Rivers of Babylon    (intro) (midi)    (sample)

 

                           C

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down,

                    G                                           C

ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

 

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down,

                    G                                           C

ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

 

1. When the wicked

      C                                              F                         C

    carried us away in captivity, required from us a song.

                                                                            G        C

    Now how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land.

 

    When the wicked

      C                                              F                     C

    carried us away in captivity, requiring of us a song.

                                                                             G         C

    Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land.

 

                                         C         G     C

+ 1^st half of CHORUS =   m m m m m m

 

                                         G                           C                     G

2. Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts,

               C                      G                C

    be acceptable in thy sight here tonight.

                                        G                             C                   G

    Let the words of our mouths and the meditation of our hearts,

               C                      G                C

    be acceptable in thy sight here tonight.

 

+  CHORUS (2x)                

 

    (Boney M)