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Rivers Of Babylon Tabs by Boney M.

Rivers Of Babylon tab by Boney M.

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  • 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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