Chords for Rivers of Babylon - Amazing Song in the Round
Tempo:
92 bpm
Chords used:
Am
F
G
E
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [A] [Dm]
[A] [F] [E] [D] [Am]
[B]
[A]
[A] [D] [A] [F]
[A] [Dm] [A] By
[Am] [Dm] the [G]
waters, [F] the [Am] [Dm] [A] waters of [Am] Babylon,
we lay [G] down and wept [F] and wept [E] for thee [Am]
Zion.
We remember [G] thee, remember, [F] we [Am] remember thee Zion.
[F] As President Kunkel mentioned, we're going to sing that as a round.
So what I'd like to do [Am] first is
to sing the first phrase of that and have you repeat it.
And then [Fm] we'll do that with the second
and then with the [F] third.
[E] Okay, so let's try [A] that.
[Am] By [Dm] the [G] waters, [Am] the waters [E] of [Am] Babylon,
[B]
by the [G] waters, [F] the waters [Em] of [Am] Babylon, we lay down [Dm] [G] and wept [F] and wept [E] for thee [Am] Zion.
We lay down [G] and wept [F] and wept [B] for [Am] thee Zion.
We [G] remember thee, [Dm] [G] remember, [Dm] we remember [E] thee [Am] Zion.
[G] We remember thee, remember, [F] we remember [E] [Am] thee Zion.
Very good, you all are in good voice today.
[C] So this is what we'll do.
We'll [F] sing through the whole song together [E] twice as a [F] community.
[Am] Together.
And [D] then we'll break [Am] off and do a round.
And this [C] group over here on the Boyle [Ab] side, you're going to be group one.
Okay, [B] this group over here on the [A] Gathering Space side, you're going to be group two.
[Ab] And all of us [A] right here in this right here in the choir area,
[Dm] we're all going to be group [Em] three.
And [Dm] we'll sing, we'll go right [Cm] from singing it together two times right [F] into the round.
[Am] And we'll sing the round three times.
So you sing your part three [F] times, okay?
Sing the [G] song through three times.
And [Em] then if you're one of the groups that gets [F] done before the [E] last group, just join in with the [D] last group.
[Am] Okay?
So all of us are singing together at the end.
By [B]
[G] the [Am] waters, [Em] [F] the [Am]
[D] waters [E] of [Am] Babylon, we lay down [G] and wept [F] and wept [E] for thee [Am] Zion.
We remember [G] thee, [F] remember thee, remember [E] thee [Am] Zion.
[F]
[G] By the waters, [F] the [Dm] waters [E] of [Am] Babylon, we lay down [G] and wept [F] and wept [E] for [Am] thee Zion.
We [G] remember thee, remember [Dm] [Am]
[F] [Am] [F]
[G] [F] [Am]
[D] [E] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[G] [Am]
[Dm] [E] [Am] thee, [F] remember thee Zion.
[G] [F] [Am] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[G]
[B] [A] [E] [Am]
[G]
[F] [E] [Am]
[G]
[Eb] [Bm] [E]
[Eb] [Ab] [F] [Eb]
[Em] [Fm] [Ab] [E]
[Eb] [Ab]
[E]
[C] [Ab]
[D]
[Abm] [D] [Cm]
[Abm] [Bb] [A] [Db]
[Abm] [Eb]
[A] [F] [E] [D] [Am]
[B]
[A]
[A] [D] [A] [F]
[A] [Dm] [A] By
[Am] [Dm] the [G]
waters, [F] the [Am] [Dm] [A] waters of [Am] Babylon,
we lay [G] down and wept [F] and wept [E] for thee [Am]
Zion.
We remember [G] thee, remember, [F] we [Am] remember thee Zion.
[F] As President Kunkel mentioned, we're going to sing that as a round.
So what I'd like to do [Am] first is
to sing the first phrase of that and have you repeat it.
And then [Fm] we'll do that with the second
and then with the [F] third.
[E] Okay, so let's try [A] that.
[Am] By [Dm] the [G] waters, [Am] the waters [E] of [Am] Babylon,
[B]
by the [G] waters, [F] the waters [Em] of [Am] Babylon, we lay down [Dm] [G] and wept [F] and wept [E] for thee [Am] Zion.
We lay down [G] and wept [F] and wept [B] for [Am] thee Zion.
We [G] remember thee, [Dm] [G] remember, [Dm] we remember [E] thee [Am] Zion.
[G] We remember thee, remember, [F] we remember [E] [Am] thee Zion.
Very good, you all are in good voice today.
[C] So this is what we'll do.
We'll [F] sing through the whole song together [E] twice as a [F] community.
[Am] Together.
And [D] then we'll break [Am] off and do a round.
And this [C] group over here on the Boyle [Ab] side, you're going to be group one.
Okay, [B] this group over here on the [A] Gathering Space side, you're going to be group two.
[Ab] And all of us [A] right here in this right here in the choir area,
[Dm] we're all going to be group [Em] three.
And [Dm] we'll sing, we'll go right [Cm] from singing it together two times right [F] into the round.
[Am] And we'll sing the round three times.
So you sing your part three [F] times, okay?
Sing the [G] song through three times.
And [Em] then if you're one of the groups that gets [F] done before the [E] last group, just join in with the [D] last group.
[Am] Okay?
So all of us are singing together at the end.
By [B]
[G] the [Am] waters, [Em] [F] the [Am]
[D] waters [E] of [Am] Babylon, we lay down [G] and wept [F] and wept [E] for thee [Am] Zion.
We remember [G] thee, [F] remember thee, remember [E] thee [Am] Zion.
[F]
[G] By the waters, [F] the [Dm] waters [E] of [Am] Babylon, we lay down [G] and wept [F] and wept [E] for [Am] thee Zion.
We [G] remember thee, remember [Dm] [Am]
[F] [Am] [F]
[G] [F] [Am]
[D] [E] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[G] [Am]
[Dm] [E] [Am] thee, [F] remember thee Zion.
[G] [F] [Am] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
[G]
[B] [A] [E] [Am]
[G]
[F] [E] [Am]
[G]
[Eb] [Bm] [E]
[Eb] [Ab] [F] [Eb]
[Em] [Fm] [Ab] [E]
[Eb] [Ab]
[E]
[C] [Ab]
[D]
[Abm] [D] [Cm]
[Abm] [Bb] [A] [Db]
[Abm] [Eb]
Key:
Am
F
G
E
A
Am
F
G
_ [A] _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [F] _ [E] _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [F] _
[A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] By _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ the [G] _
waters, [F] the [Am] _ [Dm] [A] waters of [Am] Babylon,
_ _ we lay [G] down and _ wept [F] and _ wept [E] for thee [Am]
Zion.
We remember [G] thee, remember, [F] we [Am] remember thee Zion.
_ _ [F] _ As President Kunkel mentioned, we're going to sing that as a round.
So what I'd like to do [Am] first is
to sing the first phrase of that and have you repeat it.
And then [Fm] we'll do that with the second
and then with the [F] third.
[E] Okay, so let's try [A] that.
_ [Am] _ _ _ By [Dm] the _ [G] _ waters, [Am] the _ waters [E] of [Am] Babylon,
_ _ _ [B] _
by the [G] _ waters, [F] the _ waters [Em] of _ [Am] Babylon, we lay down [Dm] [G] and wept [F] and _ wept [E] for thee [Am] Zion.
We lay down [G] and wept [F] and wept _ [B] for [Am] thee Zion.
_ We [G] remember thee, [Dm] [G] remember, [Dm] we remember [E] thee [Am] Zion. _ _ _ _
[G] We remember thee, remember, [F] we remember [E] [Am] thee Zion.
_ Very good, you all are in good voice today.
[C] So this is what we'll do.
We'll [F] sing through the whole song together [E] twice as a [F] community.
[Am] Together.
And [D] then we'll break [Am] off and do a round.
And this [C] group over here on the Boyle [Ab] side, you're going to be group one.
Okay, [B] this group over here on the [A] Gathering Space side, you're going to be group two.
[Ab] And all of us [A] right here in this right here in the choir area,
[Dm] we're all going to be group [Em] three.
And [Dm] we'll sing, we'll go right [Cm] from singing it together two times right [F] into the round.
[Am] And we'll sing the round three times.
So you sing your part three [F] times, okay?
Sing the [G] song through three times.
And [Em] then if you're one of the groups that gets [F] done before the [E] last group, just join in with the [D] last group.
[Am] Okay?
So all of us are singing together at the end. _
_ _ _ _ _ By [B] _
[G] the [Am] waters, [Em] [F] the [Am] _
[D] waters [E] of [Am] Babylon, _ we lay down [G] and _ wept [F] and _ wept [E] for thee [Am] Zion.
We remember [G] thee, _ [F] remember thee, remember [E] thee [Am] Zion.
_ _ [F] _
[G] By the waters, [F] the [Dm] waters [E] of [Am] Babylon, _ we lay down [G] and wept [F] and wept [E] for [Am] thee Zion.
We _ [G] remember thee, remember [Dm] _ _ [Am] _
[F] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Dm] _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ thee, [F] remember thee Zion.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[B] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Fm] _ [Ab] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[A] _ [F] _ [E] _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [F] _
[A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] By _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ the [G] _
waters, [F] the [Am] _ [Dm] [A] waters of [Am] Babylon,
_ _ we lay [G] down and _ wept [F] and _ wept [E] for thee [Am]
Zion.
We remember [G] thee, remember, [F] we [Am] remember thee Zion.
_ _ [F] _ As President Kunkel mentioned, we're going to sing that as a round.
So what I'd like to do [Am] first is
to sing the first phrase of that and have you repeat it.
And then [Fm] we'll do that with the second
and then with the [F] third.
[E] Okay, so let's try [A] that.
_ [Am] _ _ _ By [Dm] the _ [G] _ waters, [Am] the _ waters [E] of [Am] Babylon,
_ _ _ [B] _
by the [G] _ waters, [F] the _ waters [Em] of _ [Am] Babylon, we lay down [Dm] [G] and wept [F] and _ wept [E] for thee [Am] Zion.
We lay down [G] and wept [F] and wept _ [B] for [Am] thee Zion.
_ We [G] remember thee, [Dm] [G] remember, [Dm] we remember [E] thee [Am] Zion. _ _ _ _
[G] We remember thee, remember, [F] we remember [E] [Am] thee Zion.
_ Very good, you all are in good voice today.
[C] So this is what we'll do.
We'll [F] sing through the whole song together [E] twice as a [F] community.
[Am] Together.
And [D] then we'll break [Am] off and do a round.
And this [C] group over here on the Boyle [Ab] side, you're going to be group one.
Okay, [B] this group over here on the [A] Gathering Space side, you're going to be group two.
[Ab] And all of us [A] right here in this right here in the choir area,
[Dm] we're all going to be group [Em] three.
And [Dm] we'll sing, we'll go right [Cm] from singing it together two times right [F] into the round.
[Am] And we'll sing the round three times.
So you sing your part three [F] times, okay?
Sing the [G] song through three times.
And [Em] then if you're one of the groups that gets [F] done before the [E] last group, just join in with the [D] last group.
[Am] Okay?
So all of us are singing together at the end. _
_ _ _ _ _ By [B] _
[G] the [Am] waters, [Em] [F] the [Am] _
[D] waters [E] of [Am] Babylon, _ we lay down [G] and _ wept [F] and _ wept [E] for thee [Am] Zion.
We remember [G] thee, _ [F] remember thee, remember [E] thee [Am] Zion.
_ _ [F] _
[G] By the waters, [F] the [Dm] waters [E] of [Am] Babylon, _ we lay down [G] and wept [F] and wept [E] for [Am] thee Zion.
We _ [G] remember thee, remember [Dm] _ _ [Am] _
[F] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Dm] _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ thee, [F] remember thee Zion.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[B] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Fm] _ [Ab] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _