Rivers Of Babylon

Intro and Chorus lick
E|----------------| 
B|----------------| 
G|----------------| 
D|----------------| 
A|--------2-2-3---| 
E|----3-3---------| 

  G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------2-2-----|  
A|5-5-5-----------|--------2-2-3---| 5-5-5-----------|--5---5-----5---| 
E|----------------|----3-3---------|----------------|----------------|  

  D                    D9 G/D  D7   G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
B|----------------|---(5---3---1---| 0)--------------|----------------| 
G|----------------|---(5---4---2---| 0)--------------|----------------| 
D|----------------|--------2-------|----------------|----------------|  
A|----------------|----5-5-----5---|----------------|----------------|  
E|5-5-5-----------|----------------| 3---------------|----------------| 

notes in (brackets): intro organ

D9   x-x-0-5-5-x
G/D  x-x-0-4-3-x
D7   x-x-0-2-1-x


[Intro]
| G | % | % | % |
| D | D D9 G/D D7 | G | % |


[Chorus]
                 G
By the rivers of Babylon where he sat down
             D                       G
And there he wept when he remembered Zion


[Verse]
               G
But the wicked carried us away in captivity
  C                G
Required from us a song
G                                    D       G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
                  G
'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
  C               G
Required from us a song
G                                    D       G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land? Sing it out loud,


[Chorus]
             G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
               Sing a song of freedom, sister
             G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
               Sing a song of freedom, brother
             D
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
                Oh, oh, oh, oh, la, la
             G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)


[Chorus]
             G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
                 We gotta sing and shout it
             G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
               We gotta jump and shout it
             D
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
                Shout the song of freedom now
             G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
                Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh


[Bridge]
           G            D                 G             D
So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart
     G               D             G
Be acceptable in Thy sight, oh Far I
           G            D                 G             D
So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart
     G               D             G
Be acceptable in Thy sight, oh Far I ... Sing it again!


[Chorus]
             G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
                 We've got to sing it together
             G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
                 We've got to shout it together
             D
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
                Na, na, na, na, na
             G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
                 Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh


[Chorus]
| G | % | % | % |
(instrumental)
| D | % | G | % |
(instrumental)


[Chorus]
                 G
By the rivers of Babylon where he sat down
             D                       G
And there he wept when he remembered Zion


[Verse]
               G
But the wicked carried us away in captivity
  C                G
Required from us a song
G                                    D       G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
                 G
'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
  C                G
Required from us a song
G                                    D       G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land? Sing it out loud,


[Chorus]
(fade out)
             G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
               Sing a song of freedom, brother
             G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
               Sing a song of freedom, sister