black waters chords by Jean Ritchie

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) I come from the mountains,
Kentucky's my home
Where the wild deer and black
bear so lately did roam
G 
By the  (G major) cool rushing waterfall
D 
the wildflowers  (D major) dream
A 
And through every green val (A major) ley,
there runs a clear stream
D 
Now  (D major) there's scenes of
G 
destruction on  (G major) every hand
D 
And  (D major) only black waters run
A 
D 
 (A major) down  (D major) through my land

Verse 2

Sad scenes of destruction on every hand

Black waters, black waters,

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Verse 3
run down through my land
D 
 (D major) 
Well, the quail, she's a pretty bird
A 
D 
and she  (A major) sings a sweet  (D major) tongue
In the roots of tall timber she
A 
D 
 (A major) nests with her  (D major) young
G 
 (G major) The the hillside explodes with
A 
D 
the dynam (A major) ites roar  (D major) 
A 
And the voice of the small  (A major) bird
is heard there no more
D 
And  (D major) the mountain comes
G 
a sliding  (G major) so awful and grand
D 
And the  (D major) flooding black waters
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D 
 (A major) rise over my  (D major) land

Verse 4

Sad scenes of destruction

on every hand

Black waters, black waters,

run down through my land

Verse 5
D 
 (D major) 
In the coming of springtime
A 
D 
 (A major) we planted our corn  (D major) 
In the ending of springtime
A 
D 
 (A major) we buried our  (D major) son
G 
 (G major) In the summer come a nice man
D 
saying everything's fine  (D major) 
My employer just requires
A 
 (A major) a  way to his mine

Verse 6
D 
Then they  (D major) tore down my mountain
G 
 (G major) and covered my corn
D 
Now the grave  (D major) on the hillside's
A 
a  (A major) mile deeper down
D 
And the man  (D major) stands a talking
G 
with his  (G major) hat in his hand
D 
While the pois (D major) on black
A 
D 
waters  (A major) rise over my  (D major) land

Verse 7

Sad scenes of destruction on every hand

Black waters, black waters,

run down through my land

Verse 8
D 
 (D major) 
Well I ain't got no money,
not much of a home
I own my own land,
A 
D 
 (A major) but my land's not my  (D major) own
G 
But, if  (G major) I  had ten million,
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G 
D 
 (A flat major) some (G major) wheres thereabout  (D major) 
Well, I'd buy Perry county and
A 
 (A major) throw them all out
D 
And just sit  (D major) down on the banks
G 
with my  (G major) bait and my can
D 
And watch  (D major) the clear waters run
A 
D 
 (A major) down  (D major) through my land
G 
 (G major) Well,

Verse 9
wouldn't that be just like
the old promised land?
D 
 (D major) Black waters,
black waters no more in my land
Black waters,
A 
D 
black waters no more  (A major) in my  (D major) land