By the rivers of [C]Babylon, there we sat down
ye-eah we [G7]wept, when we remembered [C]Zion.
By the rivers of [C]Babylon, there we sat down
ye-eah we [G7]wept, when we remembered [C]Zion.

When the wicked [C]carried us away in cap [C7]tivity
Re [F]quired from us a [C]song
Now how shall we sing the [G7]lord's song in a strange land
When the wicked [C]carried us away in cap [C7]tivity
Re [F]quired from us a [C]song
Now how shall we sing the [G7]lord's song in a strange land

Let the [C]words of our [G7]mouth and the medi [C]tations of our [G7]heart
be ac [C]ceptable in thy [G7]sight here [C]tonight
Let the [C]words of our [G7]mouth and the medi [C]tations of our [G7]heart
be ac [C]ceptable in thy [G7]sight here [C]tonight

By the rivers of [C]Babylon, there we sat down
ye-eah we [G7]wept, when we remembered [C]Zion.
By the rivers of [C]Babylon, there we sat down
ye-eah we [G7]wept, when we remembered [C]Zion.