River Runs Deep Chords by Eric Clapton

Tempo:
109 bpm
Chords used:

Am

D

A

G

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Eric Clapton - River Runs Deep chords
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[A] [Am] [D] [Am]
[D]
[Am] [D]
[Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
Where the river runs deep and the water is cold as ice.
[D] [Am]
River runs deep [D] and the water [Am] is cold as ice.
[D] [Am]
I go down there every chance I get,
to swim my baby she met her death.
Where the river runs deep [D] and the water is cold [Am] as ice.
[G] [Am]
Ain't no woman gonna make a fool out of me.
Ain't no woman gonna make a fool out of me.
[D] [Am]
Running around messing what they said.
She's at the bottom [D] of the riverbed.
[Am] Where the river runs deep and the water is cold as ice.
[D] [Am]
[D]
[Am] [D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D] [Am]
[D]
[Am] Cheating woman [D] gonna get a good [Am] man down.
Cheating woman gonna [D] get a good [Am] man down.
[C] [D]
[Am] Running around like a silly fool,
end up at the bottom of the river.
Where the river runs deep [D] and the water [Am] is cold as ice.
[D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [Bm] [Am]
[D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] Where the river runs [D] deep and the water [F#m] is cold [Am] as ice.
[D]
[Am] [D] [Am]
River runs deep and [F#] the water is [Am] cold as ice.
[D]
[Am]
[D]
[Am] Where the river runs deep and [D] the water is cold [Am] as ice.
[D] [Am]
The
[D] [Am]
river runs deep, the water's cold.
The river [D] [Am]
[D]
[Am]
runs deep, the water's cold.
[D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [E]
[Am]
[D]
[Am]
[D] [Am]
[Am]
[D] [Am]
[A] [Am]
Key:  
Am
2311
D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
C
3211
Am
2311
D
1321
A
1231
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To learn Eric Clapton - River Runs Deep chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Am, Am, D and Am of chords. Ease into the song by practicing at 54 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 109 BPM. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: C Major.

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[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Where the river runs deep and the water is cold as ice.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _
River runs deep [D] and the water [Am] is cold as ice.
_ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
I go down there every chance I get, _
to swim my baby she met her death.
Where the river runs deep [D] and the water is cold [Am] as ice.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
Ain't no woman gonna make a fool out of me. _ _ _ _ _ _
Ain't no woman gonna make a fool out of me.
_ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ Running around messing what they said. _
She's at the bottom [D] of the riverbed.
[Am] Where the river runs deep and the water is cold as ice.
_ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] Cheating woman [D] gonna get a good [Am] man down. _ _ _ _ _ _
Cheating woman gonna [D] get a good [Am] man down.
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] _ Running around like a silly fool, _
_ end up at the bottom of the river.
Where the river runs deep [D] and the water [Am] is cold as ice.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] Where the river runs [D] deep and the water [F#m] is cold [Am] as ice.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _
_ River _ _ _ _ _ _ runs deep and [F#] the water is [Am] cold as ice.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] Where the river runs deep and [D] the water is cold [Am] as ice.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ The _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _
river runs deep, the water's cold.
The _ river _ [D] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ runs deep, the water's cold.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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This track, written by J.J. Cale, is part of the album Clapton.

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