Chords for Joni Mitchell - River (Official Music Video)

Tempo:
138.65 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Am

F

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Joni Mitchell - River (Official Music Video) chords
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[Am]
[Em] [C]
[G] [D]
[G] [C] It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees, they're putting up reindeer and [Dm] singing
songs of [C] joy and peace.
[Am] Oh I wish I had a river I could skate [G]
away on.
[C] But it don't snow here,
stays pretty green.
I'm gonna make a lot of money, then I'm gonna quit this [C] crazy [Am] scene.
I wish I had a river I could skate [G] away on.
[F] I wish I had a river so
[G] long I would teach my feet [F] to
[Em] fly.
[Dm] [D] [Dm]
[C] Oh I wish I had a river [G] I could skate [C] away on.
My baby [C] cried,
[Em] [Am] [B]
[G]
[C] he tried hard to help me,
you know, he put me at ease and he loved me so not, he made me [F] weak in [C] the knees.
Oh I [Am] wish I had a river
I could skate [G] away on.
[G]
[C] I'm so hard to handle, I'm selfish and I'm sad, now I gonna lost the
baby that I ever had.
Oh [Am] I wish I had a river I could [G] skate away [D] on.
[F] I wish I had a river so [G] long
I would [C] teach my feet [F] to fly.
[Em]
[Dm] [G] [Dm]
Oh I [C] wish I had a river [G] I could skate [C] away on.
[G] [F]
My baby [C] say goodbye.
[A] [Am]
[G]
[G] [C] It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees, they're putting up reindeer, singing songs
of joy and peace.
[Am] I wish I had a river I could [D] skate away
[G] on.
[F]
[D]
[Dm] [D]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Am
2311
F
134211111
D
1321
G
2131
C
3211
Am
2311
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Learn the basic chords of Joni Mitchell - (2021 Remaster) River chords, with this master sequence: C, Am, G, C, G, F, G, C, F and C. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 52 BPM before aiming for the song's 104 BPM. With the song's key of C Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees, they're putting up reindeer and [Dm] singing
songs of [C] joy and peace.
[Am] Oh I wish I had a river I could skate _ [G]
away _ on. _ _ _
[C] But it don't snow here,
stays pretty green.
I'm gonna make a lot of money, then I'm gonna quit this _ [C] crazy [Am] scene.
I wish I had a _ river _ I could skate [G] away _ on. _ _ _
_ [F] I wish I had a river so _
[G] long _ I would _ teach my feet [F] to
_ _ [Em] fly. _
[Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] Oh I wish I had a river [G] I _ could skate [C] away _ on. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ My baby _ [C] cried, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] he tried hard to help me,
you know, he put me at ease and he loved me so not, he made me [F] weak in [C] the knees.
Oh I [Am] wish I had a river _ _ _
_ I could skate [G] _ away _ on.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] I'm so hard to handle, I'm selfish and I'm sad, now I gonna lost the
baby that I ever had.
Oh [Am] I wish I had a river _ I could _ [G] skate away [D] _ on. _ _ _
_ [F] I wish I had a river so [G] long
_ I would [C] teach my feet [F] to _ fly.
[Em] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh I [C] wish I had a river _ [G] I could skate [C] away on.
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ My baby [C] say goodbye. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees, they're putting up reindeer, singing songs
of joy and peace.
[Am] I wish I had a river _ I could _ [D] skate _ away _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] on. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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It's Joni Mitchell who authored this song.

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