E            D
There's blue skies all around me
          A                    E
And the world looks just the same
E               D
It's hard to be criminal
A                     E
when you all know my name
E           D
Sometimes I wonder
A                     E
Sometimes I wanna be free
E                D
Well, you can be king of me
A                E
And I'll be the queen

E

E                 D
No one listens to me
A               E
The words I have to say
E                    D
There ain't no doubt about it
A                  E
I'm just trying to get away
       D/F#             A
I'm going back to the river
                       E
Where no one will find me
        D/F#              A
We're going back to the river
             E
Back to the sea

E                 D
When I was just a baby
A          E
My mama taught me
E                          D
"Girl, you best believe in Jesus
A                  E
If you'll make it in the world"
D/F#                     A
I'm going back to the river
                        E
Where no one knows my name
D/F#                      A
I'm going back to the river
             E
Back to the Seine

Here we go

E                       D
There's blue skies all around me
A                        E
And the world looks just the same
E                D
It's hard to be criminal
A                   E
When they all know your name
E           D
Sometimes I wonder
A               E
Sometimes I wanna be free
E                D
Well, you can be king of me
A                   E
And I'll be the queen

E

E                 D
No one listens to me
A               E
The words I have to say
E                    D
There ain't no doubt about it
A                E
I'm just fading into gray
E                     D
I'm going back to the river
A                     E
Where the devil can't find me
E                      D
I'm going back to the river
A       E
Back to the sea