River

	 
[Tablatura]
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    Em   G  C    D     Em   G  C    D   
e|------------------|-------------------|  
B|------------------|-------------------|  
G|------------------|-------------------|  
D|-------0--2-------|-------0--2----4\--|  
A|--2----2--3----5\-|--2----2--3----5\--|  
E|--0----3--3----5\-|--0----3--3--------|  
                 Chorus  
    Em   G  C    D     Em   G  C  A5  D
 
e|------------------|--------------------| 
B|------------------|--------------------| 
G|---------------2--|--------------2--2--| 
D|--2----0--2----0--|--2----0--2---2--0--| 
A|--2----2--3----0--|--2----2--3---0--x--| 
E|--0----3--3-------|--0----3--3------2--| 
                   Verse 
 
\ = slide down 
x = dead note
- C is actually C/G, shown as C for simplicity 
- D is actually D/A and D/F# during verse as defined above
[Refrão]
            Em                  G   
I've been a liar, been a thief, been
   C 
 a lover, been a cheat 
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat 
    D    Em                  G      
All my sins need holy water, feel it
 C 
 washin' over me 
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me 
     D         Em               
Well little one, I don't want to
          G         C 
 admit to something 
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something 
                           D    Em
If all it's gonna cause is pain,  
                  G            
 truth in my lies right now are
 C 
 falling like the rain 
If all it's gonna cause is pain,   truth in my lies right now are falling like the rain 
           D 
So let the river run
[Estrofe]
Em                               
   He's comin' home with his neck
              G 
 scratched to catch flack 
   He's comin' home with his neck scratched to catch flack 
C                                 
   Sweat jackets and dress slacks,
 D 
 mismatched 
   Sweat jackets and dress slacks, mismatched 
Em                              
On his breath's Jack, he's a sex
            G 
 addict and she just wants to 
On his breath's Jack, he's a sex addict and she just wants to 
C                 A5       D 
Exact revenge and get back
[Estrofe]
         Em                          
It's a chess match, she's on his back
         G 
 like a jet-pack 
It's a chess match, she's on his back like a jet-pack 
      C                             
She's kept track of all his Internet
           D 
 chats and guess who just 
She's kept track of all his Internet chats and guess who just 
Em                                 
Happens to be movin' on to the next
   G 
 actually 
Happens to be movin' on to the next actually 
     C                            
Just shit on my last chick and she
 A5           D 
 has what my ex lacks
Just shit on my last chick and she has what my ex lacks
[Estrofe]
Em                         G 
  'Cause she loves danger, psychopath
 
  'Cause she loves danger, psychopath 
C                                  
   And you don't fuck with no man's
            D 
 girl, even I know that 
   And you don't fuck with no man's girl, even I know that 
Em                               
   But she's devised some plan to
          G 
 stab him in the back 
   But she's devised some plan to stab him in the back 
C                      
Knife in hand, says the
     A5                
 relationship's hangin'
 D 
 by a strand
Knife in hand, says the relationship's hangin' by a strand
[Estrofe]
Em                                
   So she's been on the web lately
 G 
 
   So she's been on the web lately 
     C                             
Says maybe she'll be my Gwen Stacy,
    D 
 to spite her man 
Says maybe she'll be my Gwen Stacy, to spite her man 
Em                              G 
   And I know she's using me to try
 to play him 
   And I know she's using me to try to play him 
C 
I don't care, "hi Suzanne", but I
 shoulda said "bye Suzanne" 
I don't care, "hi Suzanne", but I shoulda said "bye Suzanne" 
  
After the first night, but tonight I
 am
After the first night, but tonight I am
[Refrão]
            Em                  G   
I've been a liar, been a thief, been
   C 
 a lover, been a cheat 
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat 
    D    Em                  G      
All my sins need holy water, feel it
 C            A5 
 washin' over me 
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me 
               Em               
Well little one, I don't want to
          G         C 
 admit to something 
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something 
                           D    Em
If all it's gonna cause is pain,  
                 G        C 
 truth in my lies now are falling
 like the rain 
If all it's gonna cause is pain,   truth in my lies now are falling like the rain 
A5 
   So let the river run
[Estrofe]
Em                                   
One-night stand turned to a two-night
        G 
 stand, it was 
One-night stand turned to a two-night stand, it was 
      C                           
"Come sunlight, scram," now we hug
           D 
 tight and 
"Come sunlight, scram," now we hug tight and 
         Em                         
He found out, now she feels deserted
          G 
 and used 
He found out, now she feels deserted and used 
            C                     
'Cause he left, so what, he did it
 A5               D 
 first to her too
'Cause he left, so what, he did it first to her too
[Estrofe]
    Em                            
Now how am I supposed to tell this
                          G 
 girl that we're through? 
Now how am I supposed to tell this girl that we're through? 
     C                          
It's hard to find the words, I'm
                    D 
 aloof, nervous and Sue 
It's hard to find the words, I'm aloof, nervous and Sue 
                Em 
Don't want this to hurt but what you
 deserve is the truth 
Don't want this to hurt but what you deserve is the truth 
       G           C                
Don't take it personal, I just can't
             A5            D 
 say this in person to you
Don't take it personal, I just can't say this in person to you
[Estrofe]
Em                               
   So I revert to the studio like
      G           C 
 hole-in-the-wall diners 
   So I revert to the studio like hole-in-the-wall diners 
                                    
Don't have to be reserved in a booth
 D 
 
Don't have to be reserved in a booth 
  Em                               
I just feel like the person who I'm
                G 
 turnin' into's 
I just feel like the person who I'm turnin' into's 
     C                            
Irreversible, I preyed on you like
      A5                D 
 it's church at the pew
Irreversible, I preyed on you like it's church at the pew
[Estrofe]
               Em 
And now that I got you I don't want
 you 
And now that I got you I don't want you 
               G               C 
Took advantage in my thirst to pursue
 
Took advantage in my thirst to pursue 
                                 D 
Why do I do this dirt that I do? 
          Em                    
Get on my soapbox and preach, my
                   G 
 sermon and speech 
Get on my soapbox and preach, my sermon and speech 
          C 
Detergent and bleach is burnin' the
 wound 
Detergent and bleach is burnin' the wound 
  
'Cause now with her in the womb 
  
We can't bring her in this world,
 shoulda knew 
We can't bring her in this world, shoulda knew 
  
To use protection 'fore I bit into
 your forbidden fruit
To use protection 'fore I bit into your forbidden fruit
[Refrão]
                    Em          
I've been (fuck!) a liar, been a
        G      C 
 thief, been a lover, been a
 cheat 
I've been (fuck!) a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat 
    D    Em                  G      
All my sins need holy water, feel it
 C            A5 
 washin' over me 
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me 
               Em               
Well little one, I don't want to
          G         C 
 admit to something 
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something 
                           D    Em
If all it's gonna cause is pain,  
                 G        C 
 truth in my lies now are falling
 like the rain 
If all it's gonna cause is pain,   truth in my lies now are falling like the rain 
A5 
   So let the river run
[Puente]
Em                 G                
My name's (oh-oh), my name's (oh-oh)
 C 
 Denver (oh-oh), river run 
My name's (oh-oh), my name's (oh-oh) Denver (oh-oh), river run 
     Em               G              
Just call me (oh-oh), call me (oh-oh)
 C 
 River (oh-oh) 
Just call me (oh-oh), call me (oh-oh) River (oh-oh) 
N.C. 
We'll let the river run
[Estrofe]
C 
   Always the bridesmaid, never "the
 bride, hey" 
   Always the bridesmaid, never "the bride, hey" 
D5 
   Fuck can I say, if life was a
 highway 
   Fuck can I say, if life was a highway 
C 
   And deceit was an enclave, I'd be
 swerving in five lanes 
   And deceit was an enclave, I'd be swerving in five lanes 
Em                       D5 
   Speeds at a high rate like I'm
 slidin' on ice maybe 
   Speeds at a high rate like I'm slidin' on ice maybe 
C 
   That's why I'm may have came at
 you sideways 
   That's why I'm may have came at you sideways 
D5 
   I can't keep my lies straight
[Estrofe]
        Em 
But I made you terminate my baby 
              Em 
This love triangle left us in a
 wreck, tangled 
This love triangle left us in a wreck, tangled 
                C 
What else can I say, it was fun for a
 while, bet I really woulda loved
 your smile 
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?
Didn't really wanna abort but fuck it, what's one more lie to tell our unborn child?
[Refrão]
            Em                  G   
I've been a liar, been a thief, been
   C 
 a lover, been a cheat 
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat 
    D    Em                  G      
All my sins need holy water, feel it
 C 
 washin' over me 
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me 
     D         Em                   
Well little one, (I’m sorry) I don't
                  G         C 
 want to admit to something (I
 fucked up) 
Well little one, (I’m sorry) I don't want to admit to something (I fucked up) 
                           D    Em
If all it's gonna cause is pain,  
                     G       
 the truth in my lies now are
 C 
 falling like the rain 
If all it's gonna cause is pain,   the truth in my lies now are falling like the rain 
           D 
So let the river run (river run,
 river run, river run)
So let the river run (river run, river run, river run)