Key: :[C] (w: Brent Dowe, Trevor McNaughton) (BPM: 116) (o: The Melodians, 1970)
INTRO:
Mmm-
[C]-mm, mmm-
[C]-mm
Mmm-
[G7]-mm, mmm-
[C]-mm-mm
INTRO 2:
Ahh-
[C]-hh, ahh-
[C]-hh
Ahh-
[G7]-hh, ahh-
[C]-hh
CHORUS:
By the rivers of
[C] Babylon, there we sat down
Yeah-eah we
[G7] wept, when we remembered
[C] Zion
By the rivers of
[C] Babylon, there we sat down
Yeah-eah we
[G7] wept, when we remembered
[C] Zion
VERSE 1:
When the wicked
[C] carried us away in captivity, re-
[F]-quired from us a
[C] song
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a
[G7] strange
[C] land
When the wicked
[C] carried us away in captivity, re-
[F]-uiring of us a
[C] song
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a
[G7] strange
[C] land
REPEAT INTRO 1:
BRIDGE:
Let the
[C] words of our
[G7] mouth and the medi-
[C]-tation of our
[G7] heart
Be ac-
[C]-ceptable in thy
[G7] sight here to-
[C]-night
Let the
[C] words of our
[G7] mouth and the medi-
[C]-tation of our
[G7] heart
Be ac-
[C]-ceptable in thy
[G7] sight here to-
[C]-night
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK:
[C] [C] [G7] [C]
Ahh-
[C] hh, ahh-
[C] hh, ahh-
[G7] hh, ahh-
[C] hh
REPEAT CHORUS: 