River Runs Deep Chords by Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale

Tempo:
109 bpm
Chords used:

Am

D

C

A

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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River Runs Deep chords
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[A] [Am] [D] [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] Where the river runs deep and the water is cold as ice.
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 shoe in a day.
Where the river runs deep and [D] 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 asking 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] Cheating [Am] [D] [Am]
[D]
[Am] woman gonna [D] get a good [Am] man down.
Cheating woman gonna [D] get a good [Am] man down.
[C] [D]
[Am] [C] Running around like a [Am] silly fool.
End up at the bottom of a pool.
Where the river runs deep [D] and the water [Am] is cold as ice.
[D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [Bm]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
[Am] River runs deep [D] and the water [F#m] is cold [Am] as ice.
[D]
[Am] [D] [Am]
[D]
[Am] River runs deep and the water is cold as ice.
[D]
[Am]
[D]
[Am] River runs deep and the [D] water is cold [Am] as ice.
[D]
[Am]
River [D]
[Am] 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]
[D]
[Am] [D] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[Am]
Have
[D] [Am]
a good one.
Key:  
Am
2311
D
1321
C
3211
A
1231
G
2131
Am
2311
D
1321
C
3211
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Let's start jamming Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale - River Runs Deep chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - Am, Am, D and Am in sequence. Set your pace at 54 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 109. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: C Major.

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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ [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] _ Where the river runs deep and the water is cold as ice.
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 shoe in a day.
Where the river runs deep and [D] 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 asking 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] _ Cheating _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ woman gonna [D] get a good [Am] man down. _ _ _ _ _
_ Cheating woman gonna [D] get a good [Am] man down.
_ [C] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [C] Running around like a [Am] silly fool.
_ _ End up at the bottom of a pool.
Where the river runs deep [D] and the water [Am] is cold as ice.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Am] River runs deep [D] and the water [F#m] is cold [Am] as ice.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] _ River runs deep and the water is cold as ice.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] River runs deep and the [D] water is cold [Am] as ice.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ River _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ runs deep and the water is cold as ice.
_ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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_ _ _ _ Have _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ a good one. _
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