Boney M, Rivers Of Babylon (1978)
Key: :[B] (w: Brent Dowe, Trevor McNaughton) (BPM: 116) (o: The Melodians, 1970)
INTRO:
Mmm-
[B]-mm, mmm-
[B]-mm
Mmm-
[F#7]-mm, mmm-
[B]-mm-mm
INTRO 2:
Ahh-
[B]-hh, ahh-
[B]-hh
Ahh-
[F#7]-hh, ahh-
[B]-hh
CHORUS:
By the rivers of
[B] Babylon, there we sat down
Yeah-eah we
[F#7] wept, when we remembered
[B] Zion
By the rivers of
[B] Babylon, there we sat down
Yeah-eah we
[F#7] wept, when we remembered
[B] Zion
VERSE 1:
When the wicked
[B] carried us away in captivity, re-
[E]-quired from us a
[B] song
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a
[F#7] strange
[B] land
When the wicked
[B] carried us away in captivity, re-
[E]-uiring of us a
[B] song
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a
[F#7] strange
[B] land
REPEAT INTRO 1:
BRIDGE:
Let the
[B] words of our
[F#7] mouth and the medi-
[B]-tation of our
[F#7] heart
Be ac-
[B]-ceptable in thy
[F#7] sight here to-
[B]-night
Let the
[B] words of our
[F#7] mouth and the medi-
[B]-tation of our
[F#7] heart
Be ac-
[B]-ceptable in thy
[F#7] sight here to-
[B]-night
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK:
[B] [B] [F#7] [B]
Ahh-
[B] hh, ahh-
[B] hh, ahh-
[F#7] hh, ahh-
[B] hh
REPEAT CHORUS: 