Chorus                                         Verse
    Em   G  C    D     Em   G  C    D             Em   G  C    D     Em   G  C  A5  D  
E|------------------|-------------------| e|------------------|--------------------|
B|------------------|-------------------| B|------------------|--------------------|
G|------------------|-------------------| G|---------------2--|--------------2--2--|
D|-------0--2-------|-------0--2----4\--| D|--2----0--2----0--|--2----0--2---2--0--|
A|--2----2--3----5\-|--2----2--3----5\--| A|--2----2--3----0--|--2----2--3---0--x--|
E|--0----3--3----5\-|--0----3--3--------| E|--0----3--3-------|--0----3--3------2--|
\ = slide down
x = dead note


Notes: - C is actually C/G, shown as C for simplicity
       - D is actually D/A and D/F# during verse as defined above


Capo 4th fret 


[Intro Chorus]
            Em                  G      C  
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat
    D    Em                  G       C  
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me
     D         Em                         G         C  
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something
                           D    Em                  G             C  
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


[Verse 1]
Em                                             G
   He's comin' home with his neck scratched to catch flack
C                                  D   
   Sweat jackets and dress slacks, mismatched
Em                                          G
On his breath's Jack, he's a sex addict and she just wants to
C                 A5       D   
Exact revenge and get back

         Em                                   G
It's a chess match, she's on his back like a jet-pack
      C                                        D   
She's kept track of all his Internet chats and guess who just
Em                                    G
Happens to be movin' on to the next actually
     C                             A5           D   
Just shit on my last chick and she has what my ex lacks

Em                         G
  'Cause she loves danger, psychopath
C                                              D   
   And you don't fuck with no man's girl, even I know that
Em                                         G
   But she's devised some plan to stab him in the back
C                           A5                 D   
Knife in hand, says the relationship's hangin' by a strand

Em                                 G
   So she's been on the web lately
     C                                 D   
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
C  
I don't care, "hi Suzanne", but I shoulda said "bye Suzanne"

After the first night, but tonight I am


[Chorus 1]
            Em                  G      C  
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat
    D    Em                  G       C            A5
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me
               Em                         G         C  
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something
                           D    Em                 G        C  
If all it's gonna cause is pain,   truth in my lies now are falling like the rain
A5
   So let the river run


[Verse 2]
Em                                           G
One-night stand turned to a two-night stand, it was
      C                                      D   
"Come sunlight, scram," now we hug tight and
         Em                                   G
He found out, now she feels deserted and used
            C                      A5               D   
'Cause he left, so what, he did it first to her too

    Em                                                      G
Now how am I supposed to tell this girl that we're through?
     C                                              D   
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
       G           C                             A5            D   
Don't take it personal, I just can't say this in person to you

Em                                     G           C  
   So I revert to the studio like hole-in-the-wall diners
                                     D   
Don't have to be reserved in a booth
  Em                                               G
I just feel like the person who I'm turnin' into's
     C                                  A5                D   
Irreversible, I preyed on you like it's church at the pew

               Em
And now that I got you I don't want you
               G               C  
Took advantage in my thirst to pursue
                                 D   
Why do I do this dirt that I do?
          Em                                       G
Get on my soapbox and preach, my sermon and speech
          C  
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


[Chorus 2]
                    Em                  G      C  
I've been (fuck!) a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat
    D    Em                  G       C            A5
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me
               Em                         G         C  
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something
                           D    Em                 G        C  
If all it's gonna cause is pain,   truth in my lies now are falling like the rain
A5
   So let the river run


[Bridge]
Em                 G                 C  
My name's (oh-oh), my name's (oh-oh) Denver (oh-oh), river run
     Em               G               C  
Just call me (oh-oh), call me (oh-oh) River (oh-oh)
N.C.
We'll let the river run


[Verse 3]
C  
   Always the bridesmaid, never "the bride, hey"
D5
   Fuck can I say, if life was a highway
C  
   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
C  
   That's why I'm may have came at you sideways
D5
   I can't keep my lies straight

        Em  
But I made you terminate my baby
              Em
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

Didn't really wanna abort but fuck it, what's one more lie to tell our unborn child?


[Chorus 3]
            Em                  G      C  
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat
    D    Em                  G       C  
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me
     D         Em                                     G         C  
Well little one, (I’m sorry) I don't want to admit to something (I fucked up)
                           D    Em                     G        C  
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)