[Intro Chorus]
            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


[Verse 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


[Chorus 1]
            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


[Verse 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


[Chorus 2]
                    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


[Bridge]
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


[Verse 3]
E
   Always the bride's maid, never the bride, hey
F#5
   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#5
   Speeds at a high rate like I'm sliding on ice maybe
E
   That's why I'm made, that came at you sideways
F#5
   I can't keep my lies straight

         D#m
What I made you terminate my baby
              D#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?


[Chorus 3]
            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)