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Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E
Title: By the Rivers of Babylon Artist: Boney M. Time: 4/4 Tempo: Q=120 Capo: 2 (optionally, just for more brilliance) Play bass quartere consequently with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths. Emphasize the melody notes. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Repeat Verse and Chorus for all Verses. Play the E bass string (6th) in the F chord with you left-hand thumb. [Chorus] (2x) C E|---------------------------|-0----0---0-------------|---------------------|-0-------------------| B|--------------1---1---3----|------------------------|-----------1----3----|---------------------| G|------0---0----------------|------------------------|------0--------------|---------------------| D|------2---------------2----|------2------------2----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----| A|-3-------------------------|-3----------------------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------| E|--------------3------------|--------------3---------|-----------3---------|-----------3---------| By the rivers of Ba- bylon, there we sat down. G C E|------0----1----0----|---------------------|----------------------0----|---------------------------| B|---------------------|-3-------------------|-----3---3---3---3---------|-3---1-------1-------------| G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| D|------2---------2----|------0---------0----|---------0------------0----|---------2------------2----| A|-3-------------------|-----------2---------|-----------------2---------|-3-------------------------| E|-----------3---------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------------|-----------------3---------| Ye- eah we wept, when we remembered Zi- on. [Verse] (2x) C E|-------/-8----5----3----|-0---0-----------0---------|-0-----------0-------0--------| B|------------------------|-------------3--------3----|-----3-------------------3----| G|---------0---------0----|---------------------------|------------------------------| D|------------------------|---------2------------2----|---------2---------------2----| A|-3----------------------|-3-------------------------|-3----------------------------| E|--------------5---------|-----------------3---------|-----------------3------------| When the wicked carried us a- way in cap-ti- vi- ty, re- When the wicked carried us a- way in cap-ti- vi- ty, re- F C E|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|-0---0------------1---0----| B|-1---1-------3---1---------|---------------------|-1---1-------1---1----3----|---------------------------| G|----------------------2----|-0--------------0----|---------------------------|---------------------------| D|---------3------------3----|------2---------2----|---------2------------2----|---------2------------2----| A|---------------------------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------------|-3-------------------------| E|-1---------------1---------|-----------3---------|-----------------3---------|--------------3------------| quired from us a song. Now how shall we sing the lord's song in a quiring from us a song. Now how shall we sing the lord's song in a G C E|---------------------|---------------------| B|-3--------------1----|-1-------------------| G|---------------------|---------------------| D|------0---------0----|------2---------2----| A|---------------------|-3---------3---------| E|-3---------3---------|---------------------| strange land? strange land? [Praise] C G C E|-----------3----3----|-0---------1----0-------|-----------3----3----|-0---------1----0-------| B|---------------------|--------------------1---|-3-------------------|--------------------1---| G|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------| D|------2---------0----|------2---------2-------|------0---------0----|------2---------2-------| A|-3-------------------|-3---------3------------|---------------------|-3---------3------------| E|-----------3---------|------------------------|-3---------3---------|------------------------| Let the words of our mouth and the medi- tations of our G C G C E|-----------3----3----|-0---------1----0-------|-----------0------------|---------------------|--------| B|-3-------------------|--------------------1---|-3------------------3---|-1-------------------|-1------| G|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|-0------| D|------0---------0----|------2---------2-------|------0---------0-------|------2---------2----|-2------| A|---------------------|-3---------3------------|------------------------|-3-------------------|-3------| E|-3---------3---------|------------------------|-3---------3------------|-----------3---------|--------| heart Be ac- ceptable in thy sight here to- night. ************************************ | / Slide up ************************************