Verse
When the wicked
F F7
Carried us away in captivity
A# F
Required from us a song
C7
Now how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land
When the wicked
F F7
Carried us away in captivity
A# F
Requiring from us a song
C7
Now how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land
[Bridge]
F C7 F C7
Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
F C7 F
be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
F C7 F C7
Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
F C7 F
be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
[Chorus]
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
C7 F
ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.
F
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
C7 F
ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.