black waters chords by
Jean Ritchie
Jean Ritchie

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Key: E major
Verse 1
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I come from the mountains,
Kentucky's my home
Where the wild deer and black
bear so lately did roam
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By the cool rushing waterfall
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the wildflowers dream
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And through every green valley,
there runs a clear stream
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Now there's scenes of
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destruction on every hand
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And only black waters run
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down through my land
Verse 2
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Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
Black waters, black waters,
Verse 3
run down through my land
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Well, the quail, she's a pretty bird
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and she sings a sweet tongue
In the roots of tall timber she
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nests with her young
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The the hillside explodes with
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the dynamites roar
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And the voice of the small bird
is heard there no more
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And the mountain comes
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a sliding so awful and grand
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And the flooding black waters
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rise over my land
Verse 4
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Sad scenes of destruction
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on every hand
Black waters, black waters,
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run down through my land
Verse 5
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In the coming of springtime
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we planted our corn
In the ending of springtime
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we buried our son
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In the summer come a nice man
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saying everything's fine
My employer just requires
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a way to his mine
Verse 6
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Then they tore down my mountain
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and covered my corn
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Now the grave on the hillside's
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a mile deeper down
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And the man stands a talking
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with his hat in his hand
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While the poison black
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waters rise over my land
Verse 7
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Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
Black waters, black waters,
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run down through my land
Verse 8
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Well I ain't got no money,
not much of a home
I own my own land,
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but my land's not my own
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But, if I had ten million,
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somewheres thereabout
Well, I'd buy Perry county and
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throw them all out
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And just sit down on the banks
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with my bait and my can
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And watch the clear waters run
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down through my land
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Well,
Verse 9
wouldn't that be just like
the old promised land?
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Black waters,
black waters no more in my land
Black waters,
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black waters no more in my land

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