Key: Gb major
Verse 1
F#
B
By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down
Then the wicked carried us
away in captivity,
E
B
Required from us a song.
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song
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B
E
In a strange land?
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B
C#m
F#
B
in a strange land?
By the rivers of Babylon,
there we sat down,
By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down
Tortures of Babylon
You've got to sing a song
C#m
F#
Sing a song of love
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B
F#
Let the words of our mouths
B
F#
And the meditation of our hearts
B
F#
Be acceptable in thy sight
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B
Let the words of our mouths
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B
And the meditation of our hearts
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B
Be acceptable in thy sight
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B
Here tonight
By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down
By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down
To hear the people cry
In these days gone
To the sound gone
By the rivers of Babylon
Oh, yeah, yeah,
Where we sat down
Yeah, yeah, yeah
The churches of Babylon
Yeah, yeah, yeah
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF# B E C#m
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