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Key: Em
π€ Intro:
Em G D (x4)
Em G D
Look for something that is hard to find
Em G D
Searching somewhere deep inside your mind
Em G D
Hope you find just what you're looking for
Em G D
Heaven's waiting with an open door
Riff:
Em D G (x3)
C D
Em D G (x3)
C D
π€ Verse 1:
Em B Bb G
If you should sell your soul as cheaply as I did then
Em C D
The road to ruin is a long road to hide in
Em B Bb G
We signed our lives away to have an escape
Em C D
It's something that will be whatever our fate
π€ Pre-Chorus:
C
There's no use in hiding
Am
Got to keep on trying
Bm
Can't take no more lying, this is the last
C
There's no time for crying
Am
When some of us are dying
Bm Bm Am G D/F# Em D
None of us decide what is our fate
π€ Chorus:
Em G C
Now with nothing to hide going nowhere
G/B Am G D/F#
Take my chances and stand by their side
Em D
When the river runs deep
C
And the line breaks
G/B
And the blood it flows
Am G D/F#
Free from our lives
π€ Verse 2:
Em B Bb G
Is this the last together maybe this time now
Em C D
We stand together and we're holding the line here
Em B Bb G
There's nothing we can do just sit here and wait
Em C D
The die is cast that is deciding our fate
π€ Pre-Chorus:
C
There's no use in hiding
Am
Got to keep on trying
Bm
Can't take no more lying, this is the last
C
There's no time for crying
Am
When some of us are dying
Bm Bm Am G D/F# Em D
None of us decide what is our fate
π€ Chorus:
Em G C
Now with nothing to hide going nowhere
G/B Am G D/F#
Take my chances and stand by their side
Em D
When the river runs deep
C
And the line breaks
G/B
And the blood it flows
Am G D/F#
Free from our lives
Em G C
Now with nothing to hide going nowhere
G/B Am G D/F#
Take my chances and stand by their side
Em D
When the river runs deep
C
And the line breaks
G/B
And the blood it flows
Am G D/F#
Free from our lives
Riff:
Em D G (x3)
C D
Em D G (x3)
C D
Bridge Riff:
Em Am G D (x2)
π€ Solo 1:
Em G Am C D (x4)
π€ Solo 2:
Em G Am C D (x2)
Bridge Riff:
Em Am G D (x4)
π€ Solo 3:
Bm C Am Bm D C (x3)
Bm C Am Bm C D
π€ Chorus:
Em G C
Now with nothing to hide going nowhere
G/B Am G D/F#
Take my chances and stand by their side
Em D
When the river runs deep
C
And the line breaks
G/B
And the blood it flows
Am G D/F#
Free from our lives
Em G C
Now with nothing to hide going nowhere
G/B Am G D/F#
Take my chances and stand by their side
Em D
When the river runs deep
C
And the line breaks
G/B
And the blood it flows
Am G D/F#
Free from our lives
π€ Outro:
Em G D (x3)
Em G C D Em
Video/Audio
Other versions of this song
- When The River Runs Deep (Bass)
Song History
Published: September 29, 2021
Last Updated: February 17, 2026