Biography:
Craig Cardiff (born 9 July 1976 in Waterloo, Ontario) is a Canadian folk singer who is known for his soft voice and digital vocal and guitar loops and for the connections he makes with his fans. In 2012, he was nominated for a Juno Award for "Roots and Traditional Album of the Year: Solo" and for a Canadian Folk Music Award as "Contemporary Singer of the Year". His first release was in 1997.
With guitar in hand, Craig can turn any setting into an intimate affair
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Other songs:
- A Prayer For You
- Barney And Miriam
- Boy Inside The Boat
- Dance Me Outside
- Dirty Old Town
- Father Daughter Dance
- Gate
- God Said No
- Grandma
- Heart
- John Wilson
- Love Is Louder Than All This Noise
- Maybe You Should Drive
- Memo
- Not My Monkeys And Not My Circus
- Porchlight
- Radio 9
- Recovering
- Revival Day
- River
- Safe Here
- Smallest Wingless
- Virginia In The Song
- Wait Maybe Love
- When People Go
- Winter
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Craig Cardiff - River (Joni Mitchell Cover)
Capo 1
Intro: G , Em , C , D , G (each note is quite long under solo bit)
G
It's coming on Christmas
G
They're cutting down trees
G
They're putting up reindeer
G
And singing songs of joy and peace
G/F# Em D
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
G
But it don't snow here
G
It stays pretty green
G
I'm going to make a lot of money
G
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
G/F# Em D
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
C D
I wish I had a river so long
G G/F# Em
I would teach my feet to fly
C D G G
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
C D G
I made my baby cry
Interlude: G , Em , C , D , G
G
You tried hard to help me
G
and put me at ease
G
And he loved me so naughty
G
Made me weak in the knees
G/F# Em D
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
G
I'm so hard to handle
G
Selfish and I'm sad
G
I've gone and lost the best baby
G
I've ever had
G/F# Em D
Oh, I wish I had a river to skate away on
C D
I wish I had a river so long
G G/F# Em Em
I would teach my feet to fly
C D G
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
C D G
I made my baby say goodbye
G
It's coming on Christmas
G
They're cutting down trees
G
They're putting up reindeer
G
And singing songs of joy and peace
G/F# Em D
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
C D G
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
Capo 1
Intro: G , Em , C , D , G (each note is quite long under solo bit)
G
It's coming on Christmas
G
They're cutting down trees
G
They're putting up reindeer
G
And singing songs of joy and peace
G/F# Em D
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
G
But it don't snow here
G
It stays pretty green
G
I'm going to make a lot of money
G
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
G/F# Em D
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
C D
I wish I had a river so long
G G/F# Em
I would teach my feet to fly
C D G G
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
C D G
I made my baby cry
Interlude: G , Em , C , D , G
G
You tried hard to help me
G
and put me at ease
G
And he loved me so naughty
G
Made me weak in the knees
G/F# Em D
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
G
I'm so hard to handle
G
Selfish and I'm sad
G
I've gone and lost the best baby
G
I've ever had
G/F# Em D
Oh, I wish I had a river to skate away on
C D
I wish I had a river so long
G G/F# Em Em
I would teach my feet to fly
C D G
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
C D G
I made my baby say goodbye
G
It's coming on Christmas
G
They're cutting down trees
G
They're putting up reindeer
G
And singing songs of joy and peace
G/F# Em D
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
C D G
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
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