G#m                 B      E 
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat 
    F#   G#m                 B       E 
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me 
     F#        G#m                        B         E 
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something 
                           F#   G#m                 B             E 
If all it's gonna cause is pain,   truth in my lies right now are falling like the rain 
           F# 
So let the river run 

Verso 1 
G#m                                            B 
   He's coming home with his neck scratched to catch flack 
E                                  F# 
   Sweat jackets and dress slacks, mismatch 
G#m                                      B 
On his breast jacket is a sex addict and she just wants to 
E                  C#5      F# 
Exact revenge and get back 

         G#m                                  B 
It's a chess match, she's on his back like a jetpack 
      E                                        F# 
She's kept track of all his internet chats and guess who just 
G#m                                   B 
Happens to be moving on to the next actually 
     E                             C#5          F# 
Just shit on my last chick and she has what my ex lacks 

G#m                        B 
  'Cause she loves danger, psychopath 
E                                              F# 
   And you don't fuck with no man's girl, even I know that 
G#m                                        B 
   But she's devised some plan to stab him in the back 
E                           C#5                F# 
Knife in hand, says the relationship's hanging by a strand 

G#m                                B 
   So she's been on the web lately 
     E                                 F# 
Says maybe she'll be my Gwen Stacy, to spite her man 
G#m                             B 
   And I know she's using me to try to play him 
E 
I don't care, "hi Suzanne", but I shoulda' said "bye Suzanne" 

After the first night, but tonight I am 

Refrão 
            G#m                 B      E 
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat 
    F#   G#m                 B       E            C#5 
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me 
               G#m                        B         E 
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something 
                           F#   G#m                B        E 
If all it's gonna cause is pain,   truth in my lies now are falling like the rain 
C#5 
   So let the river run 

Verso 2 
G#m                                            B 
One night stand turned into two night stayin', it was cold 
    E                                        F# 
And some might scram, y'all we hug tight and 
         G#m                                  B 
He found out, now she feels deserted and used 
            E                      C#5              F# 
'Cause he left, so what, he did it first to her too 

    G#m                                                     B 
Now how am I supposed to tell this girl that we're through? 
     E                                              F# 
It's hard to find the words, I'm aloof, nervous and suited 
          G#m 
When it's too hurtful but what you deserve is the truth 
       B           E                             C#5           F# 
Don't take it personal, I just can't say this in person to you 

G#m                                    B           E 
   So I revert to the studio like Hole In The Wall diners 
                                     F# 
Don't have to be reserved in a booth 
  G#m                                              B 
I just feel like the person who I'm turnin' into's 
     E                                  C#5               F# 
Irreversible, I prayed on you like it's church at the pew 

               G#m 
And now that I got you I don't want you 
               B               E 
Took advantage of my thirst to pursue 
                                 F# 
Why do I do this dirt that I do? 
           G#m                                     B 
Get off my soapbox and preach, my sermon in speech 
          E 
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 


Refrão 
                    G#m                 B      E 
I've been (fuck!) a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat 
    F#   G#m                 B       E            C#5 
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me 
               G#m                        B         E 
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something 
                           F#   G#m                B        E 
If all it's gonna cause is pain,   truth in my lies now are falling like the rain 
C#5 
   So let the river run 


Ponte 
G#m                B                 E 
My name's (oh-oh), my name's (oh-oh) Denver (oh-oh), never run 
     G#m              B               E 
Just call me (oh-oh), call me (oh-oh) River (oh-oh) 
N.C. 
We'll let the river run 


Verso 3 
E 
   Always the bride's maid, never the bride, hey 
F# 
   Fuck can I say, if life was a highway 
E 
   The sequel’s an enclave, I’ll be swerving in five lanes 
G#m                      F# 
   Speeds at a high rate like I'm sliding on ice maybe 
E 
   That's why I'm made, that came at you sideways 
G#m 
   I can't keep my lies straight 

         E 
What I made you terminate my baby 
              G#m 
This love triangle left us in a wreck tangled 
                E 
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? 


Refrão 
            G#m                 B      E 
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat 
    F#   G#m                 B       E 
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me 
     F#        G#m                                    B         E 
Well little one, (I’m sorry) I don't want to admit to something (I fucked up) 
                           F#   G#m                    B        E 
If all it's gonna cause is pain,   the truth in my lies now are falling like the rain 
           F# 
So let the river run (river run, river run, river run)