Rivers Of Babylon (hi & lo)

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

RIVERS OF BABYLON hi & lo
Trad. Jamaican folk song
Key: E

-3”-3”  4   4  -4 5  5   5
-6 -6   7   7  -8 8  8   8
By the riv-ers of Ba-by-lon
 
  -3” 4  -4   5
  -6  7  -8   8
Where we sat down

 5    -5  5   -4
 8    -9  8   -8
And there we wept

 -4  -4 -4 -4    5   -4 44
 -8  -8 -8 -8    8   -8 77
When we re-mem-bered Zi-on


-3”-3”  4   4  -4 5  5   5
-6 -6   7   7  -8 8  8   8
By the riv-ers of Ba-by-lon
 
  -3” 4  -4   5
  -6  7  -8   8
Where we sat down

 5    -5  5   -4
 8    -9  8   -8
And there we wept

 -4  -4 -4 -4    5   -4 44
 -8  -8 -8 -8    8   -8 77
When we re-mem-bered Zi-on


 6   7   -6  6
 9  10   -10 9
But the wick-ed

 5   5   5  5  5  -4  5  5  5
 8   8   8  8  8  -8  8  8  8
Car-ried us a-way cap-ti-vi-ty

-4   4     4  4  -3” 4
-8   7     7  7  -6  7
Re-quire from us a song

 4   4  4    4  -4    5     5   5
 7   7  7    7  -8    8     8   8
How can we sing the Lord’s own song  

-5 5    -4     4
-9 8    -8     7 
in a strange land 


-3”-3”  4   4  -4 5  5   5
-6 -6   7   7  -8 8  8   8
By the riv-ers of Ba-by-lon
 
  -3” 4  -4   5
  -6  7  -8   8
Where we sat down

 5    -5  5   -4
 8    -9  8   -8
And there we wept

 -4  -4 -4 -4    5   -4 44
 -8  -8 -8 -8    8   -8 77
When we re-mem-bered Zi-on

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