Rivers Of Babylon Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][C][C][C]
[G][G][C][C]
[C][C][C][C]
[G][G][C][C]

[Chorus 1]
By the rivers of [C]Babylon, there we sat down
Yeah, we [G]wept, when we remembered [C]Zion
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
Yeah, we [G]wept, when we remembered [C]Zion

[Verse 1]
[C]There the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
Re[G]quired from us a [C]song
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song
in a [G]strange [C]land?
There the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
Re[G]quired from us a [C]song
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song
in a [G]strange [C]land?

[Interlude 1]
[C][C][C][C]
[G][G][C][C]

[Verse 2]
Let the [C]words of our [G]mouth
and the medi[C]tation of our [G]heart
Be ac[C]ceptable in thy [G]sight here [C]to night
Let the words of our [G]mouth
and the medi[C]tation of our [G]heart
Be ac[C]ceptable in thy [G]sight here [C]to night

[Chorus 2]
By the rivers of [C]Babylon, there we sat down
Yeah, we [G]wept, when we remembered [C]Zion
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
Yeah, we [G]wept, when we remembered [C]Zion

[Interlude 2]
[C][C][C][C]
[G][G][C][C]
[C][C][C][C]
[G][G][C][C]

[Chorus 3]
By the rivers of [C]Babylon
(dark tears of Babylon)
there we sat down
(you got to sing a song) Yeah, we [G]wept
(sing a song of love)
when we remembered [C]Zion
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
By the rivers of Babylon
(rough bits of Babylon)
there we sat down
(you hear the people cry)
Yeah, we [G]wept
(they need their God)
when we remembered [C]Zion
(ooh, have the power)
[fade out]