River

CAPO ON  4TH FRET
KAPO: 4

            Am                  C      F
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat

    G    Am                  C       F
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me

     G         Am                         C         F
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something

                           G    Am                  C             F
If all it's gonna cause is pain,   truth in my lies right now are falling like the rain

           G
So let the river run

Am                                             C
   He's coming home with his neck scratched to catch flack

F                                  G
   Sweat jackets and dress slacks, mismatch

Am                                       C
On his breast jacket is a sex addict and she just wants to

F                 D5       G
Exact revenge and get back

         Am                                   C
It's a chess match, she's on his back like a jetpack

      F                                        G
She's kept track of all his internet chats and guess who just

Am                                    C
Happens to be moving on to the next actually

     F                             D5           G
Just shit on my last chick and she has what my ex lacks

Am                         C
  'Cause she loves danger, psychopath

F                                              G
   And you don't fuck with no man's girl, even I know that

Am                                         C
   But she's devised some plan to stab him in the back

F                           D5                 G
Knife in hand, says the relationship's hanging by a strand

Am                                 C
   So she's been on the web lately

     F                                 G
Says maybe she'll be my Gwen Stacy, to spite her man

Am                              C
   And I know she's using me to try to play him

F
I don't care, hi Suzanne, but I shoulda' said bye Suzanne
After the first night, but tonight I am
[Chorus 1]

            Am                  C      F
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat

    G    Am                  C       F            D5
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me

               Am                         C         F
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something

                           G    Am                 C        F
If all it's gonna cause is pain,   truth in my lies now are falling like the rain
D5
   So let the river run

Am                                             C
One night stand turned into two night stayin', it was cold

    F                                        G
And some might scram, y'all we hug tight and

         Am                                   C
He found out, now she feels deserted and used

            F                      D5               G
'Cause he left, so what, he did it first to her too

    Am                                                      C
Now how am I supposed to tell this girl that we're through?

     F                                              G
It's hard to find the words, I'm aloof, nervous and suited

          Am
When it's too hurt but what you deserve is the truth

       C           F                             D5            G
Don't take it personal, I just can't say this in person to you

Am                                     C           F
   So I revert to the studio like Hole In The Wall diners

                                     G
Don't have to be reserved in a booth

  Am                                               C
I just feel like the person who I'm turnin' into's

     F                                  D5                G
Irreversible, I prayed on you like it's church at the pew

               Am
And now that I got you I don't want you

               C               F
Took advantage of my thirst to pursue

                                 G
Why do I do this dirt that I do?

           Am                                      C
Get off my soapbox and preach, my sermon in speech

          F
Detergent and bleach is burned in the womb
'Cause now with her in the womb
We can't bring her in this world, shoulda knew
To use protection 'fore I bit into your forbidden fruit
[Chorus 2]

                    Am                  C      F
I've been (fuck!) a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat

    G    Am                  C       F            D5
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me

               Am                         C         F
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something

                           G    Am                 C        F
If all it's gonna cause is pain,   truth in my lies now are falling like the rain
D5
   So let the river run

Am                 C                 F
My name's (oh-oh), my name's (oh-oh) Denver (oh-oh), never run

     Am               C               F
Just call me (oh-oh), call me (oh-oh) River (oh-oh)
N.C.
We'll let the river run

F
   Always the bride's maid, never the bride, hey

G
   Fuck can I say, if life was a highway

F
   The sequel’s an enclave, I’ll be swerving in five lanes

F                        G
   Speeds at a high rate like I'm sliding on ice maybe

F
   That's why I'm made, that came at you sideways

G
   I can't keep my lies straight

         F
What I made you terminate my baby

              G
This love triangle left us in a wreck tangled

                F
What else can I say, it was fun for a while, bet I really woulda loved your smile
Didn't really wanna abort but fuck it, what's one more lie to tell an unborn child?
[Chorus 3]

            Am                  C      F
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat

    G    Am                  C       F
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me

     G         Am                                     C         F
Well little one, (I’m sorry) I don't want to admit to something (I fucked up)

                           G    Am                     C        F
If all it's gonna cause is pain,   the truth in my lies now are falling like the rain

           G
So let the river run (river run, river run, river run)