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