Chords for Don McLean Babylon.wmv

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[G] _ _ _ _ _ The idea of important statements becomes more and more ridiculous when you hear a little
song like [Gm] this. _
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That little statement has lasted 2,000 years or more, _ and it's probably more appropriate now than it even was back then.
_ The part that I like about it the most, I think, is the part where it says,
We remember thee, remember thee, Zion.
Because I believe that in the next two or three years, we're going to see the most difficult period in all of human history.
And this song, and perhaps songs like it, whereby we can hold on to the memory and cling to the recollection
of something we might like to see again, it will be all that we have.
It's a real easy song if you want to try it, and sing it with me.
By the waters of Babylon we lay down and wept and wept for thee, Zion.
We remember thee, remember thee, Zion.
You try it.
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ By the _ [Gm] waters, the waters of Babylon we lay down and wept and wept for thee, Zion.
[G] We remember [Gm] thee, remember thee, [G] remember thee, Zion.
Do it again.
By [Gm] _ the _ waters, the _ waters of Babylon _ we lay [G] down and wept and wept for thee, Zion.
_ _ _ _ [C] We remember thee, [Gm]
remember thee, [D] _ remember [G] thee, Zion.
I'm just going to divide this audience into three pieces.
You over here on that side will be one, and you right down the middle will be another,
and you over here will be the third.
And we'll just start you singing it, and then you'll do it, and then you'll do it. _
Make sure you remember your part, otherwise it will sound like you're inside a washing machine.
_ So, ready?
Here we go.
_ [Cm] By _ the [Gm] waters, [Eb] the [D] waters _ [G] _
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_ [Dm] _ [G] of [A] Babylon [Gm] _ [C]
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ lay down and wept and wept for thee, Zion.
We remember thee, remember _ thee, [Cm] remember [Gm]
thee, Zion.
Keep going.
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_ We remember _ _ _ _ thee, remember thee, Zion.
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