black waters
black waters

black waters easy guitar chords by Jean Ritchie

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    • Verse 1
    I 
    come 
    from 
    the mountains, 

    Kentucky's 
    my 
    home 

    Where the 
    wild 
    deer 
    and 
    black 

    bear 
    so 
    lately 
    did 
    roam 

    By 
    the 
    cool 
    rushing 
    waterfall 

    the 
    wildflowers 
    dream 

    And 
    through 
    every 
    green 
    val
    ley, 

    there 
    runs 
    a clear 
    stream 

    Now 
    there's 
    scenes 
    of 

    destruction 
    on 
    every 
    hand 

    And 
    only 
    black 
    waters 
    run 

    down 
    through 
    my 
    land 

    Verse 2
    Sad 
    scenes 
    of 
    destruction 
    on 
    every 
    hand 

    Black 
    waters, 
    black 
    waters, 

    Verse 3
    run 
    down 
    through 
    my 
    land 


    Well, the 
    quail, 
    she's 
    a pretty 
    bird 

    and she 
    sings 
    a sweet 
    tongue 

    In the 
    roots 
    of 
    tall 
    timber 
    she 

    nests 
    with 
    her 
    young 

    The the 
    hillside 
    explodes 
    with 

    the 
    dynam
    ites roar 

    And 
    the 
    voice 
    of the 
    small 
    bird 

    is heard there 
    no 
    more 

    And 
    the 
    mountain 
    comes 

    a sliding 
    so 
    awful 
    and 
    grand 

    And 
    the 
    flooding 
    black 
    waters 

    rise 
    over 
    my 
    land 

    Verse 4
    Sad 
    scenes 
    of 
    destruction 

    on every 
    hand 

    Black 
    waters, 
    black 
    waters, 

    run 
    down 
    through 
    my 
    land 

    Verse 5

    In the 
    coming 
    of 
    springtime 

    we 
    planted 
    our 
    corn 

    In 
    the ending 
    of 
    springtime 

    we 
    buried 
    our 
    son 

    In 
    the summer 
    come a 
    nice 
    man 

    saying 
    everything's 
    fine 

    My 
    employer 
    just 
    requires 

    a 
    way 
    to 
    his mine 

    Verse 6
    Then 
    they 
    tore down 
    my 
    mountain 

    and 
    covered 
    my 
    corn 

    Now 
    the grave 
    on 
    the hillside's 

    a 
    mile 
    deeper 
    down 

    And 
    the man 
    stands 
    a talking 

    with 
    his 
    hat 
    in 
    his 
    hand 

    While 
    the pois
    on 
    black 

    waters 
    rise 
    over 
    my 
    land 

    Verse 7
    Sad 
    scenes 
    of 
    destruction 
    on 
    every 
    hand 

    Black 
    waters, 
    black 
    waters, 

    run 
    down 
    through 
    my 
    land 

    Verse 8

    Well I 
    ain't 
    got 
    no 
    money, 

    not 
    much 
    of 
    a 
    home 

    I 
    own 
    my 
    own 
    land, 

    but my 
    land's 
    not 
    my 
    own 

    But, if 
    I 
    had 
    ten 
    million, 

    some
    wheres 
    there
    about 

    Well, I'd 
    buy 
    Perry 
    county 
    and 

    throw 
    them 
    all 
    out 

    And just sit 
    down 
    on 
    the banks 

    with 
    my 
    bait 
    and 
    my 
    can 

    And 
    watch 
    the clear 
    waters 
    run 

    down 
    through 
    my 
    land 

    Well, 
    Verse 9
    wouldn't 
    that 
    be 
    just 
    like 

    the old 
    promised 
    land? 

    Black waters, 

    black waters 
    no more in 
    my land 

    Black 
    waters, 

    black 
    waters 
    no 
    more 
    in 
    my 
    land 

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