By the Rivers Dark chords by Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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By the rivers dark
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I wandered on.
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I lived my life
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In Babylon.
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Verse 2
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And I did forget
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My holy song
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And I had no strength
In Babylon.
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Verse 3
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By the rivers dark
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Where I could not see
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Who was waiting there
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Who was hunting me.
Verse 4
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And he cut my lip
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And he cut my heart.
So I could not drink
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From the river dark.
Verse 5
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And he covered me,
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And I saw within,
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My lawless heart
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And my wedding ring,
Verse 6
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I did not know
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And I could not see
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Who was waiting there,
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Who was hunting me.
Verse 7
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By the rivers dark
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I panicked on.
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I belonged at last
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To Babylon.
Verse 8
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Then he struck my heart
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With a deadly force,
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And he said, â??This heart
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It is not yours.'
Verse 9
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And he gave the wind
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My wedding ring
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And he circled us
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With everything.
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Verse 10
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By the rivers dark,
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In a wounded dawn,
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I live my life
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In Babylon.
Verse 11
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Though I take my song
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From a withered limb,
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Both song and tree,
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They sing for him.
Verse 12
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Be the truth unsaid
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And the blessing gone,
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If I forget
My Babylon.
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Verse 13
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I did not know
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And I could not see
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Who was waiting there,
Who was hunting me.
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Verse 14
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By the rivers dark,
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Where it all goes on
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By the rivers dark
Outro 1
In Babylon.
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By the Rivers Dark
Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
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