Rivers Of Babylon tab by Boney M.

Tabs

• Capo on 2nd

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 MajorE bass string (6th) in the FF chord with you left-hand thumb.

Chorus: (2x)

  C majorC
E MajorE|---------------------------|-0----0---0-------------|---------------------|-0-------------------|
BB|--------------1---1---3----|------------------------|-----------1----3----|---------------------|
G+G|------0---0----------------|------------------------|------0--------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------2---------------2----|------2------------2----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|
A augmentedA|-3-------------------------|-3----------------------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|
E MajorE|--------------3------------|--------------3---------|-----------3---------|-----------3---------|
    By the rivers of   Ba- bylon,       there   we  sat  down.

             G+G                         C majorC
E MajorE|------0----1----0----|---------------------|----------------------0----|---------------------------|
BB|---------------------|-3-------------------|-----3---3---3---3---------|-3---1-------1-------------|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D MajorD|------2---------2----|------0---------0----|---------0------------0----|---------2------------2----|
A augmentedA|-3-------------------|-----------2---------|-----------------2---------|-3-------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------3---------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------------|-----------------3---------|
    Ye- eah we   wept,           when we remembered   Zi-     on.

Verse: (2x)
              C majorC
E MajorE|-------/-8----5----3----|-0---0-----------0---------|-0-----------0-------0--------|
BB|------------------------|-------------3--------3----|-----3-------------------3----|
G+G|---------0---------0----|---------------------------|------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------|---------2------------2----|---------2---------------2----|
A augmentedA|-3----------------------|-3-------------------------|-3----------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------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-

  FF              C majorC
E MajorE|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|-0---0------------1---0----|
BB|-1---1-------3---1---------|---------------------|-1---1-------1---1----3----|---------------------------|
G+G|----------------------2----|-0--------------0----|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D MajorD|---------3------------3----|------2---------2----|---------2------------2----|---------2------------2----|
A augmentedA|---------------------------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------------|-3-------------------------|
E MajorE|-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+G           C majorC
E MajorE|---------------------|---------------------|
BB|-3--------------1----|-1-------------------|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|
A augmentedA|---------------------|-3---------3---------|
E MajorE|-3---------3---------|---------------------|
  strange    land?
  strange    land?

Praise:
  C majorC                       G+G           C majorC
E MajorE|-----------3----3----|-0---------1----0-------|-----------3----3----|-0---------1----0-------|
BB|---------------------|--------------------1---|-3-------------------|--------------------1---|
G+G|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D MajorD|------2---------0----|------2---------2-------|------0---------0----|------2---------2-------|
A augmentedA|-3-------------------|-3---------3------------|---------------------|-3---------3------------|
E MajorE|-----------3---------|------------------------|-3---------3---------|------------------------|
       Let the  words   of  our    mouth and the medi-  tations  of our

  G+G           C majorC            G+G            C majorC
E MajorE|-----------3----3----|-0---------1----0-------|-----------0------------|---------------------|--------|
BB|-3-------------------|--------------------1---|-3------------------3---|-1-------------------|-1------|
G+G|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|-0------|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|------2---------2-------|------0---------0-------|------2---------2----|-2------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|-3---------3------------|------------------------|-3-------------------|-3------|
E MajorE|-3---------3---------|------------------------|-3---------3------------|-----------3---------|--------|
  heart   Be  ac-  ceptable in  thy    sight   here   to-  night.


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