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