RIVER - Herbie Hancock featuring Joni Mitchell Chords

Tempo:
89.35 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

F

Dm

Gm

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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RIVER - Herbie Hancock featuring Joni Mitchell chords
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[Bb]
[E] [C] [Bb]
[Dm] It's [Fm] coming on [Bb] Christmas, they're cutting down trees
up reindeer and singing songs [D] of [Gm] joy and of peace
I could scale the way on
it don't snow here, it stays pretty green
I'm gonna make [Bb] a lot of money, then I'm gonna quit this [Cm] crazy [Ab] sin
I could scale the way on
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Bb
12341111
F
134211111
Dm
2311
Gm
123111113
Eb
12341116
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
Dm
2311
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To learn Herbie Hancock - (2008/Live At Yahoo!) River chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: Bb, Gm, Bb, F, Bb, F and Gm. Set your pace at 44 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 89. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: Bb Major.

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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] It's _ _ [Fm] coming on [Bb] Christmas, they're cutting down trees
Putting up reindeer and singing songs [D] of [Gm] joy and of peace
I wish I had a river, _ _ [F]
I could scale the way on
But _ [Bb]
it don't snow here, it stays pretty green
[Cm]
I'm gonna make [Bb] a lot of money, then I'm gonna quit this [Cm] crazy [Ab] sin
_ [Dm] Wish I had a river, [G] _ _ [F]
I could scale the way on
[Bb] Oh, [Eb] I wish I had a river, so long
[Bb] _
I would teach my feet to [F] _ _
[Gm] _ climb the hill _
I [Bb] _ wish I had a river, [F] _
I could [Eb] scale the way on
_ _ _ [F] _
[Gm] I may [Dm] take [Gm] it, [Fm] but I [Bb] am
_ Oh, [Dm] I didn't know that making [Gm] fun _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Ebm] _ [Ab] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] He tried hard to help [Eb] me, he put [Dm] me at [Bb] ease
Oh, he loved me so much, he made me weak [A] in the [D] [Dm] knees
Oh, [Gm] I wish I had a river, _ _ _ I could scale the way on
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
Cause I'm so hard to [Gm] handle, oh I get selfish [F] and I'm sad [Bb] sometimes
Now I've lost the best baby that I [Dm] had
[Gm] I [C] wish I had a river, _ [Bb]
I could scale [F] the way on
_ _ Oh, _
[Bb] I [Eb] wish I had [Bb] a river, so [Cm] long
[Bb] I [F] would teach my [Gm] feet [Eb] to _
[Gm] climb [Eb] _ _ the hill
[Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] Oh, I wish I [Bb] had a river, _ _
[F] _ I could scale [Eb] the way on _ _
I _ _ may [Dm] not maybe [Cm] say goodbye
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ [Gm] _ [F] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] I'm so sorry
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] It's _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] coming [F] on [Eb] Christmas, they're cutting [Bb] down trees
[Eb] They're [Fm] putting our reindeer in, singing [Bb] songs [F] of joy and [C] peace
[Gm] Oh, I wish I had a river, I could [F] scale the way _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] on
The [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ way [F] on
[Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _

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It's Joni Mitchell who authored this song.

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