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