Verse
When the wicked
C# C#7
Carried us away in captivity
F# C#
Required from us a song
G#7
Now how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land
When the wicked
C# C#7
Carried us away in captivity
F# C#
Requiring from us a song
G#7
Now how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land
[Bridge]
C# G#7 C# G#7
Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
C# G#7 C#
be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
C# G#7 C# G#7
Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
C# G#7 C#
be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
[Chorus]
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
G#7 C#
ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.
C#
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
G#7 C#
ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.