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River by Eminem - Guitar Chords

Artist Eminem How to play the guitar chord Em.jpg How to play the guitar chord G.jpg How to play the guitar chord C.jpg How to play the guitar chord D.jpg

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Version 1
                             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) 
        

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