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