On The Willows

Words & Music:

Stephen Schwarz

(Godspell)

 

AM7                   AM9/G#

On the willows there, we hung up our lyres.

AM7/F#                B

For our captors there required

Bm7   Bm7/E

Of us songs

Bm7     Bm7/E       AM9

And our tormentors' mirth.

 

On the willows there, we hung up our lyres.

For our captors there required

Of us songs

And our tormentors' mirth.

 

         A       E/G#    F#m        GM7      C6

Saying, "Sing -- us ---- one of the songs of Zion.

A    E  F#m        GM7      C6

Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

A    E  F#m        GM7

Sing us one of the songs of Zion."

 

    F#m7       GM7

But how can we sing?

F#m7            GM7

Sing the Lord's song,

F#m7 Dm/E    Em

In a foreign land?

 

AM9

On the willows there,

AM9/G#         AM9    AM9/G#    A

We hung up our lyres.