Intro
Fm D# C# D#
e|------4-6-7-6-4|--4-----4|--2-----2|-0-----0|-2-----2|
B|----4----------|------4--|------2--|-----0--|-----2--|
G|--4------------|----4----|----3----|---1----|---3----| x2
D|---------------|--6------|--4------|-2------|-4------|
A|---------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
E|---------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
[Verse 1]
A#m G#
I didn't want to say it in this way
A#m G#
I didn't want to see the day I'd say these words to you
C# G#
I didn't want have to explain
B F#
Sometimes heroes have to lose
A#m G#
It's killing me to see you cry
A#m G#
Would it make it any better if I told you I did it all for you
[Bridge]
C# A#m
It was just another roll of the dice
Fm
Just another star in the sky
D#
Tried to touch it but I couldn't fly
[Chorus]
C# D# G# Gm
Everybody knows the promise of the river
Fm D#
Everybody goes with the fire in their eyes
C# D# Fm C#
Everybody knows you can lead a horse to water
G# D#
But there's nothing anybody can do
Rivers run dry
[Interlude]
Fm D# C# D#
e|------4-6-7-6-4|--4-----4|--2-----2|-0-----0|-2-----2|
B|----4----------|------4--|------2--|-----0--|-----2--|
G|--4------------|----4----|----3----|---1----|---3----|
D|---------------|--6------|--4------|-2------|-4------|
A|---------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
E|---------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
[Verse 2]
A#m G#
Gonna have to go away
A#m G#
I always told you that a man has got to face his own mistakes
C# A#m
Sometimes you get a lucky break
Fm
Sometimes your winning streak will stay
D#
Sometimes you gotta pay
[Chorus]
C# D# G# Gm
Everybody knows the promise of the river
Fm D#
Everybody goes with the fire in their eyes
C# D# Fm C#
Everybody knows you can lead a horse to water
G# D#
But there's nothing anybody can do
Fm
Rivers run dry
[Solo]
A#m G# A#m G#
Aah Ahh Ahh Ahh
A#m Fm C# D#
Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh
[Bridge]
Fm D#
Oh, I remember when the rivers ran high
C# (F#) Fm D#
Oh, we could make it to the other side
Make it to the other side
[Chorus]
C# D# G# Gm
Everybody knows the promise of the river
Fm D#
Everybody goes with the fire in their eyes
C# D# Fm C#
Everybody knows you can lead a horse to water
G# D#
But there's nothing anybody can do
Fm C#
Oh, there's nothing anybody can do
G# D#
There's nothing anybody can do
Fm (F#) C#
When the rivers run dry
When the rivers run dry
[Outro]
Fm D# C# D#
e|------4-6-7-6-4|--4-----4|--2-----2|-0-----0|-2-----2|
B|----4----------|------4--|------2--|-----0--|-----2--|
G|--4------------|----4----|----3----|---1----|---3----|
D|---------------|--6------|--4------|-2------|-4------|
A|---------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
E|---------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|