River – Joni Mitchell- arr by Stephanie Brown
INTRO X1 ROUND
A1, A2, Bass: uhh uhhh, uhh uhhh
VERSE 1
Soprano, Tenor:
It's coming on Christmas
Their cutting down trees
Their putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
But it don't snow here
stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm gonna; quit this crazy scene
A1, A2:
uhh uhhh, uhh uhhh
uhh uhhh, uhh uhhh
I wish I had a river,
I could skate away on X 2
Bass:
uhh uhhh, uhh uhhh
uhh uhhh, uhh uhhh
Tenor, Bass:
I wish I could skate away
CHORUS 1
A1, A2:
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Whoa I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
Sop:
I wish,
I had,
a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river,
I could skate away on
Tenor, Bass:
I wish,I had, a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
- on
POST CHORUS
All: I made my baby cry
(A1, A2, Tenor sing the canon)
RE-INTRO
VERSE 2A
Soprano, Tenor:
tried hard to help me
put me at ease
loved me so naughty
Made me weak at the knees
A1, A2:
uhh uhhh, uhh uhhh
uhh uhhh, uhh uhhh
I wish I had a river,
I could skate away on
Bass:
uhh uhhh, uhh uhhh
uhh uhhh, uhh uhhh
VERSE 2B
Soprano, Tenor:
But I'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish, I'm sad
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
A1, A2, Bass:
uhh uhhh, uhh uhhh
uhh uhhh, uhh uhhh
I wish I had a river,
I could skate away on
Tenor, Bass:
I wish I could skate away
CHORUS 2
POST CHORUS
Soprano, Bass: I made my baby say goodbye
A1, A2, Tenor: my baby said goodbye
RE-INTRO
VERSE 1
END
A1, A2:
I wish I had a river,
(slow down)
A1, A2, Sop:
I could skate away
Tenor, Bass:
I wish I could skate away
All: on

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