River

Accordi River

            
SOL#m
I've been a liar, been a thief
SI     
MI           
Been a lover, been a cheat
    
SI  
SOL#m    
All my sins need holy water, 
SI      
MI
feel it washing over me
                 
SOL#m                     
SI
Well, little one, I don't want to admit to something
MI                          
SI
 If all it's gonna cause is pain
SOL#m                    
SI
 Truth and my lies right now 
    
MI
are falling like the rain
           
FA#
So let the river run

SOL#m                     
 He's comin' home with his neck scratched, 
   
SI
to catch flack
MI                               
FA#
 Sweat jackets and dress slacks, mismatched
SOL#m
On his breath's Jack, he's a sex addict
        
SI
And she just wants to exact revenge and get back
       
SOL#m
It's a chess match, 
                         
SI
she's on his back like a jetpack
      
MI           
She's kept track of all his Internet chats
    
FA#            
SOL#m
And guess who just happens 

to be movin' on to the next
SI      
MI
Actually, just shit on my last chick 

and she has what my ex lacks

SOL#m                    
SI      
MI
'Cause she loves danger, psychopath
                   
And you don't fuck with no man's girl, 
     
FA#        
SOL#m
even I know that

But she's devised some plan to stab him in the back
MI
Knife in hand, 

says their relationship's hangin' by a strand
SOL#m                           
SI
 So she's been on the web lately
     
MI
Says maybe she'll be my Gwen Stacy, 
                
SOL#m
to spite her man

And I know she's using me to try to play him, 
MI
I don't care

Hi Suzanne, but I shoulda said "Bye Suzanne"
                             
After the first night, but tonight I am

            
SOL#m          
I've been a liar, been a thief
SI     
MI            
Been a lover, been a cheat
    
FA#  
SOL#m  
All my sins need holy water, 
SI      
MI           
DO#5
feel it washing over me
                 
SOL#m
Well, little one, 
                         
SI
I don't want to admit to something
MI                          
FA#
 If all it's gonna cause is pain
SOL#m                
SI
 The truth and my lies 
        
MI                
DO#5
now are falling like the rain

So let the river run

SOL#m                                
SI
A one-night stand turned a two-night stand
             
MI
It was "come sunlight, scram, 
                   
FA#
"now we hug tight, and
         
SOL#m                           
SI
He found out, now she feels deserted and used
          
MI                       
DO#5         
FA#5       
'Cause he left, so what? He did it first to her too
    
SOL#m
Now how am I supposed to tell 
                     
SI
this girl that we're through?
     
MI
It's hard to find the words, 
                        
FA#
I'm aloof, nervous, and Sue
                
SOL#m
Don't want this to hurt, 
                
but what you deserve is the truth
      
SI 
Don't take it personal, 
MI                       
DO#5      
FA#
I just can't say this in person to you
SOL#m 
 So I revert to the studio, 
          
SI          
MI
like hole-in-the-wall diners
                               
FA#
Don't have to be reserved in a booth
  
SOL#m                                        
SI
I just feel like the person who I'm turning into's
    
MI
Irreversible, 
                          
DO#5          
FA#  
I preyed on you like it's church at the pew
               
SOL#m
And now that I got you I don't want you
                          
SI      
MI
Took advantage in my thirst to pursue
                              
FA#
Why do I do this dirt that I do?
          
SOL#m                             
SI
Get on my soapbox and preach, my sermon and speech
           
MI
Detergent and bleach is burnin' the wound
 
'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 (Fuck!)

            
SOL#m          
I've been a liar, been a thief
SI     
MI            
Been a lover, been a cheat
    
FA#  
SOL#m  
All my sins need holy water, 
SI      
MI           
DO#5
feel it washing over me
                 
SOL#m
Well, little one, 
                         
SI
I don't want to admit to something
MI                          
FA#
 If all it's gonna cause is pain
SOL#m                
SI
 The truth and my lies 
        
MI                
DO#5
now are falling like the rain

So let the river run
SOL#m            
SI
My name's (ooh), my name's (ooh)
MI
River (ooh), river run
SOL#m          
SI
Call me (ooh), call me (ooh)
MI
River (ooh), we'll let the river run

MI                                          
FA#
...Always the bridesmaid, never "The bride, hey!"
                                  
MI
Fuck can I say? If life was a highway
            
And deceit was an enclave, 
                        
SOL#m
I'd be swerving in five lanes
                  
FA#
Speeds at a high rate, 
                         
MI
like I'm slidin' on ice, maybe
                                      
FA#
That's why I may have came at you sideways
                  
I can't keep my lies straight
      
SOL#m 
But I made you terminate my baby
             
This love triangle left us in a wreck, tangled
                
MI 
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 our unborn child?

            
SOL#m          
I've been a liar, been a thief
SI     
MI            
Been a lover, been a cheat
    
FA#  
SOL#m  
All my sins need holy water, 
SI      
MI           
DO#5
feel it washing over me
                 
SOL#m
Well, little one, 
                         
SI
I don't want to admit to something
MI                          
FA#
 If all it's gonna cause is pain
SOL#m                
SI
 The truth and my lies 
        
MI               
now are falling like the rain
           
FA#
So let the river run