River

River: Chords

            SOL#m
I've been a liar, been a thief
SI     MI           
Been a lover, been a cheat
    SI  SOL#m    
All my sins need holy water, 
SI      MI
feel it washing over me
                 SOL#m                     SI
Well, little one, I don't want to admit to something
MI                          SI
 If all it's gonna cause is pain
SOL#m                    SI
 Truth and my lies right now 
    MI
are falling like the rain
           FA#
So let the river run

SOL#m                     
 He's comin' home with his neck scratched, 
   SI
to catch flack
MI                               FA#
 Sweat jackets and dress slacks, mismatched
SOL#m
On his breath's Jack, he's a sex addict
        SI
And she just wants to exact revenge and get back
       SOL#m
It's a chess match, 
                         SI
she's on his back like a jetpack
      MI           
She's kept track of all his Internet chats
    FA#            SOL#m
And guess who just happens 

to be movin' on to the next
SI      MI
Actually, just shit on my last chick 

and she has what my ex lacks

SOL#m                    SI      MI
'Cause she loves danger, psychopath
                   
And you don't fuck with no man's girl, 
     FA#        SOL#m
even I know that

But she's devised some plan to stab him in the back
MI
Knife in hand, 

says their relationship's hangin' by a strand
SOL#m                           SI
 So she's been on the web lately
     MI
Says maybe she'll be my Gwen Stacy, 
                SOL#m
to spite her man

And I know she's using me to try to play him, 
MI
I don't care

Hi Suzanne, but I shoulda said "Bye Suzanne"
                             
After the first night, but tonight I am

            SOL#m          
I've been a liar, been a thief
SI     MI            
Been a lover, been a cheat
    FA#  SOL#m  
All my sins need holy water, 
SI      MI           DO#5
feel it washing over me
                 SOL#m
Well, little one, 
                         SI
I don't want to admit to something
MI                          FA#
 If all it's gonna cause is pain
SOL#m                SI
 The truth and my lies 
        MI                DO#5
now are falling like the rain

So let the river run

SOL#m                                SI
A one-night stand turned a two-night stand
             MI
It was "come sunlight, scram, 
                   FA#
"now we hug tight, and
         SOL#m                           SI
He found out, now she feels deserted and used
          MI                       DO#5         FA#5       
'Cause he left, so what? He did it first to her too
    SOL#m
Now how am I supposed to tell 
                     SI
this girl that we're through?
     MI
It's hard to find the words, 
                        FA#
I'm aloof, nervous, and Sue
                SOL#m
Don't want this to hurt, 
                
but what you deserve is the truth
      SI 
Don't take it personal, 
MI                       DO#5      FA#
I just can't say this in person to you
SOL#m 
 So I revert to the studio, 
          SI          MI
like hole-in-the-wall diners
                               FA#
Don't have to be reserved in a booth
  SOL#m                                        SI
I just feel like the person who I'm turning into's
    MI
Irreversible, 
                          DO#5          FA#  
I preyed on you like it's church at the pew
               SOL#m
And now that I got you I don't want you
                          SI      MI
Took advantage in my thirst to pursue
                              FA#
Why do I do this dirt that I do?
          SOL#m                             SI
Get on my soapbox and preach, my sermon and speech
           MI
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 (Fuck!)

            SOL#m          
I've been a liar, been a thief
SI     MI            
Been a lover, been a cheat
    FA#  SOL#m  
All my sins need holy water, 
SI      MI           DO#5
feel it washing over me
                 SOL#m
Well, little one, 
                         SI
I don't want to admit to something
MI                          FA#
 If all it's gonna cause is pain
SOL#m                SI
 The truth and my lies 
        MI                DO#5
now are falling like the rain

So let the river run
SOL#m            SI
My name's (ooh), my name's (ooh)
MI
River (ooh), river run
SOL#m          SI
Call me (ooh), call me (ooh)
MI
River (ooh), we'll let the river run

MI                                          FA#
...Always the bridesmaid, never "The bride, hey!"
                                  MI
Fuck can I say? If life was a highway
            
And deceit was an enclave, 
                        SOL#m
I'd be swerving in five lanes
                  FA#
Speeds at a high rate, 
                         MI
like I'm slidin' on ice, maybe
                                      FA#
That's why I may have came at you sideways
                  
I can't keep my lies straight
      SOL#m 
But I made you terminate my baby
             
This love triangle left us in a wreck, tangled
                MI 
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?

            SOL#m          
I've been a liar, been a thief
SI     MI            
Been a lover, been a cheat
    FA#  SOL#m  
All my sins need holy water, 
SI      MI           DO#5
feel it washing over me
                 SOL#m
Well, little one, 
                         SI
I don't want to admit to something
MI                          FA#
 If all it's gonna cause is pain
SOL#m                SI
 The truth and my lies 
        MI               
now are falling like the rain
           FA#
So let the river run

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Classici Rock

River è un brano scritto e interpretato da Marshall Mathers, meglio conosciuto come Eminem, contenuto nell'album Revival pubblicato nel 2017. Nono disco di inediti per il rapper del Missouri, presenta nel titolo un duplice messaggio: sia la rinascita personale che quella degli Stati Uniti d'America. La canzone è il secondo singolo estratto dall'album e vede la partecipazione canora del cantautore britannico Ed Sheeran; un mix tra pop, rap, rock e hip hop.

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L'autore del post

Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).