Boney M. - Rivers of Babylon: chords

Chorus:
                  C
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
          G7                        C
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion
                  C
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
           G7                       C
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion

C
When the wicked
                   C7
Carried us away in captivity
    F               C
Required from us a song

Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in
    G7     C
a strange land
C
When the wicked
                    C7
Carried us away in captivity
   F               C
Requiring of us a song

Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in
    G7     C
a strange land

         C            G7                C
Let the words of our mouth and the meditation
        G7
of our heart
      C               G7           C
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight

         C            G7                C
Let the words of our mouth and the meditation
        G7
of our heart
      C               G7           C
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight

Chorus:
                  C
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
           G7                       C
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion
C
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
           G7                       C
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion

                  C
By the rivers of Babylon (daughters of Babylon)
There we sat down (you got to sing a song)
          G7
Ye-eah we wept, (sing a song of love)
                  C
When we remember Zion. (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
By the rivers of Babylon (Prophets of Babylon)
There we sat down (you hear the people cry)
          G7
Ye-eah we wept, (they need their god)
                 C
When we remember Zion. (ooh, have the power)
By the rivers of Babylon, (oh, yeah, yeah, yeah)
There we sat down (yeah, yeah yeah)
           G7
Ye-eah we wept (daughters of Babylon,
                    C
When we remembered Zion (ooh, yeah yeah yeah)
By the rivers of Babylon

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