Cee Lo Green - River

(originally by Joni Mitchell)

[Intro]
Bb Gm Gm7 Eb Fsus4 F Fsus2 F

[Verse 1]
Bbsus4 Bb
It’s coming on Christmas
Bbsus4 Bb
They’re cutting down trees
Bbsus4 Bb
They’re putting up reindeer
Bbsus4 Bb
Singing songs of joy and peace
Gm Gm/D Fadd9 Fsus2 F
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

[Verse 2]
Bbsus4 Bb
But it don’t snow here
Bbsus4 Bb
It stays pretty green
Bbsus4 Bb
I’m going to make a lot of money
Bbsus4 Bb
And then I’m gonna quit this crazy scene
Gm (Gm/D) Fadd9 Fsus2 Fsus2 F
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

[Chorus]
Eb Fadd9
I wish I had a river so long
Bb Eb Eb/D Cm Eb/D Cm/B
I would teach my feet to fly
Bb Fadd9
Oh, I wish I had a river
Fadd9 Eb
I could skate away on
Eb Bb Gm F Fsus2 Fadd9
I made my baby cry ahhhhh ahhhh uuu

[Verse 3]
Bbsus4 Bb
He tried hard to help me
Bbsus4 Bb
You know, he put me at ease
Bbsus4 Bb
And he loved me so naughty
Bbsus4 Bb
Made me weak in the knees
Gm Gm/D Fadd9 Fsus2 F
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

[Verse 4]
Bbsus4 Bb
Well, I’m so hard to handle
Bbsus4 Bb
I’m selfish and I’m sad
Bbsus4 Bb
Now I’ve gone and lost
Bbsus4 Bb
The best baby that I ever had
Gm Gm/D Fadd9 Fsus2 F
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

[Chorus]
Eb Fadd9
I wish I had a river so long
Bb Eb Bb Cm Cm7 F Eb/D Cm
I would teach my feet to flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Bb Fadd9
Oh, I wish I had a river
Fadd9 Eb
I could skate away on
Eb Bb Gm F Fsus2 Fadd9
I made my baby say goodbye ahhhhh ahhhh uuu

[Outro]
Bbsus4 Bb
It’s coming on Christmas
Bbsus4 Bb
They’re cutting down trees
Bbsus4 Bb
They’re putting up reindeer
Bbsus4 Bb
Singing songs of joy and peace
Gm Gm/D Fadd9 Fsus2 F
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on Yeeees
Eb Cm
Far away on… Uhhhh Ahhhhh mhmmmmmmm uuhhh yes