Verse
When the wicked
A# A#7
Carried us away in captivity
D# A#
Required from us a song
F7
Now how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land
When the wicked
A# A#7
Carried us away in captivity
D# A#
Requiring from us a song
F7
Now how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land
[Bridge]
A# F7 A# F7
Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
A# F7 A#
be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
A# F7 A# F7
Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
A# F7 A#
be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
[Chorus]
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
F7 A#
ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.
A#
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
F7 A#
ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.