Intro: Fm | Eb | Fm Dbmaj7 | Eb | Fm Fm By the rivers dark Eb Fm I wandered on Dbmaj7 I lived my life Eb Fm In Babylon And I did forget My holy song: And I had no strength In Babylon Ab Bb6 By the rivers dark Fm Where I could not see Db Eb Who was waiting there Fm Who was hunting me And he cut my lip And he cut my heart So I could not drink From the rivers dark And he covered me And I saw within My lawless heart And my wedding ring I did not know And I could not see Who was waiting there Who was hunting me By the rivers dark I panicked on I belong at last To Babylon Then he struck my heart With a deadly force And he said, "This heart: It is not yours" Db Eb And he gave the wind Fm My wedding ring Db Eb/db And he circled us Bbm7 C C7 With everything By the rivers dark In a wounded dawn I live my life In Babylon Though I take my song From a withered limb Both song and tree They sing for him Be the truth unsaid And the blessing gone If I forget My Babylon I did not know And I could not see Who was waiting there Who was hunting me By the rivers dark Where it all goes on: By the rivers dark In Babylon