Intro
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[Verse 1]
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It's coming on Christmas
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They're cutting down trees
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They're putting up reindeer
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And singing songs of joy and peace
D#m C#
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[Verse 2]
B/F# F#
But it don't snow here
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It stays pretty green
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I'm gonna make a lot of money
B/F# F#
Then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene
D#m C#
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[Chorus]
B C#
Oh, I wish I had a river so long
F# B B/A# G#m
I would teach my feet to fly
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Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
B F# D#m C#
I made my baby cry
[Verse 3]
B/F# F#
He tried hard to help me
B/F# F#
You know, he put me at ease
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And he loved me so naughty
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Made me weak in the knees
D#m C#
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[Verse 4]
B/F# F#
I'm so hard to handle
B/F# F#
I'm selfish and I'm sad
B/F# F#
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
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That I ever had
D#m C#
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[Chorus]
B C#
Oh, I wish I had a river so long
F# B B/A# G#m
I would teach my feet to fly
F# C# F#
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
B F# D#m C#
I made my baby say goodbye
[Verse 5]
B/F# F#
It's coming on Christmas
B/F# F#
They're cutting down trees
B/F# F#
They're putting up reindeer
B/F# F#
And singing songs of joy and peace
D#m C#
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[Outro]
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B B B B
G#m/F# G#m/F# G#m/F# G#m/F# G#m/F# G#m/F# Am/G