Chords for 🎤 Psalm 137 Song - Rivers of Babylon
Tempo:
106.625 bpm
Chords used:
D
Bm
A
F#m
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C#] [F#m]
By the rivers of [C#m]
Babylon, [D] there we sat down and [A] there we wept [Bm] when we remembered Zion.
[D]
[Bm] [F#m] On the willows we hung our [C#] harps, [D] for there our captors [A] asked us for songs, our [Bm] tormentors asked for [F#m] laughter.
[D]
[G] Saying, Sing us one of the [Bm] songs of Zion, [B] but how could [Dm] we sing the [F#] Lord's song in a foreign [A]
land?
[A#]
[F#m] If I forget you, [C#m]
Jerusalem, [D] let my right hand [A] also forget [Bm] my tongue cling to my [D] mouth.
[F#m] If I do not [C#m] remember you, [D] if I do not set [A] Jerusalem [Bm] above my highest [C#] [D] joy,
[G] [Bm]
[Dm] [B]
[E] [A]
[E] Remember, O [Bm] Lord, [D] against the [E] Edomites on the day of her [Bm] fall.
O [D] Jerusalem, [E] how they said, Tear it [Bm] down, tear it [D] down, down [E] to its foundation.
O [F#m] daughter [C#m] of Babylon, [D]
you [A] devastator,
[Bm] you [D] devastator,
[A] [F#m] Happy are they [C#m] who pay you back, [D]
pay back what you [A] have done to us.
[Bm] Happy shall they be who [D] take, take [G] your little ones and [D] dash them against the rock.
By the rivers of [C#m]
Babylon, [D] there we sat down and [A] there we wept [Bm] when we remembered Zion.
[D]
[Bm] [F#m] On the willows we hung our [C#] harps, [D] for there our captors [A] asked us for songs, our [Bm] tormentors asked for [F#m] laughter.
[D]
[G] Saying, Sing us one of the [Bm] songs of Zion, [B] but how could [Dm] we sing the [F#] Lord's song in a foreign [A]
land?
[A#]
[F#m] If I forget you, [C#m]
Jerusalem, [D] let my right hand [A] also forget [Bm] my tongue cling to my [D] mouth.
[F#m] If I do not [C#m] remember you, [D] if I do not set [A] Jerusalem [Bm] above my highest [C#] [D] joy,
[G] [Bm]
[Dm] [B]
[E] [A]
[E] Remember, O [Bm] Lord, [D] against the [E] Edomites on the day of her [Bm] fall.
O [D] Jerusalem, [E] how they said, Tear it [Bm] down, tear it [D] down, down [E] to its foundation.
O [F#m] daughter [C#m] of Babylon, [D]
you [A] devastator,
[Bm] you [D] devastator,
[A] [F#m] Happy are they [C#m] who pay you back, [D]
pay back what you [A] have done to us.
[Bm] Happy shall they be who [D] take, take [G] your little ones and [D] dash them against the rock.
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F#m
C#m
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[C#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
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_ By the rivers of [C#m]
Babylon, _ _ [D] _ there we sat down and [A] there we wept [Bm] when we remembered Zion.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [F#m] On the willows we hung our [C#] harps, [D] for there our captors [A] asked us for songs, our [Bm] tormentors asked for [F#m] laughter.
[D] _ _ _ _
[G] Saying, Sing us one of the [Bm] songs of Zion, [B] but how could [Dm] we sing the [F#] Lord's song in a foreign [A] _ _
land?
_ _ _ _ _ [A#] _
[F#m] _ If I forget you, [C#m] _
Jerusalem, _ _ [D] _ let my right hand [A] also forget _ [Bm] my tongue cling to my [D] mouth. _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ If I do not [C#m] remember you, _ [D] if I do not set [A] _ Jerusalem _ _ [Bm] above my highest _ [C#] [D] joy, _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
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[E] _ Remember, O [Bm] Lord, [D] against the _ [E] Edomites on the day of her [Bm] fall.
O [D] Jerusalem, _ [E] how they said, Tear it [Bm] down, tear it [D] down, down [E] to _ its foundation. _
O _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ daughter [C#m] of _ Babylon, _ _ [D] _ _
you _ [A] _ _ devastator, _
[Bm] you _ _ [D] devastator, _ _
[A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ Happy are they [C#m] who pay you _ back, [D] _
pay back what you [A] have done to us.
[Bm] Happy shall they be who [D] take, _ _ _ take [G] your little ones and [D] dash them against the rock. _
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_ By the rivers of [C#m]
Babylon, _ _ [D] _ there we sat down and [A] there we wept [Bm] when we remembered Zion.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [F#m] On the willows we hung our [C#] harps, [D] for there our captors [A] asked us for songs, our [Bm] tormentors asked for [F#m] laughter.
[D] _ _ _ _
[G] Saying, Sing us one of the [Bm] songs of Zion, [B] but how could [Dm] we sing the [F#] Lord's song in a foreign [A] _ _
land?
_ _ _ _ _ [A#] _
[F#m] _ If I forget you, [C#m] _
Jerusalem, _ _ [D] _ let my right hand [A] also forget _ [Bm] my tongue cling to my [D] mouth. _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ If I do not [C#m] remember you, _ [D] if I do not set [A] _ Jerusalem _ _ [Bm] above my highest _ [C#] [D] joy, _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
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[E] _ Remember, O [Bm] Lord, [D] against the _ [E] Edomites on the day of her [Bm] fall.
O [D] Jerusalem, _ [E] how they said, Tear it [Bm] down, tear it [D] down, down [E] to _ its foundation. _
O _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ daughter [C#m] of _ Babylon, _ _ [D] _ _
you _ [A] _ _ devastator, _
[Bm] you _ _ [D] devastator, _ _
[A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ Happy are they [C#m] who pay you _ back, [D] _
pay back what you [A] have done to us.
[Bm] Happy shall they be who [D] take, _ _ _ take [G] your little ones and [D] dash them against the rock. _
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