Rivers Of Babylon Tab by Boney M.

Rivers Of Babylon tab by Boney M.

Guitar Tab

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 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.

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                         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.



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