Intro and Chorus lick
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--------2-2-3---|
E|----3-3---------|G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------2-2-----|
A|5-5-5-----------|--------2-2-3---| 5-5-5-----------|--5---5-----5---|
E|----------------|----3-3---------|----------------|----------------|DD9G/DD7G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|---(5---3---1---| 0)--------------|----------------|
G|----------------|---(5---4---2---| 0)--------------|----------------|
D|----------------|--------2-------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----5-5-----5---|----------------|----------------|
E|5-5-5-----------|----------------| 3---------------|----------------|
notes in (brackets): intro organ
D9 x-x-0-5-5-x
G/D x-x-0-4-3-x
D7 x-x-0-2-1-x
[Intro]
| G | % | % | % |
| D | DD9G/DD7 | G | % |
[Chorus]
G
By the rivers of Babylon where he sat down
DG
And there he wept when he remembered Zion
[Verse]
G
But the wicked carried us away in captivity
CG
Required from us a song
GDG
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
G
'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
CG
Required from us a song
GDG
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land? Sing it out loud,
[Chorus]
G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
Sing a song of freedom, sister
G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
Sing a song of freedom, brother
D
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, la, la
G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
[Chorus]
G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
We gotta sing and shout it
G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
We gotta jump and shout it
D
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
Shout the song of freedom now
G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh
[Bridge]
GDGD
So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart
GDG
Be acceptable in Thy sight, oh Far I
GDGD
So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart
GDG
Be acceptable in Thy sight, oh Far I ... Sing it again!
[Chorus]
G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
We've got to sing it together
G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
We've got to shout it together
D
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
Na, na, na, na, na
G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
| G | % | % | % |
(instrumental)
| D | % | G | % |
(instrumental)
[Chorus]
G
By the rivers of Babylon where he sat down
DG
And there he wept when he remembered Zion
[Verse]
G
But the wicked carried us away in captivity
CG
Required from us a song
GDG
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
G
'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
CG
Required from us a song
GDG
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land? Sing it out loud,
[Chorus]
(fade out)
G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
Sing a song of freedom, brother
G
(Ah, ah, ah, aaah)
Sing a song of freedom, sister