [Ebm] weak [Ab] in my [C] _ [B] knees
[Bbm] Yeah I wish I had a river, [Eb] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ I [G] could skate it [Gb] way _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] _ on
_ _ _ Oh [Gb] I wish I had a river [Db] so _
[Gb] _ wide
_ I _ [Db] could teach my feet to _ _ _
[Gbm] fly _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] away
_ _ Yeah I [Bbm] _
wish I [Fm] had a river, _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ I could skate it way [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ on _ _ _ _
[Gb] I made my baby _ _
[Db] cry _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] And I made [F] my baby [Gbm] _ _ [C] say _
_ [B] goodbye
And [Bbm] I wish I [Fm] had a river, _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[Eb] I could skate it [Bb] _ _ [Abm] way _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _
on _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I could skate [Abm] it way _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] on _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ I _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ could skate it way _ _ _ [Ebm] on _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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