Rivers Of Babylon (chromatic)

by Jamaican Folk Song

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RIVERS OF BABYLON
Trad. Jamaican folk song
Key: E

-4 -4   6   6 -6* 7* 7*  7*
By the riv-ers of Ba-by-lon
  -4  6  -6*  7*
Where we sat down
 7*   -7  7* -6*
And there we wept
-6* -6*-6* -6*   7* -6*6 6
When we re-mem-bered Zi-on

-4 -4   6   6 -6* 7* 7*  7*
By the riv-ers of Ba-by-lon
  -4  6  -6*  7*
Where we sat down
 7*   -7  7* -6*
And there we wept
-6* -6*-6* -6*   7* -6*6 6
When we re-mem-bered Zi-on

-8  10   8*  -8
But the wick-ed
 7*  7*  7* 7* 7* -6* 7* 7* 7*  
Car-ried us a-way cap-ti-vi-ty
-6*  6     6  6  5*  6
Re-quire from us a song
 6   6  6    6  -6*   7*    7*  7*
How can we sing the Lord’s own song  
-7 7*   -6*    6
in a strange land 

-4 -4   6   6 -6* 7* 7*  7*
By the riv-ers of Ba-by-lon
  -4  6  -6*  7*
Where we sat down
 7*   -7  7* -6*
And there we wept
-6* -6*-6* -6*   7* -6*6 6
When we re-mem-bered Zi-on