Chords for Boney M. - Megamix (Extended Version) (1988)
Tempo:
128.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
Eb
Gb
E
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
By the rivers of Babylon
By
[C] the rivers of Babylon
By the rivers of Babylon
Freeze, I'm a banker, put your hands in the air, give me all your money
By the [G] rivers of Babylon
[E]
By the rivers of [C] Babylon
By the rivers of Babylon
Here we sat down
[G]
[C]
By the rivers of Babylon
Here we sat
[G]
Anywhere
When you [C] remember
You carried us away captivity
[Am]
[F] Firing our [C] boxes down
Now how shall we explain the lost sound in our [G] brain?
Yeah,
[G]
[C]
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The river of all, all, all
[E] And the meditation of all, all, all
Is settled in the sky Is
[Ab] Father Reaver's arms
Are up in [G] arms
[C] [Eb] Father [C] Reaver's arms
[Eb]
[C] [Eb]
[Cm] Crazy part of [Fm] daddy
[Eb]
[Cm] [Fm]
[Eb]
[Cm] [Fm]
[Eb] Shanks
[Cm] What about daddy's [Fm] tools?
Daddy's crazy like a [Eb] fool
[Cm]
[Fm] Daddy's cool
Daddy, [Eb] daddy cool
Daddy, daddy [Fm] cool
Daddy, daddy [Eb] cool
[Cm]
Daddy, daddy [Fm] cool
Daddy, daddy [Fm] cool
[Db] All those [G] muscles
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [G]
[B] [A] [G]
[Gb] [A] [G]
[Gb] [Bm]
[E] [Gb]
[Bm]
[E]
[B] There is a certain man in Russia long ago
[E] He was big and [Gb] strong and his eyes [B] was very dark
He knew terror and fear
But [E] to Moscow chicks he [Gb] was such a [Bm] lovely dear
He preached the Bible like a preacher
[E] Full of [Gb] ecstasy and fire
[B] But he also was the kind of teacher
[E] The [Gb] Emmanuel [Bm] Messiah
Rah, [D] rah, Rasputin
[E] Lock her up in Russian [A] feet
There was [E] a cat that [B] really was gone
Rah, rah, [D]
[E] Rasputin
Russia's greatest love [A] machine
It [E] was a shame [B] how we carried on
[A] [C] Is [Dm] there any person out there
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[C] She was Mounine's cat
In a [Dm] Chicago town
She was [C] Mounine's cat
Tearing [Dm] him all down
She ain't no heart at all
No, no, no heart at all
She was Mounine's [C] cat
When she was [Dm] really young
She left the house of [C] blood
She wasn't tough [Dm]
enough
[C] She took her boys [Dm] along
[Am] But never [E] made it strong
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think [Bb] she told her [E] foe son
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think [Bb] she had to handle [A] their guns
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think [Bb] she never did [D] cry
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think her Russian cute ass [D] is dead
[C] [Db]
[D] Don't anybody [Bb] move
The [A] money or you're [Eb] alive
[Gb] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Gb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gb] [Ab]
[Eb] And for the [Gb] islands
The red and [Ab] red and pecked and [Eb] plucked
[Gb] [Ab]
[Eb] When we cross islands
[Gb] It's time [Ab] we hit the [Eb] catalog
[Gb] [Ab]
Take it all with sunshine
[Db] It's easy not to say [Eb] goodbye
Bye, bye, bye
And for we are [Gb] the same
Yeah, we're [Ab] really flying [Eb] high
[Gb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gb] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Gb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gb]
[Gm] Gotta go [Ab] home Home, home
Gotta [B] go home Home, home
Gotta [Eb] go [Ab] home Home, home
Gotta [B] go home Home, home
By
[C] the rivers of Babylon
By the rivers of Babylon
Freeze, I'm a banker, put your hands in the air, give me all your money
By the [G] rivers of Babylon
[E]
By the rivers of [C] Babylon
By the rivers of Babylon
Here we sat down
[G]
[C]
By the rivers of Babylon
Here we sat
[G]
Anywhere
When you [C] remember
You carried us away captivity
[Am]
[F] Firing our [C] boxes down
Now how shall we explain the lost sound in our [G] brain?
Yeah,
[G]
[C]
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The river of all, all, all
[E] And the meditation of all, all, all
Is settled in the sky Is
[Ab] Father Reaver's arms
Are up in [G] arms
[C] [Eb] Father [C] Reaver's arms
[Eb]
[C] [Eb]
[Cm] Crazy part of [Fm] daddy
[Eb]
[Cm] [Fm]
[Eb]
[Cm] [Fm]
[Eb] Shanks
[Cm] What about daddy's [Fm] tools?
Daddy's crazy like a [Eb] fool
[Cm]
[Fm] Daddy's cool
Daddy, [Eb] daddy cool
Daddy, daddy [Fm] cool
Daddy, daddy [Eb] cool
[Cm]
Daddy, daddy [Fm] cool
Daddy, daddy [Fm] cool
[Db] All those [G] muscles
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [G]
[B] [A] [G]
[Gb] [A] [G]
[Gb] [Bm]
[E] [Gb]
[Bm]
[E]
[B] There is a certain man in Russia long ago
[E] He was big and [Gb] strong and his eyes [B] was very dark
He knew terror and fear
But [E] to Moscow chicks he [Gb] was such a [Bm] lovely dear
He preached the Bible like a preacher
[E] Full of [Gb] ecstasy and fire
[B] But he also was the kind of teacher
[E] The [Gb] Emmanuel [Bm] Messiah
Rah, [D] rah, Rasputin
[E] Lock her up in Russian [A] feet
There was [E] a cat that [B] really was gone
Rah, rah, [D]
[E] Rasputin
Russia's greatest love [A] machine
It [E] was a shame [B] how we carried on
[A] [C] Is [Dm] there any person out there
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[C] She was Mounine's cat
In a [Dm] Chicago town
She was [C] Mounine's cat
Tearing [Dm] him all down
She ain't no heart at all
No, no, no heart at all
She was Mounine's [C] cat
When she was [Dm] really young
She left the house of [C] blood
She wasn't tough [Dm]
enough
[C] She took her boys [Dm] along
[Am] But never [E] made it strong
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think [Bb] she told her [E] foe son
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think [Bb] she had to handle [A] their guns
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think [Bb] she never did [D] cry
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think her Russian cute ass [D] is dead
[C] [Db]
[D] Don't anybody [Bb] move
The [A] money or you're [Eb] alive
[Gb] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Gb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gb] [Ab]
[Eb] And for the [Gb] islands
The red and [Ab] red and pecked and [Eb] plucked
[Gb] [Ab]
[Eb] When we cross islands
[Gb] It's time [Ab] we hit the [Eb] catalog
[Gb] [Ab]
Take it all with sunshine
[Db] It's easy not to say [Eb] goodbye
Bye, bye, bye
And for we are [Gb] the same
Yeah, we're [Ab] really flying [Eb] high
[Gb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gb] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Gb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gb]
[Gm] Gotta go [Ab] home Home, home
Gotta [B] go home Home, home
Gotta [Eb] go [Ab] home Home, home
Gotta [B] go home Home, home
Key:
C
Eb
Gb
E
Ab
C
Eb
Gb
By the rivers of Babylon _
_ _ _ _ By _ _
_ [C] _ the rivers of _ _ Babylon _ _ _ _ _
_ By _ the rivers of _ Babylon
_ Freeze, I'm a banker, put your hands in the air, give me all your money
By the [G] rivers of Babylon
_ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ By the rivers of [C] Babylon _ _ _
By the rivers of Babylon
Here we sat down _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ By the rivers of Babylon
_ _ _ Here we sat _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Anywhere
_ When you [C] remember
You _ _ _ _ _ _ carried us away captivity
[Am] _ _
_ [F] _ Firing our [C] boxes down
Now how shall we explain the lost sound in our [G] _ _ brain? _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The river of all, all, all
[E] And the meditation of all, all, all
Is settled in the sky Is
_ [Ab] Father _ _ _ _ Reaver's arms
Are up in [G] arms _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Father [C] Reaver's arms
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] Crazy part of [Fm] daddy
_ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] Shanks
_ _ _ [Cm] What about daddy's [Fm] tools?
_ _ _ Daddy's crazy like a [Eb] fool
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Fm] Daddy's cool
_ _ _ Daddy, [Eb] daddy cool
_ _ Daddy, daddy [Fm] cool
_ _ Daddy, _ daddy [Eb] cool
_ _ _ [Cm]
Daddy, daddy [Fm] cool _ _
Daddy, daddy [Fm] cool
[Db] All those [G] muscles
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ There is a certain man in Russia long ago
[E] He was big and [Gb] strong and his eyes [B] was very dark
He knew _ terror and fear
But [E] to Moscow chicks he [Gb] was such a [Bm] lovely dear
He preached the Bible like a preacher
[E] Full of [Gb] ecstasy and fire
_ [B] But he also was the kind of teacher
[E] The [Gb] Emmanuel [Bm] _ Messiah
_ Rah, [D] rah, Rasputin
[E] Lock her up in Russian [A] feet
There was [E] a cat that [B] really was gone
Rah, rah, [D] _
[E] Rasputin
Russia's greatest love [A] machine
It [E] was a shame [B] how we carried on _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ Is [Dm] there any person out there
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[C] She was Mounine's cat
In a [Dm] Chicago town
She was [C] Mounine's cat
Tearing [Dm] him all down
She ain't no heart at all
No, no, no heart at all
She was Mounine's [C] cat
When she was [Dm] really young
She left the house of [C] blood
She wasn't tough [Dm]
enough
[C] She took her boys [Dm] along
[Am] But never [E] made it strong
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think [Bb] she told her [E] foe son
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think [Bb] she had to handle [A] their guns
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think [Bb] she never did [D] cry
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think her Russian cute ass [D] is dead _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Db] _ _
[D] _ Don't anybody [Bb] move
The [A] money or you're [Eb] alive
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] And for the [Gb] islands
The red and [Ab] red and pecked and [Eb] plucked
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] When we cross islands
[Gb] It's time [Ab] we hit the [Eb] catalog
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ Take it all with sunshine
[Db] It's easy not to say [Eb] goodbye
Bye, bye, _ _ _ _ bye
_ _ _ And _ _ for we are [Gb] the same
Yeah, we're [Ab] really flying [Eb] high
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Gm] Gotta go [Ab] home Home, home
Gotta [B] go home Home, home
Gotta [Eb] go [Ab] home Home, home
Gotta [B] go home Home, home
_ _ _ _ By _ _
_ [C] _ the rivers of _ _ Babylon _ _ _ _ _
_ By _ the rivers of _ Babylon
_ Freeze, I'm a banker, put your hands in the air, give me all your money
By the [G] rivers of Babylon
_ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ By the rivers of [C] Babylon _ _ _
By the rivers of Babylon
Here we sat down _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ By the rivers of Babylon
_ _ _ Here we sat _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Anywhere
_ When you [C] remember
You _ _ _ _ _ _ carried us away captivity
[Am] _ _
_ [F] _ Firing our [C] boxes down
Now how shall we explain the lost sound in our [G] _ _ brain? _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The river of all, all, all
[E] And the meditation of all, all, all
Is settled in the sky Is
_ [Ab] Father _ _ _ _ Reaver's arms
Are up in [G] arms _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Father [C] Reaver's arms
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] Crazy part of [Fm] daddy
_ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] Shanks
_ _ _ [Cm] What about daddy's [Fm] tools?
_ _ _ Daddy's crazy like a [Eb] fool
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Fm] Daddy's cool
_ _ _ Daddy, [Eb] daddy cool
_ _ Daddy, daddy [Fm] cool
_ _ Daddy, _ daddy [Eb] cool
_ _ _ [Cm]
Daddy, daddy [Fm] cool _ _
Daddy, daddy [Fm] cool
[Db] All those [G] muscles
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ There is a certain man in Russia long ago
[E] He was big and [Gb] strong and his eyes [B] was very dark
He knew _ terror and fear
But [E] to Moscow chicks he [Gb] was such a [Bm] lovely dear
He preached the Bible like a preacher
[E] Full of [Gb] ecstasy and fire
_ [B] But he also was the kind of teacher
[E] The [Gb] Emmanuel [Bm] _ Messiah
_ Rah, [D] rah, Rasputin
[E] Lock her up in Russian [A] feet
There was [E] a cat that [B] really was gone
Rah, rah, [D] _
[E] Rasputin
Russia's greatest love [A] machine
It [E] was a shame [B] how we carried on _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ Is [Dm] there any person out there
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[C] She was Mounine's cat
In a [Dm] Chicago town
She was [C] Mounine's cat
Tearing [Dm] him all down
She ain't no heart at all
No, no, no heart at all
She was Mounine's [C] cat
When she was [Dm] really young
She left the house of [C] blood
She wasn't tough [Dm]
enough
[C] She took her boys [Dm] along
[Am] But never [E] made it strong
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think [Bb] she told her [E] foe son
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think [Bb] she had to handle [A] their guns
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think [Bb] she never did [D] cry
Rah, rah, rah, rah
[C] I think her Russian cute ass [D] is dead _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Db] _ _
[D] _ Don't anybody [Bb] move
The [A] money or you're [Eb] alive
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] And for the [Gb] islands
The red and [Ab] red and pecked and [Eb] plucked
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] When we cross islands
[Gb] It's time [Ab] we hit the [Eb] catalog
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ Take it all with sunshine
[Db] It's easy not to say [Eb] goodbye
Bye, bye, _ _ _ _ bye
_ _ _ And _ _ for we are [Gb] the same
Yeah, we're [Ab] really flying [Eb] high
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Gm] Gotta go [Ab] home Home, home
Gotta [B] go home Home, home
Gotta [Eb] go [Ab] home Home, home
Gotta [B] go home Home, home