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.