Verse
When the wicked
C C7
Carried us away in captivity
F C
Required from us a song
G7
Now how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land
When the wicked
C C7
Carried us away in captivity
F C
Requiring from us a song
G7
Now how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land
[Bridge]
C G7 C G7
Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
C G7 C
be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
C G7 C G7
Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
C G7 C
be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
[Chorus]
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.