| E | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Green River, I've come back to you |
| A | |
| Do you remember me |
| E | F# | B7 | |
| Do you remember | Mommy | with the soft blue | eyes? |
| E | |
| I | left you with a lot of dreams |
| A | |
| None of them came true |
| B7 | E | |
| What I wanted was here | waiting all the | time |
| B | B7 | E | |
| Green | River, did she come back | every | evening |
| B | B7 | E | |
| Like the | neighbors said she did | so faithful | ly |
| A | E | |
| Green | River, has she gone away for | ever? |
| F# | |
| She just | disappeared one day |
| B7 | |
| As | she gave up on me |
| E | |
| Green | River, if you see her |
| A | |
| Won't you | tell her I've returned? |
| E | F# | B7 | |
| All I brought her is my | self | and this little | ring |
| E | |
| Please | tell her that I love her |
| A | |
| And my | lesson I have learned |
| B7 | E | |
| Green River, tell her | please come back to | me |