Instruments
| C | C | C | C | G | G | C | C | [x2]
Hook 1
| C | C | C | C |By the rivers of Babylon There we sat down | G | G | C | C |Yeah, we wept When we remembered Zion | C | C | C | C |By the rivers of Babylon There we sat down | G | G | C | C |Yeah, we wept When we remembered Zion
Verse 1
| C | C | F | C |When the wicked Carried us away in captivity Required from us a song | C | C | G | C |Now how shall we sing the Lord's song In a strange land? | C | C | F | C |When the wicked Carried us away in captivity Required from us a song | C | C | G | C | C |Now how shall we sing the Lord's song In a strange land?
Instruments
| C | C | C | C | G | G | C | C |
Verse 2
| C | G | C | G |Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart | C | G | C | C |Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight | C | G | C | G |Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart | C | G | C | C |Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
Hook 1
| C | C | C | C |By the rivers of Babylon There we sat down | G | G | C | C |Yeah, we wept When we remembered Zion | C | C | C | C |By the rivers of Babylon There we sat down | G | G | C | C |Yeah, we wept When we remembered Zion
Instruments
| C | C | C | C || G | G | C | C |
Verse 1
| C | C | F | C |When the wicked Carried us away in captivity Required from us a song | C | C | G | C |Now how shall we sing the Lord's song In a strange land? | C | C | F | C |When the wicked Carried us away in captivity Required from us a song | C | C | G | C | C |Now how shall we sing the Lord's song In a strange land?
Instruments
| C | C | C | C || G | G | C | C |
Verse 2
| C | G | C | G |Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart | C | G | C | C |Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight | C | G | C | G |Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart | C | G | C | C |Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
Chorus
| C | C | C | C | (Dark tears of Babylon) (You got to sing a song)| G | G | C | C | (Sing a song of love) (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Verse 2
| C | G | C | G |Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart | C | G | C | C |Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight | C | G | C | G |Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart | C | G | C | C |Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
Hook 2
| C | C | C | C |By the rivers of Babylon There we sat down | G | G | C | C |Yeah, we wept When we remembered Zion | C | C | C | C |By the rivers of Babylon There we sat down | G | G | C |Yeah, we wept When we remembered Zion
Instruments
| C | C | C | C | G | G | C | C | [x2]
Hook 1
| C | C | F | C |When the wicked Carried us away in captivity Required from us a song | C | C | G | C |Now how shall we sing the Lord's song In a strange land? | C | C | F | C |When the wicked Carried us away in captivity Required from us a song | C | C | G | C | C |Now how shall we sing the Lord's song In a strange land?
Last-Hook (Fade Out)
| C | C |By the rivers of Babylon (Dark tears of Babylon) | C | C |There we sat down (You got to sing a song) | G | G |Yeah we wept (Sing a song of love) | C | C |When we remembered Zion (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) | C | C |By the rivers of Babylon (Dark tears of Babylon) | C | C |There we sat down (You got to sing a song) | G | G |Yeah we wept (Sing a song of love) | C | C |When we remembered Zion (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
